Pepper, native to tropical areas such as South Asia and Southeast Asia, has transliteration of "ignorant branch", "Bova fever" and "Pillay". "Youyang Miscellaneous Notes" records: "Pepper, from the country of Mogadishu (now India), is called the foolish branch ... it is extremely spicy, picked in June and is eaten today."

2. Introduced to China.

Pepper was first recorded in Tianzhu written by Sima Biao, the imperial clan in the Western Jin Dynasty: "Tianzhu produces stone honey, pepper and black salt." It is enough to prove that Jin people have realized the existence of pepper. People in the Jin Dynasty originally used pepper as a precious medicinal material to make wine.

Sun Simiao, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a book called "Thousands of Women's Wings": "Pepper is pungent, warm and nontoxic, and mainly warm and expectorant ..." Pepper looks like Chinese herbal medicine plum, but its fragrance is not as good as pepper, so it is an excellent condiment.

In the 12th year of Tang Daizong Dali (AD 777), Yuan Zai, the prime minister, was robbed of his property due to corruption. Investigators found 800 stones of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, accounting for about 60 tons according to modern measurement units. It is estimated that almost all the tribute peppers were intercepted by Yuan Zai and hidden in their own warehouses.

In May of that year, Tang Daizong ordered Yuan Zai's "father's tomb" to be cut off and abandoned, and Yuan Zai's house and family temple were demolished at the same time. It can be seen that in the Tang Dynasty, pepper was still a luxury enjoyed by upper-class aristocrats. If it was more than 60 tons of rice, Tang Daizong wouldn't be so angry.

Yu Qian, an upright official in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a poem satirizing Yuan Zai, and warned his colleagues to take it as a warning: "Fame is more important than wealth ... Pepper welcomes guests for 800 years, and stinks for thousands of years ..." In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, pepper was monopolized by giant businessmen and powerful people. Pepper was introduced in the middle of Ming Dynasty, which broke the monopoly of merchants and gradually became widely planted, and later became one of the more common plants.

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What are the benefits of pepper?

1, brighten and clean skin.

Pepper can stimulate blood circulation, remove dead cells from the skin, and make the skin surface get more oxygen and nutrition. Formula: 1 cup of sugar, half a cup of odorless massage oil, 6 drops of orange essential oil, a pinch of pepper, and mix well. Rub it on wet skin when taking a bath, and then wash it.

2. Treat nasal congestion and prevent colds.

Pepper is a natural decongestant. Chemicals in pepper can stimulate nasal mucosa cells to produce diluted mucus, thus opening the nasal cavity and relieving cold symptoms. Chicken soup sprinkled with pepper is the best food companion for nasal cavity.

3. Help digestion

Pepper is mainly composed of piperine, and also contains a certain amount of aromatic oil, crude protein, crude fat and soluble nitrogen, which can remove fishy smell, relieve boredom and help digestion.

Step 4 treat colds

Pepper is warm, which has a good relieving effect on stomachache and diarrhea caused by stomach cold, and treats cold and cold.

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