Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mango is sweet and sour, cool and nontoxic, and has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, quenching thirst and diuresis, benefiting stomach and stopping vomiting. The article in Herbology of Eating says: "Mango can cure the disease of' women's meridians are blocked, but husbands' blood vessels are not'." Mango is especially suitable for deficiency of stomach yin, thirst and dry throat, weakness of stomach qi, vomiting and seasickness. Mango is sweet and sour and beneficial to the stomach, so people who traveled across the ocean in ancient times bought it for emergency use during the journey. It is not seasick and disgusting when eaten, and it can be called a miracle in fruit.
Mango is not only edible, but also has great medicinal value, and its peel can also be used as medicine, which is a diuretic and purgative. Its nucleolus is large, containing 6% protein, 0/6% fat/kloc-and 69% carbohydrate. Both the kernel and mango leaves can be used as medicine. Suffering from chronic pharyngolaryngitis and hoarseness, use mango to decoct water and drink tea instead, which can eliminate inflammation and eliminate hoarseness and make the voice sweet and moist; Take 2~3 mangoes and take decoction orally to treat hernia; Mango meat 1~2 tablets, taken twice in the morning and evening, can cure multiple warts, and the effect is better if the peel is rubbed on the affected area.
Mango is wet and toxic in nature, so friends with skin diseases and tumors must pay attention to avoid eating more mango.
People who have a bad stomach should not eat more.
Indications: benefiting stomach, stopping vomiting, quenching thirst and diuresis. Indications: thirst, dry throat, loss of appetite, dyspepsia, dizziness and vomiting, sore throat, cough with excessive phlegm, asthma and other diseases. Nutrients: every10og contains 85.2g of water, 0.6g of protein, 0.3g of fat, 0.3g of carbohydrate13g, 58kcal of heat, 0.4g of crude fiber, 0.4g of ash, and 0.4g of calcium1/kloc-. Thiamine 0.02 mg, riboflavin 0.05 mg, niacin 1.6 mg, vitamin C76.8 mg and potassium 304 mg.
Dietotherapy function:
◆ Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: The immature fruit, bark and stem of mango can inhibit pyococcus and Escherichia coli, and the extract of mango leaves can also inhibit pyococcus and Escherichia coli, which can be used to treat human skin and digestive tract infections.
◆ Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Mango fruit contains triacetic acid and polyphenols such as mangononic acid and isomangnolic acid, which has anti-cancer pharmacological effects; Mango juice can also increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and shorten the retention time of feces in colon. Therefore, eating mango is very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of colon cancer.
◆ Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough: Mangiferin contained in mango has the effect of eliminating diseases and relieving cough, and has adjuvant therapeutic effect on cough, phlegm and asthma.
◆ Reduce cholesterol and triglycerides: The content of vitamin C in mango is higher than that in common fruits, which is 56.4 ~ 98.6 mg%. Mango leaves also have a high content of vitamin C, which will not disappear even after heating and processing. Eating mango regularly can continuously supplement the consumption of vitamin C in the body, reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, and is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
◆ eyesight: mango is rich in sugar and vitamins, especially the content of provitamin A ranks first among fruits, which has the function of eyesight improvement.
The only thing to note is that mango is wet and poisonous. If you have skin diseases or tumors, you should remember to avoid eating.
Never eat a few a day, one is too much a day. Children get angry when they eat too much.