Watermelon is cold in nature and is not recommended to be consumed in excess by people with cold spleen and stomach to avoid adverse reactions such as abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Spleen and stomach cold is mostly due to the spleen and stomach yang deficiency, resulting in the loss of warm function, and a series of cold symptoms, such as cold, cold limbs, abdominal pain and diarrhea, like warm and like to press, loss of appetite and so on.
Watermelon for the cucurbitaceae plant watermelon fruit flesh, taste sweet, cold, with heat to remove the annoyance, relieve summer heat and promote the production of fluids, diuretic effect, can be used to treat the summer heat and thirst, heat and fluids injury, urinary incontinence (urine is not smooth), paralysis of the throat (pharyngeal redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, a sense of foreign body, or pharyngeal itch, discomfort, dysphagia), mouth sores, and so on. It should not be taken by those who are full of cold and dampness in the middle. It should not be consumed in excess by those with deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach.
If people with cold spleen and stomach consume watermelon in excess, it may further damage the spleen and stomach yang qi and aggravate the symptoms of cold spleen and stomach, resulting in bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other adverse reactions, and it is recommended to minimize the consumption of cold beverages as well as other raw and cold foods.
If the symptoms of coldness in the spleen and stomach are serious, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and treat the symptoms under the guidance of a professional physician.