Will eating mangoes cause amenorrhea? What are the taboos of eating mangoes?

Mango is a very nutritious tropical fruit with many benefits and functions, but it also has some eating taboos. For example, many people believe that eating mangoes can cause amenorrhea. In fact, this is an unscientific statement. Although mango has the function of stopping bleeding, eating mango will not affect women's menstruation. However, there are some groups of people who cannot eat mangoes. Below we will introduce to you some knowledge about the taboos on eating mangoes!

1. Will eating mangoes during menstruation cause amenorrhea?

There is no scientific basis for this statement. According to traditional Chinese medicine, women are based on blood, blood is the mother of qi, qi is the commander of blood, and blood circulates depending on the rising and falling, in and out movement of qi. If Qi and blood are in harmony, menstruation will come as normal. Mango tastes sour and sweet. Sour enters the liver and belongs to wood. The liver stores blood and is responsible for excretion. The liver is the innate part of women. Sweet enters the spleen and belongs to earth. The spleen governs blood and is responsible for transportation and transformation. It is the source of biochemistry and the foundation of acquired constitution. The liver and spleen are closely connected and complement each other in the generation, storage, and circulation of qi and blood. Sour and sweet are in harmony, and their functions are synergistic. They can restrain yin without retaining turbidity, and replenish qi without damaging yin. When qi and blood are harmonized, menstrual blood will flow on time.

Modern medical studies have also shown that mangoside acts on platelet-specific proteins and has an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. This coincides with the view in the traditional medicine book "Food Materia Medica" that mango is slightly cold, non-toxic, and can treat menstrual blockage in women. It can be seen that no matter from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine theory or Western medicine research, it cannot be assumed that mango has hemostatic function and affects menstruation. Therefore, the popular belief that eating mangoes during menstruation can cause amenorrhea has no scientific basis.

2. People who should not eat mangoes

(1) Mangoes are toxic and damp. People with skin diseases or tumors should avoid eating them.

(2) Eating too many mangoes can cause allergies. Mango leaves and mango juice can cause dermatitis in people with allergies, so people with allergies should be careful.

(3) Eating too much mango is harmful to the kidneys. Therefore, patients with acute or chronic nephritis should avoid eating mangoes. When visiting a nephritis patient in the hospital, be sure not to bring mangoes.

(4) When the mango is not ripe, white juice will ooze out from the fruit base, which is probably the cause of allergies. In any case, people with cold cough (itchy throat and white phlegm) should avoid eating to prevent itching of the throat. Asthma patients should also follow the doctor's advice and avoid eating it.

3. Foods that cannot be eaten with mango

(1) Do not eat mango and wine together

Mangoes and wine are both spicy foods, and eating too much of them is harmful to the kidneys.

(2) Do not eat mango and seafood together

It is not easy to digest if you eat them together, and both mangoes and seafood are allergenic foods. If you eat them together, you may easily get allergies.

(3) Do not eat mango with spicy foods such as garlic.

Mango contains a large amount of fruit acid, amino acids, protein, etc. These substances contain a lot of irritants.