First, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more, and eat bitter gourd raw. Liao Hui reminded that bitter gourd is a cold product. Usually, people with loose stool, excessive urine, loss of appetite, fear of cold, pale complexion, pale tongue and heavy pulse are mostly yang deficiency or spleen and stomach weakness. Such people should not eat bitter gourd often, otherwise they are prone to stomach discomfort, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, and even vomiting and diarrhea.
Second, pregnant women should be careful when eating bitter gourd. Bitter gourd contains quinine. Excessive consumption will stimulate uterine contraction and cause abortion.
Third, preschool children should not eat too much bitter gourd. Children are the body of pure yang, and the stomach is often surplus and the spleen is often insufficient; In addition, children's self-control ability is poor, so overeating bitter gourd is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.
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Bitter gourd effect:
1, Momordica charantia has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, invigorating kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has certain therapeutic effects on dysentery, ulcers, heatstroke, fever, excessive miliaria, conjunctivitis and other diseases.
2. The content of vitamin C in bitter gourd is very high, which has the functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane, preventing atherosclerosis, improving stress ability and protecting heart.
3. The effective components in bitter gourd can inhibit the canceration of normal cells, promote the recovery of mutant cells, and have a certain anti-cancer effect.
4. Bitter gourd is known as "fat killer", which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharide. Bitter gourd can also clear away heat and fire, detoxify and improve eyesight, replenish qi and replenish essence, quench thirst and relieve summer heat, and treat carbuncle.
5. Momordica charantia contains saponin, which has medicinal and health-care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood fat, resisting tumor, preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, resisting oxidation, resisting bacteria and improving human immunity.
Reference: people who are not suitable for eating bitter gourd-People's Daily Online