Can I eat fruit if I have diarrhea?

When you have diarrhea, you must pay attention to correct and healthy diet and of course you can eat fruits. Some fruits can have astringent and antidiarrheal effects, such as common apples, pomegranates, lychees, and carambolas, which are all edible fruits.

1. Apple: Apple is the best fruit and is good for constipation or diarrhea. Apples are not only sweet and sour, but also very nutritious, containing abundant sugars, organic acids, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and flavonoids. Apples are alkaline foods. Eating apples can quickly neutralize excess acidic substances in the body, enhance physical strength and disease resistance, and are used for lack of qi, diarrhea, constipation, etc.

2. Lychee: It tastes sweet and slightly sour, and has the effect of nourishing the spleen and liver, nourishing blood and calming the mind. Used for long-term diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, stomach pain, abdominal pain, hiccups, etc. People with weak body and cold stomach should eat more. Because litchi contains a lot of natural glucose, and natural glucose has special effects on nourishing blood and strengthening lungs, it has a special promoting effect on blood circulation and temperature production function.

3. Pomegranate: It tastes sweet, slightly sour and astringent. It can promote salivation and quench thirst, and it can also astringe and stop diarrhea. It is most suitable for patients with diarrhea and abdominal pain. In particular, sour pomegranate can cure long-term diarrhea, dysentery, bloody stool, anal prolapse, abdominal pain, etc.

Peach: likes moisture and hates dryness. Peaches are rich in gelatinous substances, which can absorb a large amount of water in the large intestine and prevent constipation and diarrhea.

4. Star fruit: Star fruit juice contains a large amount of oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc., which can increase the acidity of gastric juice, promote the digestion of food and achieve the effect of harmonizing the stomach and promoting digestion.

5. Orange: It has the effects of promoting salivation and quenching thirst, stimulating appetite and aiding digestion, and preventing and treating constipation. The cellulose and pectin contained in oranges can promote intestinal peristalsis, help clear the intestines and relieve constipation, and eliminate harmful substances in the body.

6. Pear: It contains lignin, which is an insoluble fiber that can dissolve in the intestines, forming a gelatinous film that can combine with cholesterol in the intestines and be excreted. It can cure constipation.