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Dog meat mung bean syrup

Dog meat and mung beans are really hot and cold things respectively. Eating together may upset the stomach, but it won't be poisoned.

Jiang bo, director of the Department of Gastroenterology, Southern Hospital, said that the saying that these foods can't be mixed should be just some folk sayings, and there is no scientific basis. In western medicine, there is no such taboo at all. If it were me, I would eat dog meat with mung beans. Generally speaking, we will advocate eating less fried food, because this kind of food itself has no nutrition and is not good for the body, but it will not produce poisoning or other immediate side effects.

She, a pharmacist at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that traditional Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the collocation of food attributes. Dog meat and mung beans are really cold and hot respectively. Eating together may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, but it will not be poisoned. In fact, all kinds of sayings that certain foods can't be mixed are folklore, and many of them are misinformation. Stewed lean meat with water chestnut, for example, is a favorite dish of Cantonese in autumn and winter.