1, the difference between black pepper and peppercorns

Species different. Pepper: pepper belongs to the rutaceae rue family under the pepper plant, its fruit is round, green bean size, the whole plant can be made into medicine, edible. Pepper: Pepper belongs to the order Piperaceae, Piperaceae, pepper is a woody climbing vine, the fruit is a round berry, edible part only for the berry.

Different appearance. Pepper: Although the whole plant can be eaten, but commonly used is the outer skin of the fruit, raw green, a stalk of multi-seeded, ripe red, black seeds. Pepper: The edible part of pepper is only the berry, but the edible part is the seed of the berry, which is green when it is raw, and the seed is milky white when it is ripe.

2, the introduction of pepper

Pepper, also known as Sichuan pepper, Sichuan pepper, reddish-brown, is the dried ripe fruit of pepper or green pepper, native to China. Although also known as "pepper", but with black pepper, white pepper is a completely different family, pepper flavor than pepper spicy, and both mellow and numb, pungent, spicy.

Pepper can be divided into: large pepper, small pepper, bean pepper and green pepper. Large pepper, also known as oil pepper, dry product was soy sauce red, strong flavor; small pepper, also known as dog pepper, fruit than large pepper small, skin slightly thin, strong flavor with fishy; bean pepper, also known as white pepper, fruit skin thin, stalk longer, light flavor; green pepper, also known as seven pepper, skin color green-brown, poor quality.

3, the efficacy and role of pepper

Dehumidification and pain. According to Li Shizhen, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "pepper firm teeth, hair, eyesight, long service, good color, resistance to old age, increase in years, healthy God." Traditional Chinese medicine says that pepper is pungent and hot, into the spleen, stomach, kidney meridian, aromatic stomach, warming cold, remove dampness and pain, kill insects and detoxification, itching and fishy effects, mainly for the treatment of vomiting, rheumatism, cold and dampness paralysis, toothache and other diseases.

Treatment of dysmenorrhea. Because of the warmth of pepper, can also cure menstrual cramps, practice is: 10 grams of pepper, pepper 3 grams, two **** research powder, with white wine into a paste, compress in the umbilicus, external dampness pain cream closed, 1 time a day, this method is most suitable for cold condensation stagnation of menstrual cramps.

Anti-corrosion. Pepper can not only eliminate the fishy flavor of meat, but also antiseptic effect. Therefore, stewed meat or fish stew can be added to 5-10 peppercorns, which not only removes the fishy flavor, but also conducive to preservation. If you don't have peppercorns in the fish stew, you can use peppercorn leaves instead, but the peppercorn leaves should be put in the pot when it's almost ready.

Other. Pepper has a variety of medicinal properties, can warm the stomach, improve appetite, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic, insect repellent, etc., but also can relieve colds, treatment of lacquer poisoning.

Medicinal value of black pepper

Like all Oriental spices, pepper has a long history of use as a spice and medicine. The stronger flavor of Wicker is usually the preferred medicine, but both Wicker and Black Pepper have been used as medicines.

Black pepper is used in India as a medicine in herbal, siddha and yunnani medicine, and the 5th-century Syriac Book of Medicines states that pepper (which may actually refer to pulverized bean paste) is used to treat constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, dyspepsia, insect bites, insomnia, arthralgia, liver disease, Lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, dental caries and toothache. In Chinese medicine, black pepper can be used to treat cold phlegm, food accumulation, cold pain in the stomach and abdomen, regurgitation, vomiting water, diarrhea, cold diarrhea, and can also be used to detoxify food poisoning. 5 centuries later, many writings also suggested the use of pepper in the treatment of eye diseases, usually made of pepper ointment applied directly to the eyes. In modern medicine, there is no evidence that these treatments are effective; applying pepper directly to the eyes is uncomfortable and may cause eye damage.

Pepper was for a long time thought to make people sneeze; it is still thought to do so today.

Side effects of black pepper

In our life, we will use black pepper as a kind of seasoning, but in fact, black pepper is not good for the body if you use too much.

The theory of traditional Chinese medicine, black pepper in addition to people will produce tongue numbness, but also can raise blood pressure. Usually belongs to the Yang Sheng internal heat, Yin deficiency and pregnant women, as well as hemoptysis, epistaxis (nosebleed), blood in the stool, constipation, hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, gastric ulcers, gums, swelling, sore throat, bad breath and other diseases, should be prohibited or eat less pepper.

From the point of view of the motherland medicine, pepper is hot, the ancients believe that over-eating will damage the lungs, hair sores, toothache, eye fainting, broken blood, abortion, etc., so even if it is the usual seasoning should not be too much. For eye patients, it is best to learn from the experience of Li Shizhen, eat less.