Foods that should not be eaten together, according to a 1974 Japanese almanac that was purchased at Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
shiitake mushrooms and spinach - food poisoning
clams and mandarin oranges - food poisoning
rice boiled with red beans and blow fish - food poisoning
carp and mustard plant - hemorrhoids
horsemeat and yams - round worms
soba noodles and freshwater snails - stomach ache
raw plums and brown sugar - food poisoning
watermelon and tempura - stomach ache
peppermint and potato - food poisoning
loquats and red beans - stomach ache
duck's eggs and yams - general debility
catfish and pork - food poisoning
leeks or scallions and honey - hysteria or cramps
crab and persimmons - baldness
herring rose and bear's gall - general debility
soba noodles and dtes - stomach ache
corn and freshwater snails - diarrhea
eels and pickled plums - food poisoning
eggs and garlic - food poisoning
bamboo shoots and brown sugar - stomach ache
Margaret M. Lock, East Asian Medicine in Urban Japan (University of California Press, 1980), 97.
Friday, June 18, 2010
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