A woman's best "friend" can actually drive away the cold, relieve pain and treat gynecological diseases

Sichuan peppercorns are a common seasoning in the kitchen, but they have more functions than just this.

[Zanthoxylum bungeanum, a friend of women]

1. Dispel cold and warm the stomach: Sichuan pepper is warm in nature and is the best choice for dispelling cold. Among the organs of the human body, the stomach is most afraid of cold and is most susceptible to cold. If the stomachache is caused by cold, you can boil peppercorns in water and drink it to dispel the cold and relieve pain.

2. Treatment of dysmenorrhea: For women, many have a cold uterus, which is why they often suffer from dysmenorrhea. You can boil pepper and ginger in water and drink it to dispel cold and promote menstrual blood circulation, which will also relieve abdominal pain.

This kitchen seasoning can dispel cold, treat diarrhea and dysmenorrhea, and regulate gynecological inflammation. It is a good medicine for women. 3. Treat cold feet: When winter comes, people with cold feet usually cannot sleep well because they always feel that the quilt is not warm enough. In fact, it is because of cold feet. You can boil water with peppercorns, pour it into a foot basin, add cold water, and soak your feet in the water. The water level should be above your ankles.

4. To treat acne: Put boiled pepper water in a basin, scoop it up with your hands and gently pat it on your face until you feel a numbing sensation. This can remove inflamed acne on your face.

5. Weaning and weaning: Take 6 grams of pepper, add 400 ml of water, soak and boil the water to concentrate it to 200 ml, add 30-60 grams of brown sugar, and drink it once while it is hot on the day of weaning. Take it once a day, and the milk will be weaned in about 1 to 3 days.

[The role of pepper]

Sterilization and disinfection: Sichuan pepper has the effects of sterilization, disinfection, analgesia, antipruritic and detumescence. It has a good inhibitory effect on many bacteria, especially bacteria on the skin surface. Most of them are boiled into Sichuan pepper water before use.

To treat toothache: add about one or two liang of white wine to the boiled pepper water, dip a clean cotton swab in the water, put it into the aching area and bite it, the pain will be relieved quickly. However, the cause of toothache cannot be eliminated, so you still need to seek medical attention in time.

To treat knee pain: Take 50 grams of crushed Sichuan pepper, 10 slices of fresh ginger, and chopped 6 green onions. Mix the three together, put them in a cloth bag, put a hot water bag on it, apply it to the painful area, hot compress for 30 to 40 minutes, twice a day.

Insect repellent: Sichuan peppercorns not only taste spicy, but also have a very unique smell, which many insects don’t like. This is mainly due to the effect of the volatile oils contained in Sichuan peppercorns. In summer, you can also use peppercorns to repel mosquitoes, because mosquitoes don't like the strong smell of peppercorns and try to avoid them. Therefore, you can put some peppercorns in the house to reduce mosquito bites. If you have skin allergies or itchy mosquito bites, you can also apply peppercorn water to stop the itching quickly.

To prevent foot odor, foot sweat, and athlete's foot: grab a handful of peppercorns, wrap them in gauze, put them in a pot and boil water, then fumigate your feet first, and then soak your feet when the water temperature is suitable.

Treatment for frostbite: Frostbite is easy to appear on the hands because of poor blood flow in the local area. If the frostbite has not broken, you can boil water with pepper and ginger, and soak your hands in it when it is not too hot to promote blood circulation.

Treatment of scabies: For scabies caused by the infection of scabies mites, you can soak a towel in the prepared pepper water, and then take it out and apply it to the itchy areas of the body. After applying, apply lotion to avoid skin irritation by pepper water.

Snoring: Take 5-10 peppercorns, soak them in a cup of boiling water before going to bed, and drink it after the water cools down. Take it for 5 days in a row to treat snoring.

Prevent influenza; Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing, insisted on bathing his feet in pepper water every night, and then massaging the Yongquan acupoint 100 times with his left and right hands alternately for health care. Soaking your feet in pepper water combined with massage techniques can dredge the meridians throughout the body, promote blood circulation, and regulate body functions, thus achieving the effect of self-care.

Enhance immunity: Soak in decoction of peppercorns. Wash your feet before going to bed every night, and then soak them in this soup. It can cure diseases, and the most obvious effect is that it can enhance immunity against influenza virus or other infectious diseases.

Relieve hernia: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that insufficient Qi in the body or exposure to cold and dampness are the causes of the disease. Because hernia is often related to the sinking of Qi in the middle, the treatment should focus on tonifying the middle and replenishing Qi. Fry half a pound of salt, add 20 peppercorns, wrap it in a cloth, and apply it to the affected area until the salt cools down. Apply once a day before going to bed.

To treat diarrhea caused by cold: use 6 grams of pepper and 3 grams of nutmeg, decoct in water to extract juice, take it in divided doses in the morning and evening. Take 1 dose per day, for 1-5 consecutive doses. It is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a pure yang substance that can dispel cold and dampness, nourish the right kidney and stop diarrhea.

【Pepper Foot Bath】

This kitchen condiment can dispel cold, treat diarrhea and dysmenorrhea, and regulate gynecological inflammation. It is a good medicine for women. In traditional Chinese medicine, peppercorns can warm the middle and relieve pain, dispel dampness and dissipate cold. Soaking your feet in water with pepper has the same effect as using angelica and safflower. They can both invigorate blood circulation and unclog the meridians, making the blood flow throughout the body unobstructed and the whole body warm. In addition, peppercorns are a natural disinfectant, and soaking your feet in peppercorn water can help treat athlete's foot. Soak and wash with decoction of peppercorns.

PS: Wash your feet before going to bed every night, and then soak them in this soup. Put the peppercorns in it, put them into the water and heat them until the water boils, then turn off the heat for about half a minute to a minute (not too long), pour the peppercorn water into the basin of cold water until it reaches a moderate temperature, and gradually add hot peppercorn water to maintain the temperature while soaking your feet. The dosage of Sichuan peppercorns for health purposes is generally thirty to forty grains. If used for medical treatment, the dosage can be increased appropriately, but it is best to have a doctor's guidance. The frequency of foot soaking for health care is generally once every two or three days, and the dosage can be increased appropriately in winter. When soaking your feet, it is best to massage your feet. Even if you don’t know about the acupoints, you can rub and massage your entire feet. This can effectively stimulate the acupoints on the feet and play a good role in health care and disease prevention. The foot soaking time should not be too long. It is generally appropriate to just sweat, and it is best not to sweat profusely. For those who have just started soaking their feet, or those with a cold constitution, they may not sweat during the initial period of soaking their feet. This is a sign of severe coldness in the body. At this time, you can increase the amount of pepper and the frequency of soaking your feet appropriately until you sweat.

Sichuan pepper is actually a very magical thing. As long as we are good at using it, it can become something useful to our body.