▶ How does Chinese medicine view fruits?
Many parents have been reminded by pediatric TCM physicians to let their children eat less fruits, so does TCM think that fruits are not good? No! For most children, moderate fruit intake is beneficial to health.
"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing": "Five grains are food, five fruits are help, five animals are benefit, and five vegetables are full." The smell is combined to replenish lean qi. "The wisdom of the ancients was to teach us to eat a balanced diet.
The rule of eating three meals is not only to eat on time, but also to ensure that "five grains for food" is the most important, and "five fruits, five animals, and five vegetables" is to help and supplement.
However, many parents will "indulge" their children to be picky eaters, such as skipping meals and eating only meat, taking fruit and milk snacks as a main meal, and repeating a single meal forever. The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the sea of water valleys, and the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and irregular diet will lead to the weakness of the spleen and stomach in children, followed by yellowish complexion, no luster, and frequent illness.
▶ Why is it not recommended to eat fruit during a cold?
Since the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" proposes "five fruits as help", why does the doctor not recommend eating more fruits during the cold?
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The spleen likes dryness and dislikes dampness, and fruits are prone to phlegm and dampness
Children with colds have decreased resistance, weak spleen and stomach, many children show lack of food, bloating, constipation, etc., when the spleen and stomach are weak, they cannot transport some fatty and greasy food, but most of the fruits are sweet.
The spleen is mainly used to transform the water valley subtlely, like dryness and dampness, children "spleen is often insufficient", and when they are sick, the spleen and stomach transport function declines, and when they encounter sweet things such as fruits, they are prone to internal phlegm and dampness, and for a long time, they will turn into heat, resulting in cough and phlegm, abdominal distention, and lack of food.
* Do not eat some fruits high in sugar, such as sugar cane, mango, grapes, especially oranges, oranges, etc.
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Fruits have cold and heat, and it is not suitable for cold and heat when sick
"Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica": "The medicine has five flavors: sour, salty, sweet, bitter and bitter, and there are four gases: cold, hot, warm and cool. "Fruit also has its four flavors. Since fruits are cold and hot, some parents will propose that children eat hot fruits when they are cold, and eat cold fruits when they are hot.
This thinking is correct, it is the earliest existing theoretical work of traditional Chinese medicine in the mainland, "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", "the cold is hot, and the hot is cold", but the premise of this treatment method is that the spleen and stomach function is normal.
The spleen and stomach are like a pot, and a strong spleen and stomach is similar to the thickness of the bottom of the pot. Bao mothers all know that the bottom of the pot is thick and will not be mushy if it is fried, and "cold, hot, warm and cool" can be accepted and transformed into subtle substances needed by the human body. When children are sick, their resistance is poor, and their spleen and stomach are also poor, and excessive cold or heat will only further damage the spleen and stomach.
And when children are sick, they will not be as simple as textbooks or simple heat, and many times it is a mixture of cold and heat.
Therefore, when you are sick, it is not suitable for the fruit to be cold and hot, and the cold and heat are moderate, and the bias is not so obvious, that is, the flat fruit is more suitable.
For example, apples, but they should not be eaten too much. As the saying goes, "An apple a day, the doctor stays away from me", this saying is very true, because it is an affirmation of the quantity, and also an affirmation of the variety.
*Children with cold background (yang deficiency) are usually not suitable to eat more fruits, and raw and cold food will hinder the rise of yang energy.
There is a small trick in this, parents can judge for themselves, for example, children are pale and yellowish, often prone to colds and coughs, allergic rhinitis, asthma, etc.
Write at the end:
Many parents ask me what to do if my child has a poor spleen and stomach and poor resistance? The "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Those who eat and drink are also the lifeblood of people." "In fact, in addition to the spiritual knowledge level, the most important thing in raising a baby is to eat and sleep. Parents and fathers only need to remember the following formulas: eat without being biased, the amount should not be excessive, the cold and heat are moderate, and the five flavors are appropriate. Implement the mantra into daily life, and the dolls will grow up healthily.
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