Sichuan people's eating habits of chili are mainly due to geographical and climatic factors, with heavy moisture and spicy food for dehumidification.

As the saying goes, "the sun in Sichuan, the wind in Yunnan, and the rain in Sichuan are like winter"; "Sichuan has no three miles, no three sunny days, and no one has three cents." These two sentences reflect that there is a lot of rain in Sichuan, especially when it rains.

In Sichuan, I always feel that it is the cold from the inside of my body. Eating Chili peppers is to drive away cold and dampness.

This is because pepper contains a substance called capsaicin. Every time you eat Chili, eating Chili will make your heart beat faster, your pores widen, your skin capillaries expand and thicken, your blood speeds up, your sweat glands open, and you sweat all over. The cold and moisture on the body are driven out of the body, and the whole body will feel warm.

This is from a medical point of view, pepper has the functions of warming the middle warmer, lowering qi, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, dispelling cold and removing dampness.

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The benefits of eating Chili peppers

1, appetizing and digestion-promoting: Chili is spicy and exciting. No matter what dishes are served with Chili, they taste particularly fragrant. In the folk, pepper is also called "appetizer" and "next meal". When people have no appetite and don't want to eat, eating some peppers can promote appetite and increase appetite.

2, dehumidification and cooling: China's Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Guizhou, because the local climate is humid, and pepper has the role of dehumidification, can drive away excess moisture in the body. There is much rain and humidity in summer. Eating some peppers properly can remove moisture.

3. Eating Chili has a cooling effect. This is mainly because there will be a tingling sensation when I just eat Chili, but after the tingling, the spicy stimulation only leaves a layer of crystal sweat on my face; When the sweat evaporates, it takes away the excess heat of the body, and the coolness that surprises you will surely come as scheduled.

References:

People's Network-Big Summer Health: Eat spicy food in summer, dissipate heat, detoxify and lose weight.