It is a small deciduous tree belonging to the family Rutaceae and the genus Pepper. Some of the aliases of pepper are pepper, Qin pepper, and Shu pepper.

Pepper, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has the efficacy of warming the middle, moving qi, dispersing cold, relieving pain and killing insects. It treats gastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea, schistosomiasis, roundworms and other diseases. It is also used as an epidermal anesthetic.

Introduction to Hemp Pepper

Pepper is a type of chili pepper, a specialty of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. Peppers are light in color, dark green when ripe, and brownish-yellow when air-dried.

Capsicum has the effects of warming the middle, relieving pain, killing insects and relieving itching. Cayenne pepper can also dilate blood vessels, thus lowering blood pressure; its fragrance can get rid of fishy smell, increase appetite and promote gastric juice secretion.

Pepper and mace and the difference

1. Difference in origin: chili peppers are mainly produced in Guizhou / Ganzi Aba, Sichuan, Tibet. Chili pepper has a special numbness, not fragrant. The skin of this kind of chili pepper is hard and long-lasting, with a greenish-black color.

Pepper: red or purple in color, with sesame flavor, mainly produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan.

2, chili pepper color difference is light, dark green after maturity, air-dried brownish-yellow; pepper heavy, brownish-red. The flavor of chili pepper is heavier than pepper, especially numb.

3, the difference in taste chili pepper is heavier than pepper. Prominent numbness, and a long time, chili pepper flavor is strong at the same time, the numbness is moderate. Both occupy an important position in Sichuan cuisine.

Picture comparison of peppercorns and mace