Watermelon is rich in nutrients, and Chinese medicine believes that watermelon is cold and sweet, and it has the effects of clearing away heat and removing heat, eliminating irritability and thirst, and urinating. It is therefore the best fruit in summer. However, when eating watermelon, there are some issues that need attention.
First, do not eat too much, or hurt the stomach, causing pharyngitis. Watermelon is a cold product, eat more easily hurt the spleen and stomach, so, the spleen and stomach Deficiency, indigestion, fecal evacuation is appropriate to eat less, more food will be bloating, diarrhea, loss of appetite, but also the accumulation of cold to help wet, leading to disease . If you eat too much watermelon at a time, a lot of moisture in the watermelon will dilute the gastric juice, causing indigestion and decreased gastrointestinal resistance.
Second, do not eat watermelon at the beginning of the cold, otherwise it will make the cold worse or extend the healing time. Whether it is a cold or a hot or cold, it is an epidemic at the initial stage. It should be treated with a divergent approach that allows the evil to resolve from the table. The Chinese doctor believes that the table cannot be attacked or attacked, otherwise it will cause the evil to enter and get worse. In the early stages of a cold, illnesses and evils are on the table. Eating watermelon is equivalent to taking clear and hot medicines, which will lead to evil and increase the time for colds to heal or extend. However, when the flu increases, fever, thirst, sore throat, urine, yellow fever and other fevers occur, you can eat some watermelons at the same time as you normally use the medicine, which will help you recover from a cold.
Third, do not eat long-open watermelon. High temperatures, long-lasting watermelons are susceptible to degeneration, breeding bacteria, and eating can cause intestinal infectious diseases. Therefore, eating watermelon should pay attention to selecting mature fresh watermelon.
Fourth, renal insufficiency do not eat. A large number of watermelons are eaten in a short period of time, increasing the body's water content and exceeding the body's physiological capacity. The renal insufficiency, the kidney's ability to regulate the water greatly reduced, too much water into the body, can not be adjusted and excreted, resulting in a sharp increase in blood volume, easy to die due to acute heart failure.
Fifth, oral ulcers do not eat. Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of oral ulcers is yin deficiency heat, virtual fire disturbance, burns blood and veins. Watermelon has a diuretic effect. If the oral ulcers eat more watermelon, normal water needed by the body will be discharged through the diuretic effect of watermelon, which will aggravate the state of emptiness. Yin deficiency is internal heat and prosperous, aggravate oral ulcers.
Six, diabetics should eat less. Watermelon contains about 5% of sugar, diabetes patients eat too much watermelon, but also lead to blood sugar, urine increased, and other consequences, there will be severe ketoacidosis coma. If you eat 25-50 grams of watermelon at a time, it has little effect on people with diabetes, so diabetics should pay attention to the amount when they eat watermelon.