Pepper water

Speaking of peppercorns, I believe many people will think of the delicacies made with it as a seasoning, because the delicacies made with it as a seasoning are often delicious and increase appetite. But when it comes to pepper water made with peppercorns, many people may not understand its function, let alone the effect of soaking feet in pepper water. Let me introduce to you the function of pepper water and the effect of soaking feet in pepper water!

How to make pepper water

Pepper water recipe 1

Prepare 500 grams of water and 50 grams of Sichuan peppercorns. Pour the water into a pot, add the washed Sichuan peppercorns, bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat until fragrant. When about half of the water is left in the pot, filter the soup, cool it down, put it into a glass bottle, seal it, and store it in the refrigerator for use.

Pepper water method 2

Take 5g of peppercorns and a bowl of boiling water, put the peppercorns into the boiling water, wait until the water cools down, take out the peppercorns and throw them away, and the peppercorn water is ready.

The methods of making these two kinds of pepper water are very simple, and you can choose one according to your needs. If you want to enhance the deodorizing effect of pepper water, you can also add an equal amount of shredded ginger to boil water or soak it.

The efficacy and function of pepper water

1. Remove fishy smell. In cooking, pepper water is mainly used to marinate meat ingredients or prepare meat fillings. It can not only remove the fishy smell of meat, but also increase the flavor.

2. Dispel cold and warm the stomach. Sichuan pepper is warm in nature and is the best for dispelling cold. The stomach is the most afraid of cold among the organs of the human body and is also easily affected by cold. If the stomachache is caused by cold, you can boil Sichuan pepper in water and drink it to dispel cold and relieve pain.

3. Sterilization and disinfection. Sichuan pepper has the effects of sterilization, disinfection, analgesia, itching, and swelling. It has a good inhibitory effect on many bacteria, especially bacteria on the surface of the skin. Most of them are boiled into Sichuan pepper water before use.

4. Treat dysmenorrhea. For women, many people have a cold uterus, so they often suffer from dysmenorrhea. You can boil pepper and ginger in water and drink it to dispel the cold and promote menstrual blood circulation, and the abdominal pain will also be relieved.

5. Treat cold feet. In winter, people with cold feet usually have trouble sleeping because they always feel that the quilt is not warm enough. In fact, it is because of cold feet. You can boil water with peppercorns, pour it into a foot basin, add cold water to mix, and soak your feet. The water level should be above the ankles.

6. Treat frostbite. Frostbite is easy to appear on the hands because of poor blood flow. If the frostbite has not broken, you can boil pepper and ginger in water and soak your hands in it when it is not too hot to promote blood circulation.

7. Treat scabies. For scabies caused by the infection of scabies, you can soak a towel in the prepared pepper water, then apply it to the itchy areas of the body. After applying, apply lotion to prevent the pepper water from irritating the skin.

8. Treat acne. Put the boiled pepper water in a basin, pick it up with your hands and gently pat it on your face until you feel a numbing sensation. This can remove inflamed acne on your face.

9. Treat toothache. Add about one or two ounces of white wine to the boiled pepper water, dip a clean cotton swab into the water, put it into the toothache area and bite it, the pain will stop soon. However, it cannot eliminate the cause of toothache, so you still need to see a doctor in time.

10. Prevent perverts. Boil peppercorns with water. The thicker the better. Put it in a small spray bottle. It can be used by single women to prevent perverts. When using, spray it into the other person's eyes. Don't get the direction of the nozzle wrong!

Medicinal value of pepper water

1. Treatment of Ascaris Intestinal Obstruction

Use 2-4 liang of sesame oil, put it in a pot and boil it, add 3-4 qian of pepper, and remove it when it is slightly burnt and discard it; when the pepper oil is slightly warm, take it all at once. In the treatment of 8 children, the abdominal pain stopped 15-30 minutes after taking the medicine, and then defecation, and some of them expelled ascaris at the same time. If the obstruction time is too long, the symptoms of poisoning are obvious, there is intestinal necrosis or the possibility of appendicitis ascaris, it is not suitable to take it.

