What fruits clear internal heat? Common heat-reducing fruits recommended

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when the yin and yang of the human body are out of balance and internal heat is excessive, one will suffer from “shanghuo” (internal heat). Besides taking medicine, eating some “heat-reducing” fruits can also help. So what fruits clear internal heat?

1. What fruits clear internal heat?

1. Watermelon

Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that watermelon has the functions of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, and promoting urination. Eating watermelon in summer clears heat, reduces internal heat and tastes refreshing. However, watermelon is a cooling food, and eating too much can easily harm the spleen and stomach, causing abdominal pain or diarrhea, so it should be eaten in moderation.

2. Pomelo

Pomelo is known as the “natural fruit can”. It contains very rich protein, and the pomelo flesh is also rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, which can lower blood sugar and blood lipids. Moreover, traditional Chinese medicine believes that pomelo flesh is cooling in nature and sweet-sour in taste, with effects of relieving cough and calming asthma, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, making it an excellent heat-clearing fruit.

3. Grapes

Grapes can nourish the liver and kidneys, improve eyesight and reduce internal heat, and also promote gastrointestinal movement. They are a fruit with excellent heat-reducing effects in the hot summer season.

4. Banana

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that banana has effects of clearing heat and quenching thirst, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, lowering blood pressure and promoting urination.

5. Dragon fruit

Dragon fruit has effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing intestinal heat, and relieving constipation. Eating dragon fruit can also promote eye health, increase bone density, prevent anemia and internal heat, lower cholesterol, and prevent dark spots.

6. Mangosteen

Mangosteen has effects of clearing heat, reducing internal heat, aiding weight loss and nourishing the skin. Thai people call mangosteen and durian the “husband-and-wife fruit”, because when eating too much durian causes internal heat, eating a few mangosteens can relieve it.

7. Pear

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pear has effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and moistening dryness, and calming the heart and reducing internal heat, and it is known as the “king of heat-clearing fruits”.