Litchi: nourish the liver, spleen, and blood “day bite litchi three hundred, do not resign long as the Lingnan people.” Yang Guifei can not stop the fresh fruit lychee, because of its sweet and juicy, but also much loved by modern people. However, “a lychee three fire”, for the talk of “fire” of the Guangdong people, the heat of the lychee and let people avoid it is auspicious. In the concept of Chinese medicine, seasonal fruits as a gift from nature, generally have the seasonal health benefits of the season, and lychee is no exception. In addition to heat, lychee is also beneficial to the liver, spleen, blood and other effects. You can make good use of lychee through various therapeutic cooking methods, taking its essence to its dregs. 1, the whole body of the lychee is a treasure “The whole body of the lychee has medicinal value.” She Shifeng, director of the Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told the New Express that lychee has the effect of nourishing the liver, strengthening the spleen, generating fluid and benefiting blood. For improving the spleen deficiency less food, forgetfulness, insomnia has certain curative effect. Among them, the lychee kernel can move the qi, dispel cold and stagnation, regulate the qi and relieve pain, mostly used in the treatment of gastric and epigastric chronic pain, liver depression, hernia pain, female gas stagnation and blood stasis abdominal pain, testicular swelling and pain and other diseases. For example, women’s moods, menopausal depression and other remedies, often adding lychee kernels to regulate. Lychee shells also have a similar effect. Although the consumption of lychee flesh in excess of fire, but the lychee shell can play a role in the treatment of fire. “In the consumption of lychee at the same time, with lychee shells boiled water to drink, can be a certain degree of lychee fire.” She Shi Feng said. 2, lychee dietary therapy, the benefits of many “a ride on the red dust consort smile, no one knows is lychee to.” Yang Guifei love lychee story is still preached for people, fast horse escort lychee to the palace, in order to pursue the freshness of lychee. The modern consumption of lychee, but also more to take its fresh. However, as most know, fresh lychee flesh is easy on the fire, more food is not beneficial. Once the lychee season, many Guangzhou families have the same trouble: a large box of friends and relatives gift of lychee, eat more and fear of fire, discarded and pity. In addition to a small number of lychees can be eaten fresh, but also with a variety of cooking methods to make better use of lychees. One of the easiest ways is to sun-dry lychee, Guangzhou’s hot weather, lychee on the balcony for 2-3 days in the sun is easy to dry. Dried lychee has a warming effect and can be eaten as a healthy snack for easy long-term storage. In addition, you can also lychee with yam, lotus seeds, japonica rice together with porridge, treatment of er rebellion less food, abdominal pain and diarrhea, spleen and stomach weakness; lychee and ginseng together with dipping wine, help improve the elderly waist and knee pain, weakness and impotence; lychee meat with a little oil and salt, steamed over water can treat hemorrhoids, etc., are common ways to maintain health. 3, Yin deficiency, internal heat, hyperactivity should not eat Although as a seasonal fruit, lychee has seasonal health benefits, but fresh lychee is still a hot food, be careful to eat. She said, suitable for eating lychee, the first thing to identify the body type. Yin deficiency, internal heat, hyperactivity is not appropriate to eat more litchi. Especially patients with yin deficiency, eat litchi prone to sore throat, sore gums, nosebleeds, bad breath, bitter mouth, sticky stools, constipation and other symptoms of fire. Yang deficiency, cold patients eat lychee properly have a warming effect. In addition, there are some people recommended not to eat lychee. For example, high sugar content of litchi, diabetic patients are best not to eat; itself has pharyngitis, gingivitis patients, fire will aggravate the symptoms, but also unsuitable for eating litchi; gastrointestinal disorders of the population, litchi fire easy to cause the gastrointestinal heat, litchi high sugar is also easy to cause excessive secretion of gastric acid, it is best not to crave. “Eat lychee without an absolute amount of control, depending on individual physique and change.” Generally speaking, it is not recommended to eat a lot of lychee. If you eat lychee, no symptoms of fire or only mild symptoms of fire, you can eat properly. If you get fire when you eat it, it’s best not to eat it. When eating lychee, you can drink mung bean soup, chrysanthemum tea and other heat-clearing medicines to properly neutralize the heat of lychee. Chinese medicine classics in the lychee prescription 1, spleen deficiency diarrhea: lychee meat 3 money, lentils 6 money, water decoction, day a service; 2, the elderly five diarrhea: dried lychee, jujube each 5, discretionary yam, lotus seeds, boiled porridge to eat, day a service, and even serve 3 times; 3, rotten stomach and epigastric pain for a long time: lychee kernel 1 money, aromatic wood 8 points, for the end. Each serving of a penny, clear soup to serve; children eat too much, easy to get “litchi disease” litchi fresh sweet, children are easy to eat a mouth can not stop, it is easy to trigger “litchi disease” – a “hypoglycemia”. Litchi contains a large amount of fructose, fructose by the gastrointestinal mucosa capillaries quickly absorbed into the blood, must be converted by the liver enzyme, the fructose into glucose, in order to be used directly by the body. If consumed in excess, the conversion enzyme will be in short supply and too much fructose will enter the human bloodstream. A large amount of fructose filled the blood vessels, not into the body can use glucose. At the same time, due to excessive consumption of lychee affect appetite, the body does not get the necessary nutritional supplements, it will lead to a shortage of glucose supply in the human blood, causing lychee disease. Lychee disease usually exhibits symptoms of hypoglycemia, dizziness and palpitations, fatigue, pale, wet and cold skin. Some patients may also experience thirst and hunger, or symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. In severe cases, symptoms such as sudden coma, paroxysmal convulsions, and drop in blood pressure may occur.