As litchi is fresh on the market, many citizens buy it home in a hurry to try it, but as the saying goes, "one litchi has three fires", and many patients with tonsillitis and pharyngolaryngitis caused by eating too much litchi have been treated in major hospitals in Guangzhou, and there are more and more patients with oral ulcers, oral mucosal inflammation, nosebleeds and severe internal fire. The doctor said that litchi is rich in nutrition, but eating more litchi is easy to aggravate the "virtual fire" in the body, especially for six types of patients.

Colitis induced by overeating litchi

Ms. Wang, 40, had ulcerative colitis before. The day before yesterday, her family bought fresh lychees, and she couldn't help but try them. I didn't expect a few lychees to go down, and I began to feel abdominal pain and dizziness. Then I began to feel unbearable abdominal pain, and my stool was accompanied by whole blood clots and mucus. When I went to the hospital for examination, I found that eating lychee caused ulcerative colitis. Director Lv Yonghui of the Department of Gastroenterology of the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that patients with ulcerative colitis, litchi allergy, heat constipation and acne, upper respiratory tract infection and pharyngolaryngitis, swollen gums and diabetes should be very cautious when eating litchi.

Director Lu explained that all six types of patients belong to damp heat constitution. Although the pulp of litchi contains a lot of glucose, sucrose, protein and vitamins, eating a proper amount of it has the effects of promoting fluid production, nourishing blood, invigorating spleen and benefiting liver, and can treat qi and blood deficiency and spleen and stomach deficiency and cold in medicine; However, litchi is hot, and those with yin deficiency and vigorous fire, and those with damp heat constitution eat it, the "virtual fire" will rise.

Director Lu reminded the public that excessive consumption of litchi can easily cause dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, rash and other symptoms, and in severe cases, blood pressure will drop, convulsions, arrhythmia, coma and even death. Drivers and aerial workers should stop eating litchi.

The peak of "litchi disease" was killed

Dr. Zhou Yongjian, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, said that June-July is the main season for related diseases caused by eating litchi. With a large number of litchi listed, when the price goes down, "litchi disease" will usher in a peak. "litchi disease" often occurs suddenly at 3 ~ 8 o'clock in the morning. The main symptoms of the disease are dizziness, sweating, pallor, fatigue and palpitation. Some patients will have thirst, hunger, abdominal pain and diarrhea. In severe cases, coma may suddenly occur after a few minutes to 1 hour, and the body temperature may be slightly fever.

Dr. Zhou said that according to epidemiological investigation, people who eat 2 kilograms of litchi every day for a week are likely to get "litchi disease", and most of the patients are children. Therefore, as long as people try not to be gluttonous when eating litchi, there should be no serious problem.

Tips: Litchi peeled and soaked in salt water.

The correct way to eat litchi is to drink some salt water, herbal tea or mung bean soup before and after eating litchi, which can prevent "virtual fire". Or peel fresh litchi and soak it in light salt water, and put it in the freezer to eat after freezing, which can not only prevent "virtual fire", but also have the effect of invigorating spleen and resolving stagnation. In addition, drinking litchi shell in water can also relieve litchi fever. Adults should generally not eat more than 300 grams of litchi every day, and children should not eat more than 5 pieces at a time; Don't eat litchi on an empty stomach, it is best to eat it half an hour after meals.

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1. Mango and pineapple: After eating too much, the skin of the mouth immediately became numb, red and swollen, and a serious rash broke out all over the body;

2. Persimmon: If you eat too much, there will be stones, which is related to the tannic acid contained in it. The calcification of gypsum sprayed to prevent astringency also increases the possibility of stones, especially for the elderly who eat too much and easily cause intestinal obstruction;

3. Apples and guavas: Chinese medicine believes that apples and guavas have a "convergence" effect and can be used to deal with diarrhea, so people with constipation should eat less. The tannic acid rich in apples, combined with protein, will produce astringent protein tannic acid, which will slow down the intestinal peristalsis, thus prolonging the retention time of feces in the intestine and easily forming constipation;

4. Durian: rich in plant protein, it is difficult to digest if you eat too much.