1. heating
In the cold winter, people in some places put some peppers in their socks or shoes to keep warm through the burning sensation of peppers.
decorate
People all over the world like to use common things as symbolic mascots, such as the mascot of the United States 1994 World Cup is a puppy; The mascot of France 1998 World Cup is a rooster. Pepper is also worshipped as a totem. 1986 The mascot of the World Cup in Mexico is a green pepper with a football, a big straw hat and a big beard.
In China, many places also like to dry and store peppers. Hanging a string of peppers in front of the door is considered by many people as a symbol of celebration.
3. Insecticide
Pepper is also used as "agricultural medicine". Homemade pepper spray has long been used in gardens or farmland because pepper can effectively drive away insects. For ordinary mammals, pepper can also play a role in promoting. For example, some people use pepper spray to drive away squirrels, voles and prairie rats, and the effect is remarkable.
shelter oneself
If the concentration of capsaicin increases, it can be used for self-defense. At least if sprayed into people's eyes, it will cause serious irritation to the eyes. This is what we usually call "Chili water".
lose weight
Eating Chili peppers can increase the heat in the human body, which can be converted into energy, burn fat in the human body and accelerate human metabolism.
6. Local anesthetic
Capsaicin will relieve the pain. The principle is that capsaicin can interfere with the passage of substance P, a neurotransmitter that causes pain. Capsaicin can also be used as an external analgesic to relieve pain and achieve local anesthesia. Capsaicin is one of the active ingredients of several local painkillers and has been approved as an over-the-counter drug by the US Food and Drug Administration.
7. Help digestion
The main ingredient of Chili sauce is pepper, and some Chili sauces are more spicy than ordinary peppers because they use concentrated capsaicin. Most people will think that eating Chili is very exciting, which will definitely be bad for the stomach and cause indigestion. In fact, capsaicin is helpful to solve indigestion. Because capsaicin can accelerate blood circulation and help stimulate the stomach to produce digestive juice.
disinfect
Capsaicin can also kill Helicobacter pylori in the gastrointestinal tract.