Cranberry Eating Taboos

I believe that most people are unfamiliar with cranberries. Many have never eaten them and don't know what they are. In fact, cranberries are edible fruits. Regular consumption of cranberries can help prevent aging. But what are the taboos for eating cranberries? What conditions make them unsuitable for consumption? Let's find out from the following article.

Cranberries are edible fruits. Their original name is "craneberry," which is derived from the fact that the flowers of the cranberry plant resemble the head and beak of a crane.

Cranberries are edible fruits. Their original name is "craneberry." During the colonial era, wild cranberries were among the earliest products from the "New World" to be exported to Britain. Sailors always kept cranberries on board to prevent scurvy caused by vitamin C deficiency. In 1677, the New England colonial government presented three famous North American products to King Charles II of England: two large barrels of Indian corn, three thousand codfish, and three large barrels of cranberries. After a long voyage, the corn and codfish had rotted, but the cranberries remained fresh and intact when presented to the king, thus gaining great fame.

Today, cranberries have become an indispensable accompaniment to meals and a regular part of the diet in American households. Cranberry juice drinks are a must-have in American refrigerators. Americans consume 400 million pounds of cranberries each year, with 70% produced by Ocean Spray. Cranberries contain special compounds - concentrated tannins. Besides being commonly believed to prevent urinary tract infections, cranberries can also effectively inhibit the attachment of Helicobacter pylori to the stomach and intestines. Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastric ulcers and even gastric cancer.

Taboos for Eating Cranberries:

i. People with long-term weak physical conditions should avoid eating cranberries.

ii. People with qi stagnation constitution, yang deficiency constitution, and blood stasis constitution should not eat cranberries.

iii. Those with long-term weak spleen and stomach should eat them sparingly.

iv. People with dysentery, enteritis, gallstones, fatty liver, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, encephalitis, stroke, kidney failure, gout, respiratory diseases, male diseases, gynecological diseases, infectious diseases, and diseases ( diseases refer to diseases of the five senses in Chinese， which can be translated as diseases of the eyes， ears， nose， throat， and mouth) should avoid eating cranberries.