It’s also good to eat some spicy food during the festival

　　It’s good to eat some spicy food during the festival! The Chinese New Year is just around the corner. People say that the Chinese New Year is celebrated with great success. Sometimes we eat some spicy food in moderation, which is good for the body. If you wake up in the morning and feel that there is phlegm in your throat but cannot cough it up, and your stool is sticky, it means that there is some problem with your body. At this time, you can have some spicy food, which can not only keep you warm from the cold, but also stimulate your appetite, dispel cold, and promote blood circulation.

　　Chili pepper warms the stomach, dispels cold and dampness

　　Chili pepper is one of the most common ingredients on the table, and people in Sichuan, Hunan and other places cannot live without chili pepper. Chili peppers are pungent and hot in nature. Traditional medicine believes that pepper can dispel cold, stop diarrhea, kill insects, enhance appetite, and promote digestion. "Research on the Properties of Medicine" mentions that pepper "warms the body and dispels cold, removes wind and sweating, removes cold habits, removes phlegm and expels dampness", and "Supplementary Materials to the Outline" also points out that "spicy eggplant is hot in nature and dispersing, and can also remove water and dampness".

　　People with cold spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, watery diarrhea, stagnation of cold and dampness, cold and wind-cold, aversion to cold and no sweating, etc. are suitable for eating chili peppers. The main spicy substance in peppers is capsaicin, which can help the human body resist cold and eliminate dampness. A study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong found that capsaicin in chili peppers and peppers can lower blood pressure and bile, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease and atherosclerosis.

　　In addition, peppers are rich in vitamin C. The vitamin C content of peppers per 100 grams is as high as 198 mg, ranking first among vegetables, and has the effect of delaying aging. However, remember not to eat too much chili pepper, because the spicy heat of chili pepper is poisonous. Overeating can cause dampness in the body to change from heat, irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa, and cause stomachache, constipation and other problems.

　　Zanthoxylum bungeanum dispels cold, removes dampness, regulates qi and relieves pain

　　According to traditional Chinese medicine, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and enters the spleen, stomach, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of warming the body and dispersing cold, strengthening the stomach and removing dampness, relieving pain and killing insects, detoxifying and regulating qi, relieving itching and removing fishy smell.

　　"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists Zanthoxylum bungeanum as the middle grade. Li Shizhen mentioned in "Compendium of Materia Medica": " Zanthoxylum bungeanum has strong teeth, black hair, improves eyesight, has good color after long-term use, resists aging, increases youth, and strengthens the mind. ”The pungency of Zanthoxylum bungeanum can dispel the evil of yin and cold, warm the body and relieve pain, warm the spleen and stop diarrhea. It is an important medicine for treating spleen deficiency and cold. Its pungent nature can drive away and kill roundworms.

　　Garlic anti-inflammation, sterilization, cancer prevention and liver protection

　　Just like Sichuan people's hot pot is inseparable from chili and Sichuan peppercorns, Northeastern people's dumplings are inseparable from minced garlic.

　　Garlic, also known as garlic, garlic, and garlic, is a spicy vegetable and condiment often used in our daily life. "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a detailed description of garlic, "Garlic is warm in nature and pungent in taste; it enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridian, and has detoxification, anti-inflammatory, and spleen-strengthening effects." "Suixiju Diet Manual" also says that garlic: "When it is raw, it is pungent and hot, when it is ripe, it is sweet and warm, it removes cold and dampness, ward off yin evil, and warms the middle qi."

　　Modern medical research shows that garlic contains more than 400 substances that are beneficial to human health. It has unique effects on regulating blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, preventing thrombosis, preventing and fighting cancer, and enhancing the body's immunity. It is known as a "natural antibiotic".

　　Although garlic is very spicy when eaten raw, the best way to eat it is to mash it and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes before eating it. Garlic contains effective substances such as alliin and alliinase. After being crushed, they will contact each other to form allicin, which has health-care effects.

　　If you are worried about the bad smell in your mouth after eating garlic, you can drink a cup of coffee, milk, green tea or chew a few peanuts after eating garlic, which can clear your breath.

　　Onions dispel wind and cold, digest food and transform meat

　　Onions are warm in nature and pungent in taste, and enter the heart, spleen, and stomach meridians. "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica" mentioned: "It mainly eliminates grains and can be eaten for a long time. ”Traditional Chinese medicine believes that onions have the effects of dispersing wind and cold, eliminating phlegm and diuresis, and are a good vegetable that has the same origin as medicine and food.

　　Everyone can't help but burst into tears when cutting onions. This is because of the "spicy" taste of onions. The spiciness of onions mainly comes from a greasy volatile substance inside, which can resist colds, resist influenza viruses, and has a strong bactericidal effect. The pungency of onions can also stimulate the secretion of the stomach, intestines and digestive glands, increase appetite, and promote digestion. Onions do not contain fat, but are rich in a variety of vitamins. Eating more will not only make you fat, but also beautify your skin.

　　The above are some of the spicy foods we often eat. In daily life, we should eat some spicy foods appropriately so that our bodies can stay away from diseases and become healthier.