The pungent taste of red pepper is familiar to many. Some become his adherents, others do not like him. However, this does not detract from its beneficial properties, thanks to which chili peppers are popular.
Chili is the most popular spice known. Not everyone can or wants to use it in cooking, and yet this fruit has unique healing and anti-aging properties. The beneficial properties of red hot pepper are due to the high content of B vitamins, beta-carotene, active biological substances and microelements: iron, calcium, manganese, phosphorus.
Consuming chili peppers, even in small amounts in the form of seasonings for dishes, can significantly increase the vitality of the body.
The unique property of red pepper is its analgesic effect. When used as a seasoning, the active substances contained in it stimulate the production of endorphins - hormones of happiness. This causes an emotional uplift, stimulates appetite and relieves pain. Chili pepper normalizes the activity of the brain, relieves the condition of patients with epilepsy, relieves headaches. To do this, you need to rub it into the wings of the nose and nostrils. At first, a slight burning sensation is possible, but these unpleasant phenomena pass quickly. Hot pepper is very useful for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, it relieves a cold, cough, relieves bronchial spasms. This seasoning also has a warming, diaphoretic effect, speeds up metabolism, so spicy food is absorbed much better and faster than fresh food.
This seasoning is useful for acute and chronic liver diseases, it stimulates the secretion of bile. Tincture of red pepper relieves the condition of patients with joint and muscle pain, arthritis, arthrosis and diabetes mellitus. When taken internally, the infusion of red chili peppers lowers cholesterol levels, serves as a good prophylactic against hypertension and angina pectoris.
Regularly eating ½ part of hot pepper a day, you can strengthen natural immunity, cope with diseases of the oral cavity, pharynx, stomach and intestines. This plant relieves insomnia, slows down the growth of the development of malignant tumors. The laboratory-derived substance capsaicin is used for local anesthesia in dental procedures and minor surgical procedures.
The substance capsaicin, which gives the pepper its unique properties, is found in the inner walls and seeds. By removing them, you can achieve a decrease in the sharpness of taste, but retain the beneficial properties.
Chili pepper should not be consumed by those who have stomach problems: with gastritis, duodenal ulcer, it can be harmful. Eating too much chili will dull the sensitivity of your taste buds and you will need to use more seasoning to get the taste of your food. This can lead to burns of the gastrointestinal mucosa, so care must be taken.
Chili peppers are quite unpretentious to growing conditions, so you can grow this plant in a garden or on a window and have fresh fruits of this plant all year round, you can dry and grind it to always have this healthy seasoning on your table.
