Will eating tangerines cause you to get irritated?

Many friends like to eat a few tangerines in winter, but they are also concerned about whether eating too many tangerines will cause internal heat . Let me explain to you below.

Chinese medicine introduction on excessive consumption of sugar oranges

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that oranges are warm in nature. If you eat a lot of oranges in a short period of time, you will experience symptoms of "getting angry" such as mouth sores, dry throat and sore throat, and constipation. Therefore, you should not eat too much. Oranges are also rich in fruit acid. Eating them on an empty stomach will cause adverse stimulation to the digestive tract mucosa. Friends with digestive tract ulcers should pay special attention. In addition, do not feed your baby too many oranges or orange juice. This is because infants and young children have imperfect liver function. When they eat too many oranges, the liver cannot convert the excessive carotene in the body into vitamin A, and "carotenemia" will come to the door. In mild cases, it only manifests as yellow skin color, and in severe cases, there may be symptoms such as anorexia and irritability. .Eat no more than three citrus fruits a day. Eating too much is harmful to the mouth and teeth. At the same time, citrus contains chlorophyll. Excessive intake will cause yellowing of the skin in areas rich in subcutaneous fat, such as the palms, fingers, soles, and the edges of the nostrils.

Tangerines and oranges

It is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It contains a variety of nutrients, especially high in vitamin C and D. It has the effects of replenishing yang and qi, and can regulate human metabolism.

Oranges are warm in nature, and eating too much can easily cause internal heat, resulting in symptoms such as mouth sores, dry mouth, sore throat, and constipation. People with internal heat constitution may get internal heat after eating two or three, while people with cold constitution may not get internal heat even if they eat a few more. Satsuma oranges have a honey-like fragrance and are rich in sugar, vitamins and other nutrients. However, from a nutritional point of view, Satsuma oranges are very sweet and the amount of consumption must be controlled. Generally, adults should not eat more than 10 per day, and diabetic patients should be careful when eating them.

Children will also get angry after eating tangerines

If children eat too much oranges, the heat generated cannot be converted into fat and stored in the body, and cannot be consumed in time, so it will accumulate and cause "getting angry". Eating too many oranges often causes stomatitis, periodontitis, dry mouth and tongue, pharyngitis and constipation. This is because oranges are foods that replenish yang and qi, and children's constitutions are often "yin is often insufficient, and yang is often excessive". Oranges make "yang qi" more prosperous, which will cause "getting angry". Therefore, children should not eat too many oranges.

If you eat too much, excessive intake of vitamin C will increase the amount of oxalic acid metabolized in the body, which can easily cause urinary stones and kidney stones. In addition, eating too much is harmful to the mouth and teeth.