Properties: Sweet, sour, cool

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Lung, Spleen, Stomach

1. Tonifies Yin, Clears Heat and regenerates body fluids
   Thirst
   Topical (mango butter) to moisturise the skin; reduce wrinkles and blemishes; and soothe rashes, eczema, sunburn and bug bites
2. Regulates Qi, stops cough and strengthens the Stomach
   Poor digestion, slow metabolism, facilitates weight loss
   Cough, especially chronic dry cough or cough with watery sputum
3. Resolves accumulation of Phlegm and Dampness
   Enlarged prostate
   Prevention of kidney stones, leukemia, prostate, breast, lung, colon, and pancreatic cancers (due to Lupeol).

Suggested Daily Dosage: 1 cup sliced and eaten.

Cautions: May cause allergy if eaten too much.

• α-amylase
  Digestive enzyme that hydrolyzes starch to dextrins, involved in the ripening process of fruits (Peroni et al., 2008) but can also be of use in assisting the digestive process.
• β-amylase
  Digestive enzyme that promotes further hydrolysis of dextrins to maltose, involved in the ripening process of fruits (Peroni et al., 2008) but can also be of use in assisting the digestive process.
• Lupeol
  Triterpenoid with a role as an anti-inflammatory agent, investigated for the treatment of acne.

Notes:

Essential information is taken from http://chinesenutrition.org/view_image.asp?pid=449 with additional information on actions and indications taken from http://www.askdrmao.com/natural-health-dictionary/mango/, http://asante-academy.com/a-z-foods/mango/ and http://www.acupuncture.com/nutrition/mango1.htm.