Pepper with medicinal value

Nov 13
09:31

2012

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Pepper as pharmaceutical raw materials with medicinal function is because it contains capsaicin. And other content of pepper, such as capsaicin, dihydro capsaicin, go to a second oxygen capsaicin, homocapsaicin, high oxygen capsaicin, capsaicin capsanthin, capsorubin, carotene, fatty oil, vitamin C, tartaric acid, resin also has medicinal value.

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 According to pharmacological tests and clinical practice proves,Pepper with medicinal value Articles taking chili food or condiment, can stimulate the oral and gastric mucosa, promote saliva secretion and increased amylase activity, thus promote the appetite, enhance digestive function. Capsicum make tincture oral can used as stomachic, also can under the gas, help to digest, stagnation, i.e. expelling intestinal gas and release of intestinal spasm. But excessive consumption of pepper will stimulate the gastric mucosa caused by inflammation, detrimental to the body. Modern medical study found that peppers can stimulate nerves, dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, lower cholesterol, control blood pressure, prevent thrombosis, ulcer, pain, weight loss effect, can be used for preventing and treating ulcers, weight loss, cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment of searing pain and other symptoms.

According to the capsaicin manufacturer, capsaicin ointment use in skin have the red effect, can make the skin telangiectasia, enhance blood circulation, and can stimulate the nerve endings and produces warm feeling, so pepper topical can cure chilblain and rheumatism, lumbar and leg pain caused by cold, can also be used to treat colds or subcutaneous ecchymosis, accumulation of gall. Pepper can also stimulate the tongue taste receptors, reflex induced blood pressure rise, but had no significant effect on pulse. Red peppers can increase plasma levels of free content of hydrocortisone and urinary excretion, decreased fibrinolysis activity.

Pepper also the natural warehouse for ascorbic acid and carotene. The highest ascorbic acid content in vegetables is pepper, chili carotene content after yellow carrot. Pepper also contains higher cobalt, cobalt is the indispensable material for body to synthetize vitamin B1, with the promotion of hematopoiesis; lowering blood pressure, active the new supersedes the old, inhibit cancer cell growth. According to experts, eat hot peppers has a kind of warm feeling, can be keep out the cold, this is actually the body fat in "burning ". Consume excess fat thickness, weight control, can achieve effective weight loss purposes.

Because of chili is heat, wind fever should not eat. Pepper have irritation on gastric, oral mucosa, eating too much is easy to make mucosal hyperemia, increased intestinal peristalsis, so eat much is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastritis, enteritis, diarrhea, vomiting. In addition, the stomach and duodenal ulcers, pulmonary tuberculosis hemoptysis, toothache, tonsillitis, pharyngitis patients can not eat. Eat too much pepper may also cause anus gall, cause haemorrhoid, hypertension, menorrhagia patients should not eat chili. Except fruits, pepper leaves can also be cooked in soup, the taste is not spicy, with special aroma, rich calcium, carotene and ascorbic acid, invigorating the liver bright purpose effect; medicine can except cold and malaria. Pepper root can be medicine, treatment of functional uterine bleeding.

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