It is one of the four famous dried fruits (walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts) in the world today. It is named after the fruit looks like a kidney (commonly known as "kidney").
Chinese medicine believes that cashew nuts are sweet, flat and non-toxic. It can treat cough, upset and thirst. "Materia Medica Addendum" says: cashew kernel "governs thirst, moistens lungs, removes annoyance and removes phlegm. "Haiyao Materia Medica" also says: "The main symptoms are irritability, stuffy heart, phlegm, typhoid fever, and cough against the upper qi. 」
Because cashew nuts are delicious and have a certain dietotherapy effect, they are quite popular and like to eat. But eating too much often leads to some allergic symptoms, such as abdominal pain, nausea, edema of lips and eyelids, itchy throat, itchy eyes, ears and nose, sneezing, runny nose, dizziness and palpitation; In severe cases, children have a wind mass all over the body, and adults have anaphylactic shock; The most dangerous thing is respiratory edema. If the larynx is edematous, it can cause wheezing and suffocation, and failure to rescue can lead to death. Especially for people with original bronchial asthma, the condition will be worse. During the asthma attack, the bronchial sensitivity to irritants increases. Some components in cashew nuts can cause type I allergic reaction in asthma patients, and then a series of clinical allergic symptoms appear.
Medical experts pointed out that protein contained in cashew nuts can be an allergen for people with allergies, while people with cashew nut allergy symptoms generally have a history of other food allergies. Therefore, not only patients with asthma should be careful to eat cashews, but people who are allergic to fish, shrimp and other foods are also likely to be allergic to cashews, and it is better to eat less.
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Eating two cashews is equivalent to an egg.
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