There is some truth in this statement, but there is no denying the contribution of spicy food to health.
Which spicy foods can play a health care role?
First of all, green onions
Onion is not only a common vegetable, but also a necessary seasoning for stewed fish and cook the meat. Especially northerners, if there are no green onions dipped in soy sauce, even eating delicacies will be boring.
Although many southerners think that eating raw green onions is unsanitary, in fact, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, green onions are also one of the foods with the same origin of medicine and food.
Although the taste of green onions is pungent and pungent, it will be particularly choking when eaten in the mouth, but it is precisely because of this unique smell that it can stimulate appetite.
Scientifically speaking, green onions contain many nutrients, besides vitamins, sugars and carotene, they also contain volatile sulfides, nicotinic acid and trace elements.
Sulfide in green onions can not only promote the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, but also effectively increase appetite.
Chinese medicine believes that eating raw onions can not only play the role of sterilization and detoxification, but also have the functions of strengthening the stomach, dispelling cold and promoting lactation. Especially for the treatment of constipation and dysuria, it also has unexpected effects.
Second, garlic
Garlic is a popular condiment in northern China. When frying, you can put it in the oil pan, which not only tastes spicy and attractive, but also stimulates appetite and promotes digestion.
In particular, allicin, which is unique in garlic, not only has the effects of sterilization, detumescence, pain relief and detoxification, but also can improve the body's resistance by eating garlic regularly.
Under normal circumstances, garlic can also be eaten raw with dipping sauce, but the spicy taste of garlic is relatively strong, so it is difficult for ordinary people to have an appetite for garlic.
But for people who live in the north all the year round, they like garlic when they eat meat and soup. On the one hand, it can relieve boredom, on the other hand, it can make them have an appetite.
But for people with bad stomach, try not to wolf down garlic, because allicin in garlic has a certain stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, and even symptoms such as stomach pain and diarrhea may occur in severe cases.
Third, ginger.
Although ginger seems to be just an ordinary seasoning, I don't know that it is a good prescription for treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, because ginger brown sugar soup can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea, and drinking ginger soup after a cold can also relieve cold symptoms.
The reason is that ginger contains a lot of gingerol, which can not only effectively enhance the blood circulation speed, but also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis. For people with indigestion, eating ginger at ordinary times can play a good role in alleviating it.
In addition, gingerol and gingerol, which are unique to ginger, also have the effects of dispelling cold, sweating and dehumidifying. Whether eating ginger or drinking ginger soup at ordinary times can effectively improve immunity and play a very good role in preventing diseases.
Three kinds of spicy food are introduced above. Although these three foods are particularly spicy to eat, they have a very important health-preserving effect on the body. Whether garlic, green onions or ginger are eaten raw or cooked, they all have different tastes and have good curative effects on some diseases.