For many people, chili is an indispensable spice in meals, helping to increase appetite. But few people know that chili is also a very valuable medicine in traditional medicine.

The hotter the chili, the better for health

According to traditional medicine, chili has a spicy, hot taste. The effect of drilling middle, soldering, succulent, food, only system (pain relief), anti-jam (curing cancer …) People often use it to treat abdominal pain caused by cold, poor digestion, joint pain, used externally to treat Centipede bites… In addition to being used as medicine, our people often use chili leaves to cook soup.

Modern medical research is also consistent with traditional medicine on the healing effects of chili peppers. Research results of Chinese scientists show that chili peppers have many health benefits. Chili contains the following active ingredients:

Capsicain is an alkaloid accounting for about 0.05-2%. The chemical structure has been identified as isodexenic acid vanilylamide, which is characterized by high temperature evaporation, causing strong sneezing. There is also Capsaicin, which is the active ingredient that causes redness and heat, which only appears when the peppers are ripe, accounting for 0.01-0.1%. Interestingly, Capsaicin has the effect of stimulating the brain to produce Endorphin, an endogenous morphine, with analgesic properties, especially useful for patients with chronic arthritis and other diseases. cancer.

​In addition, chili peppers also help prevent heart disease because they contain a number of active ingredients that help blood circulate well, avoiding platelet clotting, which can easily cause heart attacks. Chili is also effective in preventing high blood pressure. Some studies show that green-skinned, small-fruited chili peppers have more capsaicin content. In addition, chili peppers also contain many vitamins such as vitamins C, B1, B2, citric acid, malic acid, beta carotene, etc.

In addition to being used as food, chili is also used by our people as medicine since ancient times. In the treasure of folk medicine, there are many precious remedies including chili.

Anti-diabetes

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition by scientists from the University of Tasmania, Australia in 2011 showed that: Regularly eating chili can help the body control insulin levels in the blood, This will benefit diabetics.

According to this study, people who followed a diet with extra chili peppers had a 60% lower blood sugar than those who didn’t. This is good news for diabetics.

Fight stomach cancer

In the past, many people believed that eating chili peppers would increase the risk of stomach ulcers. However, a multi-year study by the Mexican Institute of Public Health did not find this link.

Research by American scientists also shows that it is the capsaicin component in chili peppers that helps fight stomach cancer. They also point out that the incidence of stomach cancer in Mexico – where people eat a lot of chili – is very low.

Helps relieve pain

Capsaicin in chili peppers also has analgesic effects and is related to anesthetics. According to researchers from Harvard University (USA), capsaicin can be used as a pain receptor without affecting nerves.

That is the reason why many pharmaceutical companies today use chili extract to get pain-relieving ingredients to make anesthetics for patients undergoing surgery, caesarean section, etc. In addition, people also use capsaicin to make topical creams for patients. Chronic osteoarthritis, muscle spasms and back pain.

Improve blood circulation

Our circulatory system is often clogged due to a high-fat diet and sedentary lifestyle. However, regularly eating chili peppers will help detoxify the blood and lower cholesterol, helping to clean blood vessels. Some people even use chili tea to recover from heart attack patients.

Fighting against flu

Chili is very good for the immune system, just eating a little chili or pepper will make you sweat. This helps you to cleanse your body and fight the flu. In addition, chili also helps you reduce chest tightness and fight inflammatory diseases in the respiratory tract.

Fight against prostate cancer

A study published in the American Journal of Cancer Research concluded that the capsaicin in chili peppers prevents the growth of prostate cancer. According to Dr. S. Lehmann, the author of the work, to get this effect, an average man needs to eat about 5 chili peppers per week.

Helps to relax

Many studies show that eating chili peppers also has the effect of relaxing the mind and making the body pleasant.

Contributing to anti-fat

Many studies have concluded that the spicy component of chili peppers helps to create thermogenesis of the body and burn fat and calories. Moreover, it also helps to increase metabolism in the body, creating a feeling of fullness, thereby contributing to effective weight loss.

Help sleep well

Australian scientists have found that a group of volunteers fell asleep more easily when they ate the spiced chili. Every day, 25 volunteers were fed about 30g of chili peppers/person. As a result, they slept more deeply and lasted an average of 30% longer than those who didn’t eat.

Losing weight

Through research, scientists have proved that the spicy component of chili peppers (capsaicin) creates a great heat, has a spreading effect and burns fat, burning more calories right after a meal. eat.

In addition, this substance also helps increase the metabolic rate in the body, creating a feeling of fullness and thereby helping users lose weight effectively. When the body absorbs the spicy substance from chili peppers, the brain will increase its activity, promote the transmission of the nervous system, and make the kidneys secrete fluids. When the kidneys secrete fluids, they will burn fat, so there is a slimming effect.

Some common male remedies with chili

Treatment of cerebrovascular accidents: chili leaves (chili leaves are only small fruits) crushed, add water and a little salt, drain the water for the patient to drink, the residue applied to the teeth will wake up.

– Treatment of hair loss due to chemotherapy: 100g red chili, soaked with white wine for 10-20 days. Using this alcohol applied to the scalp has the effect of stimulating hair growth.

Reduce pain caused by cancer , joint pain: eat 5-10g chili per day.

– Cure poor digestion due to cancer: 100g chili, 100g black bean, powdered daily.

– Treatment of slow eating and digestion: chili peppers are used as spices, eaten daily.

– Treatment of angina: 2 fruit chili, 20g ginseng, 20g black turmeric. Sac drink day 1 ladder.

– Cure stomach pain due to cold: 1-2 fruit chili, 20g yellow turmeric, powdered drink 2-3 times a day.

– Cure chronic arthritis: 1-2 fruit peppers; Bone pain cord, spiritual earthenware (carved tubers) 30g each. Sac drink day 1 ladder.

– Cure eczema (eczema): 1 handful of fresh chili leaves, 1 tablespoon of sour batch. The two things are pounded, wrapped with a clean cloth, and applied to the affected area, which has been washed with salt water.

– Cure snake bites: crushed chili leaves, apply to the injured place, bandage. Do 1-2 times a day until the pain is gone, 2-3 hours is cured.

– Cure psoriasis: 1 large handful of hot chili leaves (1 fistful and bring the stars to ripen but not burn), ivory bamboo essence scraped for 1 bowl, eternal leaves (burned tobacco leaves) 7-9 leaves, millennium bales about 300g. All put in a pot with 2 liters of water, boil thoroughly, drink gradually instead of tea, and drink about 3 kettles.