I. Benefits
1. Pepper has high nutritional value in vegetables. Pepper contains a lot of vitamin C and more antioxidants, which can not only enhance the body's resistance, but also delay aging.
2. Capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin contained in pepper can stimulate the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice and enhance appetite.
3. Pepper contains a lot of carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in human body, which has the functions of enhancing vision and preventing night blindness.
4. Pepper is pungent, which can stimulate people to sweat after eating, has strong antipyretic and analgesic effects, can lower body temperature and relieve muscle pain; At the same time, it has a strong role in promoting blood circulation and can improve the symptoms of colds and frostbite. Cooking soup with pepper and ginger can also treat cold and cold.
Second, shortcomings.
1. Pepper is spicy. Eating too much for a long time is easy to get angry and affect your health. Therefore, fire eye, toothache, sore throat, hemoptysis, furuncle and other fiery diseases, or the constitution of yin deficiency and fire flourishing, should be carefully eaten.
Eating too much pepper will lead to loss of taste.
3. The alkaline components in pepper can directly stimulate the gastric mucosa and ulcer surface, and aggravate the congestion and dilation of local blood vessels in the stomach. If nerve endings are irritated, it will also cause stomach pain and even stomach bleeding in severe cases. Long-term consumption of pepper in large quantities will cause stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, burning and stinging of anus, induce gastrointestinal diseases and cause hemorrhoid bleeding.
In short, pepper can be eaten in moderation.