The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine pepper

Sichuan peppercorns are a condiment that many people cannot accept, especially in areas where people tend to eat lighter foods. Many people feel that their mouths have become completely numb after eating Sichuan peppercorns. However, in some relatively humid areas, such as Sichuan, people often eat peppercorns to eliminate the cold in their bodies. In fact, pepper is a very famous Chinese medicinal material. So what are the effects and functions of Chinese medicinal pepper?

The efficacy and function of Sichuan pepper

The effects of pepper:

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is spicy and hot in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians;

It has the effects of aromatic stomachic, warming the middle and dispelling cold, removing dampness and relieving pain, killing insects and detoxifying, relieving itching and removing fishy smell;

It is mainly used to treat vomiting, wind-cold-dampness, toothache and other symptoms.

According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, "Zanthoxylum bungeanum strengthens teeth, darkens hair, improves eyesight, and long-term consumption improves complexion, delays aging, increases longevity, and strengthens the mind."

Raw Sichuan peppercorns: Raw Sichuan peppercorns are slightly poisonous and have a very strong pungent and warm nature. They have good insecticidal and antipruritic effects when used externally. Used for scabies, eczema or itchy skin.

Fried Sichuan peppercorns: Frying can reduce their toxicity, and they are good at warming the middle and dispelling cold, expelling parasites and relieving pain. It is used for cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, and abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation.

It can be eaten by the general population, but pregnant women and those with yin deficiency and excess fire should avoid eating it.

Dried peppercorns

The role of pepper:

It can remove the fishy smell of various meats; promote saliva secretion and increase appetite; dilate blood vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure; taking pepper water can remove parasites; it has the effects of aromatic stomachic, warming the middle and dispersing cold, removing dampness and relieving pain, killing insects and detoxifying, and relieving itching and removing fishy smell.

Step 1: Sichuan pepper has a fragrant smell, which can remove the fishy smell of various meats, promote saliva secretion and increase appetite;

Step 2: Studies have found that Sichuan pepper can dilate blood vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure;

Step 3: Taking pepper water can expel parasites.

Step 4: Treating Cold Pain in the Abdomen

This product is spicy and is used as a condiment by people in western China to drive away the cold and stimulate appetite.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a therapeutic effect on stomachache, abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by cold, and can be used together with costus root, coptis root, etc. For those with weak spleen and stomach, foamy stools, cold abdomen and abdominal pain, adding hot medicines such as Sichuan pepper and roasted ginger to warm the middle and dispel cold can significantly improve the symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea on the basis of strengthening the spleen and regulating qi.

There is another situation. Chronic gastritis sometimes causes a cold and painful stomach. After taking hot medicine, one feels uncomfortable and the pain worsens. This situation should be treated with the method of pungent opening and bitter purging, that is, using hot medicine to counter the cold medicine, and must never be treated with the method of warming the middle alone. Sichuan pepper should be used together with heat-clearing medicines.

Step 5: Treat Asthma

Research doctors have used Jiaomu Oil Pills to treat a large number of cases of bronchial asthma and asthmatic bronchitis. It has a very good effect in relieving asthma and is also effective in removing foamy sputum, but the effect lasts for a relatively short time. The ingredient of Jiaomu Oil Pills is Sichuan pepper oil, which has the effects of relaxing bronchial spasms and anti-allergic. It has a good effect on cough, wheezing and excessive sputum caused by chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic cor pulmonale and asthma. A few patients experienced dizziness, nausea, and fever, but there were no other obvious side effects. Sichuan pepper or Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be used in decoction to warm and resolve phlegm, relieve cough and asthma.

Step 6: Protect grain from insects. If stored grain is infested with insects, wrap a few dozen peppercorns in cloth and put them in the grain. The insects will run away or die on their own.

Step 7: Prevent grease from smelling bad. Adding an appropriate amount of pepper powder to oil can prevent the oil from becoming hard.

Step 8: Anti-ants on kitchen cabinets. Place dozens of fresh peppercorns in the cupboard and ants will not dare to enter.

Step 9: Fly-proof food. Put some peppercorns next to food and on meat, and flies will not crawl around.

Step 10: Prevent boiling oil from overflowing. When frying food, if the oil is heated to boiling point, it will overflow from the pot. However, if you add a few peppercorns, the boiling oil will immediately subside.

Step 11: Prevent toothache. If the toothache is caused by hot or cold food, place a peppercorn on the affected tooth and the pain will slowly disappear.

Step 12: Soak your feet in pepper to remove dampness and cold, sterilize, disinfect and relieve itching