Different fruits are on the market all year round, and fruits are effective against several diseases. Check to see the benefits of these 35 fruits according to traditional Chinese medicine.
35 fruits that heal your body
1. Apples
Lower blood lipids, treat diarrhea, moisturize the skin.
2. Pears
Clear heat and toxins, reduce cough and phlegm.
3. Persimmons
Teat constipation and diarrhea.
4. Pomelos
Eliminates bad breath, clears heat and dryness, helps sober up after drinking, and relaxes the bowels.
5. Oranges
Relieves heat, reduces phlegm, prevents constipation, and quenchs thirst.
6. Tangerines
Promote saliva secretion, dispel phlegm, relieve heat, induce urination, and prevent constipation.
7. Dragon fruit
Detoxifies and protects the stomach lining, helps delay aging, suppresses dementia, whitens and beautifies the skin, helps with weight loss, lowers blood sugar, lubricates the intestines, and helps to prevent colorectal cancer.
8. Durians
Strengthen the spleen, nurture the kidneys, and warm the body. The Durian is the “king” of fruits. It is full of nutrition and can be consumed by healthy people and those who need to nourish the body after illness and childbirth
9. Sugar cane
Quench thirst, clear heat, moisten the intestines, harmonize spleen and stomach functions, induce urination, help sober up after drinking, lubricate the throat, eliminate bad breath, replenish physical strength
10. Lychees
Strengthen the lungs, replenish blood, and promote circulation. People with weak hearts can eat more, but people who are hot and dry should only eat lightly.
11. Longans
Increase vitality, nourish the blood, calm the mind, replenish the heart and spleen, moisturize and beautify the skin, and treat insomnia, forgetfulness, anemia, heart palpitations, neurasthenia, and physical weakness after illness and postpartum.
12. Lemons
Enhances digestion and weight loss, helps sober up after drinking, and relieves loss of appetite, excessive sweating, and fatigue.
13. Bananas
Aid digestion, clear the lungs and prevent constipation.
14. Starfruit
Clear hoarse voice, relieves sore throat, helps smoothen breathing, moistens the lungs, quench thirst, helps remove wind-heat-induced cold, induces urination.
15. Mulberries
Treat stomach problems and constipation and regulate digestion. Deconstructing dry mulberry branches can promote blood circulation, relieve pain, and prevent wind-caused colds. Decoction of mulberry leaves with rock sugar or brown sugar as tea can clear the heat of the lungs, stomach, and intestines, reduce swelling, remove phlegm, and induce urination.
16. Loquats
Relieve cough and reduce phlegm.
17. Mangos
Treat motion sickness, seasickness and vomiting. Ripe pulp can be applied to burns and scalds to relieve pain and inflammation.
18. Avocados
Improves skin and prevents atherosclerosis.
19. Coconuts
Stop vomiting, reduce edema, relieve heat and prevent heatstroke, warm the stomach and spleen, and replenish blood.
20. Papaya
Reduces freckles and black spots, helps digestion, and treats ulcers.
21. Olives
Quench thirst. Decoction of olive as tea can cure diseases caused by heat and dryness. Salted olive can help sober up and stop vomiting. Frequently chewing olives can reduce indigestion, stimulate appetite, and help those with dry mouth, cracked lips, or phlegm.
22. Passion fruit
Cleanse intestines, stimulate appetite, remove food greasiness, quench thirst.
23. Grapes
Nourish blood, replenish energy, beautify the skin, induce urination, and prevent miscarriage.
24. Plums
Help sober up after drinking and refresh the brain.
25. Asian plums
Induces saliva secretion, strengthens the stomach, kills insects, stops vomiting, and helps sober up after drinking.
26. Peaches
Remove summer heat, moisten the lungs, and pass the bowels.
27. Strawberries
Cleanse blood and induce urination.
28. Figs
Stop diarrhea, treat constipation and hemorrhoids, detoxify.
29. Cherries
Prevent colds and cancer.
30. Watermelons
Cool down the body, remove heat, induce urination, detoxify, and relax the bowels.
31. Melons
Quench thirst, reduce heat, induce urination, relieve restlessness, cleanse blood.
32. Jackfruit
Clear heat, quench thirst, induce urination, help sober up after drinking, and nurture the stomach and spleen.
33. Kiwi fruit
Quench thirst, clear heat and dryness, induce urination, and relax the bowels.
34. Tomatoes
Prevent anemia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, liver, and gastrointestinal diseases, cool down the body, clear heat, and help digestion.
35. Grapefruit
Cools down the body, quenches thirst, eliminates fatigue, lowers blood pressure, helps digestion, beautifies and moisturizes, and reduces weight.
Translated by Cecilia
