{"id":63301,"date":"2026-06-24T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63301"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:18:59","slug":"how-many-lychees-are-safe-to-eat-in-a-day-what-tcm-says-about-the-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63301","title":{"rendered":"How many lychees are safe to eat in a day? What TCM says about the fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trees across Hong Kong and mainland China\u2019s south are bursting with fragrant, golf-ball-sized red fruit, which can mean only one thing \u2013 lychee season is here.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Lychees are much loved in the country. One well-known historical titbit tells of how <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Yang Guifei<\/span> (719-756), the favourite concubine of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Tang dynasty<\/span> Emperor Xuanzong, had such a fondness for the fruit that the emperor set up a high-speed horse relay across half of China to deliver them to her at the imperial court in Chang\u2019an while they were still fresh and juicy.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In TCM, lychees are classified as \u201cwarm\u201d or \u201cheaty\u201d \u2013 a concept known as <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">yit hei<\/em> (\u201chot air\u201d \u2013 also written <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">yeet hay<\/em>) in Cantonese that describes a build-up of heat in the body.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to Karen Cheung, a registered TCM practitioner at Ayla Executive Medical in Hong Kong, eating too many can disrupt the body\u2019s natural balance, leading to inflammatory symptoms. Excess consumption can trigger sore throats, mouth ulcers, acne breakouts, constipation and eczema flare-ups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-iv290s e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TCM practitioner Karen Cheung says eating too many lychees can disrupt the body\u2019s natural balance. Photo: karencheungtcm.com\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/06\/23\/9371e05a-844b-41dc-bb56-96b4bb5e8140_ed5d08ca.jpg\" title=\"TCM practitioner Karen Cheung says eating too many lychees can disrupt the body\u2019s natural balance. Photo: karencheungtcm.com\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">TCM practitioner Karen Cheung says eating too many lychees can disrupt the body\u2019s natural balance. Photo: karencheungtcm.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">In moderation, lychees offer distinct benefits. Cinci Leung, a registered TCM practitioner and founder of wellness platform CheckCheckCin, notes that the fruit is excellent for individuals prone to \u201ccoldness\u201d (a depletion of the body\u2019s warming energy known as yang), or \u201cpaleness\u201d (an inability to generate and circulate blood and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">vital energy, known as qi<\/span>). It can also be good for those recovering from illness.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3358000\/how-many-lychees-are-safe-eat-day-what-tcm-says-about-fruit?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees across Hong Kong and mainland China\u2019s south are bursting with fragrant, golf-ball-sized red fruit, which can mean only one thing \u2013 lychee season is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[269,572,9449,25325,1086,7680],"class_list":["post-63301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-day","tag-eat","tag-fruit","tag-lychees","tag-safe","tag-tcm","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}