What are the taboos of eating mutton? Keep these precautions in mind

Mutton tastes sweet without being greasy, and is warm in nature without being drying. It has the effects of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, warming the middle and dispelling cold, warmly tonifying qi and blood, and stimulating the appetite and strengthening the spleen. So eating mutton in winter can both resist wind and cold and nourish the body, truly a pleasure that kills two birds with one stone. But when eating mutton, you also need to pay attention to the dietary taboos of mutton. Below let us take a look at what taboos there are in eating mutton!

What taboos are there in eating mutton?

1. People with colds and fever, as well as those with high blood pressure, liver disease, acute enteritis and other infectious diseases, should avoid eating mutton.

2. People with excess internal heat symptoms such as fever, toothache, mouth and tongue sores, and coughing up yellow phlegm should not eat mutton.

3. People should eat mutton with caution during hot summer weather or when feverish; those with edema, bone-steaming syndrome, malaria, exogenous infections and all heat-natured conditions should avoid eating mutton.

4. Mutton must not be burned black or scorched, otherwise the meat will not only be tough and not fresh, but will also produce carcinogens.

What should mutton not be eaten with?

1. Pumpkin: prone to causing beriberi, and may even cause chest tightness and abdominal bloating, with a feeling of indigestion.

2. Tea: easily causes constipation. Mutton is rich in protein and will react with tea, producing something called tannic acid protein, leading to blocked bowel movements. So after eating mutton hot pot, do not drink tea right away.

3. Vinegar: vinegar is best paired with cold-natured foods, but mutton is the exact opposite, being a hot-natured food, and the two should not be mixed. In addition, sour vinegar has an astringent effect, which is not conducive to the rising of yang qi in the body, and eating it with mutton will greatly reduce its warming and tonifying effect. So when eating mutton hot pot, you should try to avoid dipping other foods in vinegar.

4. Pomelo and citrus: eating mutton with pomelo and citrus easily causes adverse reactions. Pomelo and citrus are hot-natured fruits, and eating them with mutton easily adds heat and creates internal fire.

5. Chestnuts: neither mutton nor chestnuts are easily digestible foods, and they are unsuitable whether stewed or stir-fried together; eating them together may even cause vomiting.

What benefits does eating mutton have?

1. Warmly tonifying the spleen and stomach: mutton can be used to treat nausea, thin and weak body, and aversion to cold caused by deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach.

2. Warmly tonifying the liver and kidney: mutton can be used to treat soreness, weakness, cold pain of the waist and knees, and impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency.

3. Nourishing blood and warming meridians: mutton can be used for cold and painful abdomen caused by postpartum blood deficiency and cold in the meridians.

4. Helping digestion: mutton can protect the stomach wall, increase the secretion of digestive enzymes, and help digestion.

5. Tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang: traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton also has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, and is suitable for men to eat regularly.

6. Tonifying the liver and improving eyesight: mutton has the effects of benefiting blood, tonifying the liver, and improving eyesight, and has good effects on treating postpartum anemia, pulmonary tuberculosis, night blindness, cataracts, glaucoma and other conditions.