Effects and functions

1

Pepper is pungent, hot, and enters the stomach and large intestine meridians; it has the effect of warming the middle and lowering the qi, eliminating phlegm and detoxifying.

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2

Pepper's main ingredient is piperine, but also contains a certain amount of aromatic oil, crude protein, crude fat and soluble nitrogen, which can remove fishy, greasy, and help digestion.

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3

Pepper in small doses can improve appetite, and has a therapeutic effect on poor appetite and indigestion.

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4

Pepper is warm and hot in nature, and is good for relieving cold pain in the stomach and abdomen due to stomach cold, intestinal chirping and diarrhea, and for treating wind-cold colds.

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5

Pepper has antiseptic and antibacterial effects and can detoxify fish and shrimp.

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6

Black pepper has a stronger spicy flavor than white pepper, which is fragrant with spiciness, removes fishy smell and enhances the flavor, and is more often used in cooking offal and seafood dishes.

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7

White pepper has greater medicinal value and can improve abnormal leukorrhea and epilepsy in women.

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8

The main treatment for cold phlegm and food accumulation, cold pain in the epigastric region, regurgitation, vomiting of water, diarrhea, cold dysentery; external treatment for sores and swellings, venomous snake bites, dog bites; and also detoxification of food.