Can I eat durian while taking Chinese medicine? Are there any taboos?

There are many dietary taboos while taking Chinese medicine, such as avoiding eating hot peppers, fish, mung beans, etc. If you are not careful, the medicinal properties will be greatly reduced. So, can you eat durian while taking Chinese medicine? To understand this problem, we must be clear about the characteristics of durian. Durian is rich in nutrients, but it is dry in nature and sweet in taste. You should avoid eating durian while taking Chinese medicine.

Durian eating taboos:

1. It is best not to eat durian with white wine. Both alcohol and durian are hot foods. If people with diabetes eat them together, it will cause blood vessel blockage, and in severe cases it may cause blood vessels to burst and cause stroke, so they should be consumed with caution. Normal and healthy people should also avoid consuming both at the same time. There have even been cases of people dying from eating durian and white wine together, so this is something you must be careful about.

2. Durian cannot be eaten with warm foods, such as beef, mutton, dog meat, and seafood. Because these foods are all hot and dry, eating them together will cause inflammation or lead to other diseases or trigger previous diseases.

3. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients should not eat durian as it will cause blood vessel blockage, and in severe cases, blood vessel burst and stroke may occur. It is not suitable for consumption.

4. People with hot constitution, sore throat and cough, cold, yin deficiency, and tracheal sensitivity will make their condition worse by eating durian. It is not good for the body and should not be eaten.

5. Patients with kidney disease and heart disease should not eat durian because durian contains high potassium.

6. In addition, patients with skin diseases, laryngitis, asthma and tracheitis should not eat durian, as eating it will aggravate their condition.