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Hi All,

 

See query from Kiran Phalke of the PA-L List.

 

If you can answer, please post to the List, with a copy to Kiran

Phalke <phalke.

 

Many thanks,

Phil

 

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Date sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:51:48 +0530

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Dear list, According to information on nutrition, Mango is

considered as cool in property. We in India consider it a hot food.

So when one eats mangoes he or she gets prickly heat or boils.

What is correct? Is it cool or hot?

Kiran Phalke <phalke.

 

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Phil & Kiran,

I've heard the same thing from my teacher - that eating too much mango

will cause skin irritation. He puts it in the same category as

strawberries and pinapple (and some other stuff I don't remember right

now), I believe the Cantonese word for it is 'dok', which might be du,

or toxin, in Mandarin.

 

In one of Henry Lu's food books, he says mango is Cool, Sweet, Sour,

strengthens the Stomach, relieves vomiting, promotes urination. There

are some footnotes though, that excessive consumption of mango is

reported to have caused nephritis (I guess would make sense considering

the comment about 'du' above..), eating a mango after a full meal will

cause swelling of the stomach, and mango should not be eaten with

pungent foods (like garlic or green onion) as it will cause jandice &

skin itching. He then goes on to say that to test this centuries-old

belief, he ate 5 mangos with some green onion and had severe skin

itching within 5 hours (I thought that was pretty cool.. almost like

Zhong Ji (was it him?) who poisoned himself several times one day when

he was testing the actions of herbs on himself).

 

In Maoshing Ni's 'The Tao of Nutrition', he basically says mango is

neutral and generates fluids (implies that it is sweet), but no

footnotes about skin itching.

 

Not sure what the TCM action would be to cause the skin itching, but

like Kirin said, Indians consider the food hot... but the literature

says it's a cool or neutral fruit! I wonder if this is a situation

where there are different species being talked about (ie, the yellow or

green mangos).

 

Geoff

 

 

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> Is Mango a HOT or COLD food?

>

> Hi All,

>

> See query from Kiran Phalke of the PA-L List.

>

> If you can answer, please post to the List, with a copy to Kiran

> Phalke <phalke.

>

> Many thanks,

> Phil

>

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> Date sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:51:48 +0530

> Mango

>

> Dear list, According to information on nutrition, Mango is

> considered as cool in property. We in India consider it a hot food.

> So when one eats mangoes he or she gets prickly heat or boils.

> What is correct? Is it cool or hot?

> Kiran Phalke <phalke.

>

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Hi Nilton, Alon & Geoff,

 

Many thanks,

 

Phil

 

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Nilton Benfatti [PA-L]

 

Kiran, Mango is cool and acid. Cool fruits clear Heat! Here in Brazil

we have the same skin problems when some people eat 4 or 5

mangos. The efects of Mango depends on type of person that eats

it and quantity of Mangos. Regards Nilton

 

 

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Geoffrey Hudson

 

Phil & Kiran, I've heard the same thing from my teacher - that

eating too much mango will cause skin irritation. He puts it in the

same category as strawberries and pinapple (and some other stuff I

don't remember right now), I believe the Cantonese word for it is

'dok', which might be du, or toxin, in Mandarin.

 

In one of Henry Lu's food books, he says mango is Cool, Sweet,

Sour, strengthens the Stomach, relieves vomiting, promotes

urination. There are some footnotes though, that excessive

consumption of mango is reported to have caused nephritis (would

make sense considering the comment about 'du' above..), eating a

mango after a full meal will cause swelling of the stomach, and

mango should not be eaten with pungent foods (like garlic or green

onion) as it will cause jaundice & pruritus. He then goes on to say

that to test this centuries-old belief, he ate 5 mangos with some

green onion and had severe pruritus within 5 hours (I thought that

was pretty cool.. almost like Zhong Ji (was it him?) who poisoned

himself several times one day when he was testing the actions of

herbs on himself).

 

In Maoshing Ni's " Tao of Nutrition', he basically says mango is

neutral and generates fluids (implies that it is sweet), but no

footnotes about pruritus.

 

Not sure what the TCM action would be to cause the pruritus, but

like Kirin said, Indians consider the food hot... but the literature

says it's a cool or neutral fruit! I wonder if this is a situation where

there are different species being talked about (ie, the yellow or

green mangos). Geoff

 

[Phil's comments: In WM, acute pruritus often arises in

hypersensitivity, contact- and other- allergies and food intolerance.

It also arises in dosorders of LV, LU and KI, such as with jaundice,

uraemia and in asthmatics. It may also arise in autoimmune

diseases, like the psoriasis-rheumatoid arthritis complex].

 

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From Alon Marcus

> ... pineapple ... Miriam Lee used to tell people to eat a whole

> pineapple regularly if they had digestive trouble Alon

 

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Date sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:51:48 +0530

Mango

 

Dear list, According to information on nutrition, Mango is ... cool in

property. We in India consider it a hot food. So when one eats

mangoes he or she gets prickly heat or boils. What is correct? Is

it cool or hot? Kiran Phalke <phalke.

 

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Best regards,

 

 

WORK : Teagasc Staff Development Unit, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland

WWW :

Email: <

Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0]

 

HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland

WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm

Email: <

Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0]

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