Pepper is not only a common condiment, but also has certain medicinal properties, which can play a role in diet therapy. But there are black and white peppers, and different kinds are suitable for cooking different dishes. What is the difference in nutrition and curative effect between them?

Generally speaking, most of pepper grows in high temperature and long-term humid areas, and its taste is pungent and hot, so it has a strong effect of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold and relieving pain. The more southerly the pepper grows, the warmer it is, because it fully absorbs the yang and heat in the south. Therefore, Hainan pepper has the strongest warmth.

white pepper

The medicinal value of white pepper is slightly higher, and the seasoning effect is slightly less. Its taste is more spicy than black pepper, so it has stronger functions of dispelling cold and strengthening stomach.

People with lung cold and phlegm can add white pepper to mutton soup to warm the lungs and resolve phlegm. Some people are prone to stomachache, which is caused by deficiency and cold of the stomach. Ginseng and Atractylodes macrocephala can be added to stew meat, and then some white pepper can be added to taste, which can warm the spleen and stomach in addition to dispelling cold. Usually eat cold salad, it is best to add some white pepper noodles to keep cold.

black pepper

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black food enters the kidney. Therefore, black pepper has an obvious effect of warming the spleen and kidney, and can treat "chicken diarrhea" caused by spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency and cold (referring to frequent diarrhea in the morning) by drinking broth flavored with black pepper the night before.

Pay attention to two points when cooking with black pepper:

First, it should not be cooked with meat for too long, because black pepper contains volatile oil, and if it is heated for too long, its unique spicy flavor will evaporate;

Second, high heat can make the taste of pepper more intense, so it is better to cook dishes with iron plates.

Because of the high heat of pepper, it is easy to make people have yang in their bodies, so it is best not to eat more every time, and it is more appropriate to eat about 0.3 g-1g. In addition, people who are inflamed and get angry should temporarily ban pepper, otherwise it is easier to get angry when they are hot.