Tonsil-related diseases belong to the category of “milk moth” and “throat carbuncle” in Chinese medicine. Consumption of bitter melon has certain benefits for tonsil diseases with the indications of bitter melon.
Bitter melon is a common vegetable in daily life. According to the nutritional science of Chinese medicine, bitter melon is bitter in flavor, cold in nature, and belongs to the heart, spleen and lung meridians. It has the efficacy of dispelling summer heat and purging heat, brightening the eyes and detoxifying the toxin. It is mainly suitable for the treatment of summer heat and thirst, thirst, dysentery, red eye pain, canker sores and swollen poisons.
Therefore, the consumption of bitter melon is beneficial to the tonsil-related diseases that belong to the heat and other evidence, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on the abscess around the tonsils, which is known as carbuncle in traditional Chinese medicine.
However, compared to medicines, food is weak, slow to take effect, and needs to be consumed regularly to be effective, so food is generally not used to treat diseases. It is recommended to seek medical advice from a specialist to prevent delay or other adverse effects.