2. Treatment of schistosomiasis

Tried for early and middle stage schistosomiasis, it has a certain effect on improving symptoms. After taking the medicine, the appetite increases and the liver and spleen shrink to varying degrees. Usage: Fry and grind the pepper into powder and put it into capsules. Adults take 5 grams per day, divided into 3 times. A course of treatment is 20 to 25 days.

3. Treat pinworm disease

1 liang of Sichuan peppercorns, add 2 jin of water, boil for 40-50 minutes, filter. Take 25-30 ml of the lukewarm filtrate for retention enema, once a day, for 3-4 times. 108 children with pinworm disease were treated, and clinical symptoms disappeared, and three stool examinations were negative for eggs.

4. Used for pain relief

Take the peel of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and make a 50% injection solution. Inject it into the muscle or acupoints when it hurts, 2 ml each time. A total of 266 cases were observed, including 246 cases of abdominal pain (ulcer pain, intestinal spasm, biliary colic), 240 of which were effective; 4 cases of liver pain were effective; 3 cases of low back pain, 2 of which were effective; 13 cases of other pain (headache, angina pectoris, etc.), 5 of which were effective. Among the 266 cases, 186 cases had complete relief of pain, 68 cases had partial relief, and 12 cases were ineffective. The pain usually relieved within 10 to 15 minutes after injection, and it could last for 2 to 4 hours. No side effects were observed during the treatment.

5. Used for milk withdrawal

2-5 qian of Sichuan peppercorns, add 400-500 ml of water, soak and boil to 250 ml, then add 1-2 liang of brown sugar (white sugar is not as effective), take it once while hot on the day of weaning, once a day, and you can stop breastfeeding after about 1-3 doses. In most cases, milk will be significantly reduced 6 hours after taking the medicine, and breast swelling will disappear or pain will be relieved on the second day.

Side effects and contraindications of soaking feet in pepper water

1. It is not advisable to soak your feet in pepper water for a long time. If you feel that the original symptoms have disappeared, you should stop for a few days and wait until the deficiency symptoms appear. Otherwise, the phenomena of "lack of qi" and "fire from water" mentioned in ancient Chinese medicine books may occur. In this regard, from my experience: excessive use of pepper water to soak your feet mainly causes "lung fire", and then "strong fire consumes qi", so qi deficiency, in addition, cough, runny nose, sputum, easy cold and other lung problems also prove this point.

2. For people with symptoms of Yin deficiency, when soaking feet in pepper water, they should pay attention to replenishing Yin in time, especially in winter. Because soaking feet in pepper water can clear water channels, dispel cold, and digest food, and there is sweating in the process, so it feels a bit "dry" like other Yang-tonifying drugs. Especially for people with symptoms of Yin deficiency, soaking feet in pepper water should be combined with replenishing Yin, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of Yin deficiency. From my personal experience, because of frequent physical activities and a lot of sweating, if you don't pay attention to replenishing Yin, you often have symptoms of Yin deficiency. In addition, soaking feet in pepper water, I often consciously replenish Yin, such as boiling water with yam, lotus root, pear, or eating some fruits, etc., to replenish the water in the body in time. Note: For many middle-aged and elderly people, drinking plain water alone may not be ideal for replenishing Yin, especially for people with Yin deficiency.

3. For some people, especially those with cold constitution, soaking feet in pepper water is very effective. However, they have disease-eliminating reactions when soaking feet in pepper water for the first few times (for details, please refer to the article "Record of disease-eliminating reactions when soaking feet in pepper water" in this blog). The symptoms are similar to those of a cold. This is a normal reaction and a manifestation of the disease leaving the human body. Do not stop doing it. Examine the reasons or consult a professional. If it is a normal disease-eliminating reaction, it will generally be gone on the second or third day at most.