Patients with blood heat can eat fish appropriately, but they should consume fish that are flat or cool in nature, such as carp, crucian carp, mackerel, crabs, etc., and consume fewer fish that are warm and hot in nature, such as carp, silver carp, eel and bighead carp.
Blood heat generally refers to the invasion of heat evil staying in the blood (which is the deepest stage or disease position among the four periods of Wei Qi and Ying Blood in warm diseases), and manifested by various symptoms such as fever, thirst, maculopapular rash, irritability, talking nonsense, vomiting blood, nosebleed, blood in stool, vaginal bleeding and so on.
Patients with blood heat can eat fish appropriately, as long as they are not allergic to it, and it usually does not cause discomfort to the patient. However, warm fish may aggravate the heat in the patient’s body and should be avoided.
It is recommended to minimize or not to consume fatty, spicy, raw and cold food, drink more water, and exercise appropriately. If there is any discomfort, please consult the doctor promptly.