The efficacy and function of pepper and the medicinal value of pepper

Sichuan pepper is a common spice and also a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the mature peel of the plant Sichuan pepper, and people often use it. But do you know the effects and functions of Sichuan pepper? Do you know what its medicinal value is? If you don't know, you can follow the editor to find out.

The efficacy and function of Sichuan pepper

1. Sichuan pepper can increase appetite. It contains natural aromatic substances with a very fragrant smell. It can not only remove the fishy smell of meat ingredients, but also promote the secretion of saliva and digestive juices in the human body, which can greatly increase people's appetite.

2. Sichuan pepper can repel insects and prevent pests. Drinking boiled water with Sichuan pepper can expel parasites from the human body. Wrapping Sichuan pepper in gauze and placing it in a rice bucket can also prevent rice from being infested with insects and spoiling.

3. Sichuan peppercorns can prevent cooking oil from changing its taste. Putting Sichuan peppercorns in cooking oil can prevent the cooking oil from changing its taste and becoming spoiled.

Medicinal value of pepper

1. Sichuan pepper can relieve pain. It has obvious therapeutic effects on many painful diseases in humans. When people have abdominal pain, they can boil three grams of Sichuan pepper with six grams of dried ginger and drink the water. When people have toothache, they can boil Sichuan pepper in aged vinegar and rinse their mouths with vinegar after boiling.

2. Sichuan pepper can cure skin ringworm. Sichuan pepper can kill bacteria, reduce inflammation and relieve itching. It has a very obvious therapeutic effect on human skin ringworm. During treatment, 25 grams of Sichuan pepper and 100 grams of purple garlic can be ground together into a soup-like state and applied directly to the affected area, two to three times a day. This can quickly improve skin ringworm and significantly reduce the symptoms of pain and itching.