Pepper, alias: horn pepper, long pepper, vegetable pepper and lantern pepper, Latin name: CapsicumannuumL. Pepper is an annual or limited perennial herb in Solanaceae. Stems subglabrous or puberulent, branches slightly zigzag. Leaves alternate, the top nodes of branches are not elongated to form twins or clusters, oblong, oval, ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, entire, short tapering or acute at the top, and narrow wedge at the base; Flowers solitary, drooping; Calyx cup-shaped, inconspicuously 5-toothed; Corolla white, lobes ovate; The anthers are grayish purple. The fruit stalk is thick and drooping; The fruit has long fingers, the tips of which gradually become sharp and often bend. It is green when it is immature, and turns red, orange or purple when it is mature, which is spicy. Seeds flat kidney-shaped, pale yellow.
Edible
food therapy
The content of vitamin C per 100 grams of pepper is as high as 198 mg, ranking first among vegetables. Vitamin B, carotene and minerals such as calcium and iron are also rich. Medical experts believe that pepper can relieve cold pain in chest and abdomen, stop dysentery, kill parasites in stomach and abdomen, and control heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis; It can also stimulate oral mucosa, cause gastric peristalsis, promote saliva secretion, enhance appetite and promote digestion.
Spicy food has the functions of sterilization, antisepsis, seasoning, nutrition, and dispelling cold, and has played a positive role in preventing and treating diseases, improving genes, and promoting human evolution. Therefore, adding a little pepper to your daily menu is of great benefit to your health.
Pepper is also a very irritating food, and it is the favorite of many people, especially Sichuanese who are famous for their spicy taste. Pepper can not only stimulate our appetite, but also play a great role in warming the stomach and expelling cold, and also have a good effect on treating indigestion.
perform
Pungent in taste and hot in nature. It can warm the middle warmer, strengthen the stomach, dispel cold, dry dampness and sweat.
The product has strong local irritation; Oral administration can stimulate appetite and promote gastrointestinal digestive function; Capsaicin can stimulate the taste receptors of human tongue, and reflexively cause a temporary increase in blood pressure, which generally recovers after 10~ 15 minutes.
use
Used for spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loss of appetite, epigastric cold feeling, diarrhea and watery stool; Cold and dampness stagnate, eating less moss, being tired, and having limb pain; Cold and cold, aversion to cold and no sweat.
use
Stir-fried, boiled, ground or eaten raw.
pay attention to
Choose foods that are not very spicy, but spicy, oily and fleshy. It is not advisable to eat too much. Overeating can cause dizziness, dry eyes, burning mouth, abdomen or anus, pain, diarrhea and herpes on the lips.
It is not suitable for patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, cough, hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, eye diseases, boils, digestive tract ulcers, etc.