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What is the function and use of pepper?
Function: Zanthoxylum bungeanum can warm middle warmer, dispel cold, remove dampness, relieve pain, kill insects and detoxify fishy smell. It can also be used for treating dyspepsia, chills and pains, vomiting, cough, diarrhea, dysentery, colic, toothache, ascaris lumbricoides, pinworm, pruritus vulvae and scabies.

Usage: Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the functions of strengthening hemp, improving flavor and reducing odor, ranking first among the "thirteen flavors" of seasoning, and is known as the "king of seasoning". Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also a traditional Chinese medicine, which is listed as a national medicine in Shennong Herbal Classic. Li Shizhen wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Zanthoxylum bungeanum has strong teeth, deep hair, good eyesight, good color for a long time, anti-aging, long life and health."

Modern medical research has proved that Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains volatile oil, alkaloids, coumarin and organic acids, and has pharmacological activities such as local anesthesia, analgesia, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-tumor and insecticidal. Condiments in the kitchen can not only make dishes more delicious, but also have a certain health-preserving effect.

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Wonderful use of pepper

1, for toothache

Put one or two liquors into the boiled pepper water, dip a little with a clean cotton swab, and then put a bite into the toothache, which will soon relieve the pain. However, the cause of toothache cannot be removed, and medical treatment is needed in time.

2. Prevent Mi Chong

Prepare a paper towel first, then beat a spoonful of peppers, then wrap the peppers with paper towels, and finally put the paper towels into the rice pile. In this way, the effect of preventing rice from being infected by insects can be achieved.

3. Reduce mouse hands

The "mouse hand" will not only have swollen wrist joints and inflexible fingers, but also severe pain will be transferred to arms, shoulders and neck. At this time, you can try soaking pepper water. The volatile oil contained in Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the function of local anesthesia and analgesia, which can alleviate the pain caused by "mouse hand" to some extent.

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