The efficacy and function of chili pepper

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I will recommend a Chinese medicine, Chili Pepper.

[Alias] Long-handled pepper (Seed Plants of Southern Jiangsu).

[Source] It is the fruit of the Solanaceae plant Capsicum annuum . Harvest in autumn when the fruits are ripe.

[Original morphology] Annual herb with erect and much-branched stems. Simple leaves are alternate; ovate or oblong, 5 to 7 cm long, entire, pointed at the tip, gradually narrowed at the base; petiolate. 1 to 3 flowers, axillary; calyx bell-shaped, with 5 teeth at the apex; corolla 5-lobed, green-white, arranged in a valvate manner; 5 stamens, attached to the base of the corolla, anthers longitudinally dehiscent; 1 pistil, 2-chambered ovary, slender style, stigma slightly capitate. The berry is conical or oblong-cylindrical, 2.5 to 5 cm long, equal to or slightly shorter than the stalk, usually erect, and the calyx is persistent. Seeds numerous, oblate. Flowering period is from June to July. Fruiting period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] It is cultivated in many places in southern my country.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy, warm in nature.

[Functions and indications] Apply to hand sores, wash athlete's foot, and treat dog bites.

[Additional prescription] For treating bites from epileptic dogs and fetal dogs: pepper seeds, false aloe vera, perilla, moss, and sugar. Mash and apply. (The following properties and flavors are from "Lingnan Herbal Medicine Collection Record")

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan"

Through the above, we have learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine chili pepper. I hope everyone can find the right medicine and eat chili pepper correctly in life.