Warm foods, a term in traditional Chinese medicine, refer to fresh fruits with properties of damp-heat. For example: jujube, hawthorn fruit, large cherries, pomegranate, litchi, shou guo, durian, papaya, tangerine, and ginkgo fruit all belong to warm and hot foods.

The effect of hot foods

Fruits are divided into hot and cold according to temperature, and if the body is not suitable for eating cold or hot fruits, improper eating or eating too much can cause serious negative effects on the body. So, how do fruits divide into hot and cold, and how should you choose if you love apples?

Cold fruits can relieve heat and irritability

Most fruits in summer belong to the cold category, such as pears and various melon vegetables. Generally speaking, people with a real heat constitution in summer

People with a strong metabolism and dominant central nervous system tend to sweat a lot, have a rosy complexion, be thirsty, easily irritable, and prone to constipation, and love to eat cold things in summer. Therefore, people with a hot constitution can eat more cold fruits in moderation.

However, cold fruits should not be eaten in large quantities, otherwise they can harm the body. For example, pears are sweet and have the effects of treating diarrhea, moistening intestines, and promoting digestion. Regular eating can make the skin fresh. But because they contain a lot of sugar and potassium salts, eating too much is not good for the heart and kidney health, and patients with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, nephritis, and diabetes should not eat them in large quantities. However, people with qi deficiency and fatigue can eat more as a nourishing fruit.

Fruits like pear, orange, and red pomelo have the effects of expectoration, cough relief, lung moisturizing, and digestion promotion, but eating too much can easily cause gastrointestinal disorder, and can also cause toothache, hemorrhoids, and even yellow spots on the skin. Therefore, people with stomach diseases and stomach cold should eat less.

People with qi and spleen deficiency should be very cautious when choosing fruits like melon, melon, mango, pear, and apple, which are cold in nature. It is best not to eat them. Qi deficiency generally refers to the sinking of the middle qi, and these people usually have a pale complexion, thin physique, and lack of appetite; while spleen deficiency means poor digestion, and slow gastrointestinal function. Therefore, eating more cold fruits will reduce gastrointestinal motility, make the muscles stiff, and cause bloating due to indigestion if eaten in large quantities. Therefore, elderly people and children with poor gastrointestinal function are not suitable for eating cold fruits. If they really love to eat them, they can eat a little after lunch and dinner, but not too much.

Summer cold fruits include melon, melon, pear, apple, kiwi, persimmon cake, water chestnut, honeydew melon, red pomelo, etc.

Damp-heat fruits can replenish Yin deficiency and internal heat

Although there are many cold fruits in summer, among the various fresh fruits, fruits like litchi, dried longan, and apricot belong to the damp-heat category and are also very popular with everyone. Especially for people with a constitution of cold and deficiency, they have qi and spleen deficiency, low basic metabolism, and little heat generated by the body. Even in summer, their limbs are cold. In contrast, the complexion of this group is paler than that of ordinary people, and they also very rarely feel thirsty, and they dislike touching cool things, including entering the air-conditioned room. Therefore, for such people, eating more damp-heat fresh fruits is undoubtedly a good way to counteract coldness.