Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Which Fruits Can They Eat?

Patient's question:

Onset of illness this October, polydipsia and polyuria symptoms, insulin injection treatment

Doctor's answer:

Fruits beneficial for diabetes:
1. Apple: Cool in nature, sweet in taste, with some varieties slightly sour. It has the effects of tonifying the heart and Qi, generating fluids and relieving cough, strengthening the stomach and spleen, calming restlessness, dispelling summer heat, and reviving after drinking.
2. Pear: Cold in nature, sweet with a slightly sour taste, belonging to cool fruits. It has the effects of generating fluids, moistening the lungs, clearing heat, cooling the heart, resolving phlegm, lowering fire, stopping heat cough, and detoxifying.
3. Peach: Warm in nature, sweet and slightly sour. Peaches are rich in glucose and fructose, making them sweet and juicy. They have the effects of generating fluids, moistening the intestines, promoting blood circulation, resolving stagnation, nourishing Qi and blood, improving skin tone, and astringing sweat.
4. Orange: Cool in nature, sour in taste. It has the effects of generating fluids and clearing heat, resolving phlegm and lowering Qi, harmonizing the stomach and stimulating appetite, reviving after drinking, and quenching thirst.
5. Pomelo: Cold in nature, sweet and slightly sour. It has the effects of lowering Qi and resolving phlegm, strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion, relieving edema and pain, and soothing the throat and reducing inflammation.
6. Lychee: Warm in nature, sweet and slightly sour. It has the effects of tonifying Qi and strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood and benefiting the liver, quenching thirst, improving intelligence, promoting mental clarity, detoxifying, and stopping diarrhea.
7. Cherry: Warm in nature, sweet in taste. It has the effects of boosting Qi and replenishing deficiency, regulating stomach and spleen function, inducing sweating, dispelling wind and resolving rashes, detoxifying, and nourishing the skin and enhancing beauty.
8. Waxberry: Warm in nature, sweet and slightly sour. It has the effects of generating fluids and quenching thirst, harmonizing the stomach and aiding digestion. It is primarily used to resolve phlegm, stop vomiting, eliminate stagnation, treat dysentery, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, and gastrointestinal dysfunction, as well as diabetes.

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