Do tangerines cause internal heat?

Many people like to eat oranges in life, and autumn is the season when oranges are ripe. At this time, we usually eat kumquats and mandarin oranges. In spring, the oranges we eat are called tangerines. Tangerines have seeds, but they taste sweeter and look very similar to oranges. So, will eating tangerines often cause internal heat?

Mandarin oranges include pomelo, mandarin orange, and satsuma orange. Map of the origin of tangerines. 4,900 years ago in the Xia Dynasty, tangerines were listed as tribute.

Tangerines are cool in nature. People with weak stomach, intestines, kidneys, and lungs should not eat too many of them, so as to avoid inducing symptoms such as abdominal pain, soreness in the waist and knees.

Eating too many tangerines can easily cause getting inflamed, causing sores at the corners of the mouth, red and swollen eyes, and inducing hemorrhoids.

The fruit of the tangerine is large, bright in color, with a loose and easy-to-peel skin, crisp and tender flesh, and rich juice. It tastes aromatic and sweet, leaving a sweet and honey-like feeling after eating. It has a unique flavor and is well-known both at home and abroad. The edible part of tangerine fruit can reach 68%-75%, the soluble solid content is 12%-15%, each 100 ml of juice contains 11-13 grams of sugar, 0.5-1.0 grams of acid, and 25-35 milligrams of vitamin C, and the quality is particularly excellent. 100 grams of edible part of tangerine fruit contains 171.66 joules of calories, 88.6 grams of water, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.3 grams of fat, 9.6 grams of sugar, 0.4 grams of fiber, 0.4 grams of ash, 25 milligrams of calcium, 19 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.2 milligrams of iron, 140TU of vitamin A, 0.1 milligrams of vitamin B1, 0.03 milligrams of vitamin B2, 40 milligrams of vitamin C, and 0.6 milligrams of niacin. A large amount of vitamins and minerals can improve human health and are indispensable substances for human tissues; pectin can reduce cholesterol in the blood; in addition, regular consumption of citrus fruits can break down fat and excrete harmful heavy metals and radioactive elements accumulated in the body.

Tangerines, mandarins and oranges are three different varieties of citrus fruits. Because of their similar appearance, they are easily confused by people. Citrus is a general term for tangerine, mandarin orange, kumquat, pomelo, and trifoliate orange. The names of tangerine and mandarin orange have been confusing for a long time. From a scientific point of view, orange is the basic species, with small flowers, easy-to-peel peel, and seed embryos that are mostly dark green; mandarin is a hybrid of tangerine and other citrus fruits such as sweet orange, with large flowers, the fruit is not as easy to peel as tangerine, and the seed embryo is light green. Therefore, among the wide-skinned citrus fruits, the orange mandarin orange (Lugan orange) is a tangerine, not a mandarin orange, and the Wenzhou mandarin orange is a mandarin orange, not a tangerine orange.