Pepper is rich in nutrition, especially the content of vitamin C, which ranks among the best in vegetables. 100 g pepper contains vitamin cl05 mg.

Pepper also has important medicinal value. When eating is not fragrant and appetite is reduced, putting some pepper in the dish can improve appetite and increase appetite. Oral administration of a little pepper decoction alone can cure poor appetite, abdominal distension and abdominal pain caused by cold. Boiling soup with pepper and ginger can also treat cold and cold; Especially suitable for patients with dyspepsia.

Although pepper is rich in nutrition and has important medicinal value, excessive consumption is harmful to human health. Because too much capsaicin will violently stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa, make it highly congested, accelerate peristalsis, cause stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea and anal burning and stabbing pain, induce gastrointestinal diseases, and promote hemorrhoid bleeding. Therefore, anyone suffering from esophagitis, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer and hemorrhoids should eat less or avoid eating Chili. Because pepper is pungent and hot, you should also be careful to eat hot diseases, such as burning eyes, toothache, sore throat, hemoptysis, furuncle, or hypertension and tuberculosis with yin deficiency and fire flourishing.

Chinese medicine says:

Pepper has the functions of dissipating heat at moderate temperature, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. It can be used as both seasoning and dish, and many people like it very much, especially southerners.

But this kind of food should not be eaten more, because pepper is poisonous, and overeating can make the body hot and humid, which is manifested as acne on the skin, increased blood pressure, aggravated hemorrhoids, nosebleeds and so on. If you eat pepper in large quantities for a long time, it will cause poisoning symptoms, such as burning sensation in the stomach, bloating, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and even vomiting blood, hematuria, nosebleeds, and increased or decreased blood pressure. Animal experiments have confirmed that capsaicin, the main component of pepper, has certain influence on the circulatory system, which can cause transient blood pressure drop, slow heartbeat and dyspnea. So eat too much pepper and be careful of poisoning.