05/27/2026
Listening to Quintin Tarentino soundtrack play list driving to work yesterday I realized the Lime in the Coconut 🥥 🍋 🍹 is great summer TCM food prescription!
When you would utilize lime and coconut:
coconut tcm diet
In Traditional Chinese Medicine coconut is used balancing properties, generally known to nourish Yin (body fluids), tonify Qi (energy), and clear internal heat.
Nature: Cooling.
Benefits: Excellent for clearing Summerheat, hydrating the body, and generating bodily fluids. It nourishes Yin and satiates thirst.
When to use: During hot summer months, or when feeling symptoms of dehydration and dryness. Do not use in cases of excess Damp.
Lime:
Lime helps balance the properties of coconut as it is cooling but Astringent! Supports the Spleen without shocking it.
Retains healthy amounts of fluid especially if sweating excessively. Promotes flow of qi and supports the Liver and Gallbladder.
Nature: cool
Benefits: use in Spring and Summer to your liver health.
So you could truly put the lime in the coconut to relieve your belly ache. You could put the lime in the coconut and drink then both down, put the lime in coconut and call me in morning!
Coconut. Harry Nilsson. (1972) with lyrics on screen. Sweet coconuts and juicy, tangy limes. Make my belly ache just thinking about it!
