Guest guest Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 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 > __________ > > Message: 3 > Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:11:06 +0100 > " " < > 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 > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > 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. > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 pineapple >>Miriam Lee used to tell people to eat a whole pineapple regularly if they had digestive trouble Alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Hi Nilton, Alon & Geoff, Many thanks, Phil >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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]. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From Alon Marcus > ... pineapple ... Miriam Lee used to tell people to eat a whole > pineapple regularly if they had digestive trouble Alon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original message: 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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