What are the benefits of drinking boiled pepper water?

Sichuan peppercorns are a very common condiment in daily life. Sichuan peppercorns can not only enhance the flavor of food, but also remove the fishy smell of meat. In addition, Sichuan peppercorns have other uses. Sichuan peppercorns are a warm food that has the effect of dispelling cold. Drinking water boiled with Sichuan peppercorns is very good for the body and can relieve pain. It can also prevent some physical diseases and is of great benefit to health.

What are the benefits of boiling pepper water?

Enhances immunity

It is recorded in ancient Chinese herbal books that Zanthoxylum bungeanum is warm in nature and has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold, removing dampness and relieving pain. Sichuan pepper contains a volatile oil that can maximize the phagocytic activity of macrophages in the human body, thereby strengthening the body's constitution and improving immunity.

It has the effect of protecting the liver and promoting catharsis

It has also been discovered that Sichuan pepper has a laxative effect. Although this effect is relatively slow, it is relatively long-lasting.

Inhibit smooth muscle movement and resist gastric ulcer and asthma

Zanthoxylum bungeanum and its volatile oil and geraniol all have obvious inhibitory effects on gastrointestinal motility and have antispasmodic and analgesic effects on gastrointestinal smooth muscle spasms. Sichuan pepper oil has a strong antispasmodic effect on tracheal smooth muscle, stronger than aminophylline, and thus has an anti-asthmatic effect. The antiasthmatic effect of Zanthoxylum bungeanum oil is also related to the inhibition of the release of SRS-A, an allergic mediator produced by pulmonary mast cells. Zanthoxylum bungeanum and its volatile oil have a strong antispasmodic effect on uterine smooth muscle spasms. Its aqueous extract has an anti-ulcer effect on the gastric ulcer model.

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic

1. Anti-inflammatory: Its water extract can inhibit ear swelling, plantar swelling and increased capillary permeability when administered to mice.

2. Analgesia: Its water extract can inhibit the writhing reaction and prolong the response to thermal pain stimulation when administered to mice. Its ether extract is stronger than its water extract. The spicy ingredients in Sichuan pepper have a strong and lasting analgesic effect.

Other effects

1. Antihypertensive: Intravenous injection of geraniol has a significant antihypertensive effect.

2. Local anesthesia: Its aqueous extract and volatile oil can block the impulses of the isolated sciatic nerve of toads and reduce excitability. It has a local anesthetic effect similar to procaine. β-Sanshool and sanshoamide also have local anesthetic effects.

3. Antibacterial and antifungal: It has strong antibacterial and antifungal effects.

4. Anthelmintic: Geraniol has an anthelmintic effect on guinea pig ascaris.