Does eating pumpkin seeds cause internal heat?

During every Chinese New Year and other festivals, every household will buy a variety of snacks, fruits and vegetables to keep at home to entertain neighbors or to kill time. Among these fruits and vegetables, there will definitely be many kinds of seeds, and pumpkin seeds are one of them. However, many people will suffer from oral ulcers and sore throats due to greed, which is one of the most common conditions during the Chinese New Year and other holidays. The relevant situation is introduced below, let’s take a look.

1. Do pumpkin seeds cause internal heat?

Eating too much pumpkin seeds frequently can cause symptoms such as dry mouth, thick tongue coating, mouth blistering, sore throat, cough or constipation, which we often call getting angry. Whether pumpkin seeds are fried or boiled, they should be consumed in moderation. If you eat too many pumpkin seeds at one time for a long time, the repeated friction between the pumpkin seeds and your tongue will cause swelling, pain, redness, and blood blisters on the tip of your tongue, which is a sign of getting angry. Eating too much pumpkin seeds and other roasted nuts will not only cause internal heat but also affect digestion.

2. Causes of getting angry

2.1. Dry season or climate

The climate is dry in spring, especially in the north. It is easy to get angry if you don’t pay attention to replenishing water.

2.2 Lifestyle Factors

Young people who often stay up late can easily get angry due to busy work, mental stress, many social engagements, excessive smoking and drinking, and poor sleep.

2.3. Long-term consumption of tonic products

Although tonics have certain benefits for the body, we should also pay attention to their side effects, because general tonics are hot foods, such as red ginseng, Korean ginseng, bowllike ginseng, deer antler glue, donkey-hide gelatin and other hot tonics, do not eat them when you are "getting angry".

3. Symptoms of getting angry

3.1 Heart Fire

Heart fire can be divided into deficiency and excess. The main manifestations of false fire are low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc. You can drink some lotus seed rice porridge, or make tea with raw rehmannia, ophiopogon, etc.; the manifestations of real fire are repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, irritability, etc.

3.2 Lung Fire

Lung fire is manifested by dry cough without sputum or little and sticky sputum, hot flashes, night sweats, hot hands and feet, insomnia, and red tongue.

3.3 Stomach Fire

Stomach fire can be divided into deficiency and excess. Excess fire is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, and dry stool. You can make tea with gardenia and light bamboo leaves. Symptoms of deficiency fire include mild cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension and red tongue.

3.4 Liver Fire

Liver fire often manifests itself as headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and pain in the ribs.