When do tangerines ripen, are they cooling or warming, and what should they not be eaten with?

Tangerine, also known as mandarin orange, is one of the most common fruits in daily life. Because of its high nutritional value and its effects such as beauty care and anti-cancer properties, it is deeply loved by people. So when do tangerines ripen? Are they a cooling or warming fruit? What should they not be eaten with?

1. When do tangerines ripen?

Tangerines are divided into early-ripening and late-ripening varieties. Among them, early-ripening varieties generally ripen and go on the market around National Day, while ordinary ones ripen and go on the market from November to January of the following year. Late-ripening varieties generally ripen and go on the market from November to March-April of the following year. Under normal circumstances, in most regions they are basically ripe by November. However, greenhouse cultivation now also exists, so it can be said that tangerines can ripen at any time.

2. Are tangerines a cooling or warming fruit?

Tangerines are a warming fruit. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, tangerines are warm in nature and sour in taste, and have effects such as beauty care, anti-cancer properties, and relieving cough and phlegm. They have a certain therapeutic effect on cough due to lung heat and vomiting.

3. What should tangerines not be eaten with?

1. Tangerines should not be eaten with eel: tangerines and eel are incompatible foods, and eating them together can cause poisoning, so they must never be eaten together.

2. Tangerines should not be eaten with rabbit meat: tangerines are warm in nature, while rabbit meat is cold in nature. Eating them together can cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as diarrhea and abdominal pain.

3. Tangerines should not be eaten with crab: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid, while crab contains a large amount of protein. Eating them together can cause the protein in crab meat to coagulate, affecting protein absorption.

4. Tangerines should not be eaten with liver: tangerines contain a large amount of vitamin C, while liver contains a large amount of copper and iron. Eating them together can oxidize the vitamin C in tangerines, causing them to lose nutritional value.

5. Tangerines should not be eaten with cucumber: tangerines contain a large amount of vitamin C, while cucumber contains a large amount of vitamin C-degrading enzyme. Eating them together can destroy the vitamin and cause loss of nutritional value.

6. Tangerines should not be eaten with asparagus bean sprouts: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid, while asparagus bean sprouts contain a large amount of protein. Eating them together can cause protein to coagulate, affecting digestion and absorption.

7. Tangerines should not be eaten with radish: tangerines contain flavonoids, and after radish is absorbed through the stomach and intestines, it produces a substance that inhibits the thyroid. Eating them together can lead to thyroid enlargement.

8. Tangerines should not be eaten with soy milk: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid, while soy milk contains a large amount of protein. Eating them together can cause protein to coagulate and lose nutritional value.

9. Tangerines should not be eaten with eggs: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid, while eggs contain a large amount of protein. Eating them together can cause protein to coagulate and lose nutritional value.

10. Tangerines should not be eaten with milk: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid, while milk contains a large amount of protein. Eating them together can cause adverse effects such as abdominal pain, diarrhea and bloating. Even one hour after drinking milk, they should not be eaten, so as to avoid physical discomfort.

11. Tangerines should not be eaten with crabapple: tangerines are warm in nature, and crabapple is also warm in nature. Eating them together can easily cause internal heat.

12. Tangerines should not be eaten with medicine: tangerines contain a large amount of fruit acid and vitamin C. When eaten with many medicines, they can make the medicine ineffective. Especially when taking vitamin K, sulfonamide drugs, spironolactone, triamterene and potassium supplements, tangerines must absolutely not be eaten.

4. How many tangerines is it good to eat in a day?

It is best to eat at most 3 tangerines a day. This is because eating too many tangerines can easily cause internal heat, and can easily trigger stone disease, mouth ulcers, and damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, it is best not to eat too many. In particular, people with yin deficiency constitution and elderly people should best not eat them, so as to avoid adverse symptoms such as dry and painful throat, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

5. Where are tangerines produced?

There are many places where tangerines are produced, distributed both domestically and abroad. Among them, foreign production is mainly in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Iran, India, Italy and other countries. Domestic production is mainly in Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Taiwan, China and other provinces and municipalities.

In summary, although tangerines that go on the market in November are warm in nature, they are not suitable to be eaten with foods such as rabbit meat, eel, cucumber, radish, soy milk, eggs and milk. Not only will this cause loss of nutritional value, but in severe cases it can also lead to symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. Therefore, attention must be paid when eating them.