More than 2,000 years ago, when chilies entered China, the ancients in China used three spices: pepper, ginger and dogwood. Pepper, in particular, is widely planted in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. In the wealthy Tang Dynasty, the proportion of foods that used pepper in recipes actually accounted for 37%.

Sichuan pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum, alias Sichuan pepper, Sichuan pepper and Yunnan pepper, is distributed from north to southwest in China, and also in North China, Central China and South China. Sichuan Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum has been listed as a tribute since Yuanhe period of Tang Dynasty, and it was called "Gongjiao" in ancient times, which is recorded in many historical books. Large particles, many bumps on the surface, ruddy and natural color, no impurities, rich aroma and dryness are preferred.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that Zanthoxylum bungeanum has firm teeth, dark hair, good eyesight, good color, anti-aging, anti-aging and mental health. Warm in nature and pungent in taste, belonging to spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the effects of warming middle warmer, dispelling cold, warming stomach and relieving pain. It can be used for anorexia, epigastric cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, and can eliminate cold of five internal organs. It also has antipruritic effect and can be used for eczema, pruritus and vulvar pruritus. Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains volatile oil and other components, which has antibacterial, insecticidal, anesthetic and analgesic effects. External treatment of eczema and itching. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can also relieve the fishy smell.

Efficacy of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

1. Stimulate appetite: Zanthoxylum bungeanum is fragrant, which can remove the fishy smell of various meats, promote saliva secretion and stimulate appetite.

2. Lowering blood pressure: Some studies have found that Zanthoxylum bungeanum can dilate blood vessels, thus lowering blood pressure.

3. Insect repellent: Taking pepper can repel parasites.

4. Insect control of grain: Eat the stored grain and wrap dozens of peppers in cloth, and the insects will run away or die by themselves.

5. Anti-ant: Put dozens of flowers and peppers in the cupboard, and the ants will not dare to go in.

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Ginger (scientific name: ginger. ) is a perennial herb of Zingiberaceae.

Rootstock, yellow-green flowers, pungent smell. Plant height 0.5-1m; The rhizome is stout, multi-branched, fragrant and spicy. Leaf blade lanceolate or linear lanceolate, glabrous, sessile; Ligule membranous. The total pedicel is 25 cm long; Spike conical; Bracts ovate, light green or yellowish at the margin, with a small apex. Calyx tube is about 65438 0 cm long; Corolla yellow-green, lobes lanceolate; The central lobe of the lip is oblong and obovate.

In the central, southeast and southwest of China, Xianfeng, Huolong, Laifeng, Tongshan, Yangxin, Sun Yicheng, Xianning and Daye provinces are widely planted. It is also widely cultivated in tropical Asia. Roots are used as medicine, and fresh or dried products can be used as cooking ingredients or made into pickles and sugar ginger. Aromatic oil can be extracted from stems, leaves and rhizomes, and can be used in food, beverage and cosmetics.

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Cornus officinalis, also known as "moon gum" and "dwarf", is an evergreen aromatic plant, which has the functions of killing insects, disinfecting, expelling cold and expelling wind. Woody Cornus officinalis can be divided into Evodia rutaecarpa, Cornus officinalis and Cornus officinalis, all of which are famous Chinese medicines. Pei Juren 18 was one of the customs offices in China. On September 9, the Double Ninth Festival, he climbed the mountain with a cloth bag on his arm, which contained Cornus officinalis (called "Cornus officinalis capsule" in ancient times).

Cornus officinalis is a small deciduous tree with small yellow flowers and oval, red and sour fruit, which can be used as medicine.

There are several kinds of Cornus officinalis, one is Cornus officinalis of Cornaceae, the other is Evodia rutaecarpa of Rutaceae, and there are Cornus officinalis of Rutaceae and Cornus officinalis of Cornus genus. Cornus officinalis (scientific name: Cornus officinalis) is a deciduous tree of Cornaceae, with a tree height of10m; ; The bark is grayish brown, the old branches are dark brown and the young branches are green. The leaves are opposite, ovoid or ovoid, sparsely ovoid-lanceolate, 5- 12 cm long and 7.5 cm wide, tapering at the top, rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, sparsely creeping hairs at the top, white creeping hairs at the bottom, brown tufts in the axils of leaves, and 6-8 pairs of lateral veins; Petiole is about 1 cm long and has velvety hair.

Umbellies are axillary, with 15~35 flowers, 4 bracteoles, yellow-green, oval; Petals tongue-lanceolate, yellow; Calyx 4-lobed, lobes broadly triangular; Disk ring, fleshy. The fruit is oval, with a length of 1.2~ 1.7cm, and is red or purplish red at maturity. Flowering in March and fruiting in August -65438+ 10 month.