Can pregnant women eat pepper in the early stage?

Sichuan pepper is quite common in daily life. It is a spicy food. Some people who like spicy food also eat Sichuan pepper as a normal vegetable. However, not everyone can eat Sichuan pepper. Can pregnant women eat Sichuan pepper in the early stages? The answer is of course no. Pregnant women eat peppercorns to consume moisture in the intestines, causing dry intestines and slow gastrointestinal motility, which will lead to symptoms of constipation and acne. Therefore, pregnant women are advised not to eat peppercorns.

1. A magical magician who cooks delicious food

Sichuan pepper is an indispensable and common seasoning in Chinese cuisine. It exists in every household’s kitchen and is a magical magician in the kitchen. It usually grows in courtyards or on outer walls. Every household plants it and when it bears fruit, the fruit can be dried and cooked and eaten as Sichuan pepper. Among all the major cuisines in my country, Sichuan cuisine has a special fondness for Sichuan peppercorns, because its spicy and numbing taste is very suitable for Sichuan cuisine, which also has a heavy taste. The documentary "A Bite of China" which premiered in 2012 had many descriptions of Sichuan peppercorns. Sichuan pepper can remove the meaty smell and grease of meat during cooking, adding a fresh fragrance and spicy feeling, which is loved by the Chinese people and is widely used in cooking.

2. Small pepper can also cure serious diseases and many other effects

Zanthoxylum bungeanum fruit can not only be used as a seasoning, but also a traditional Chinese medicine with excellent medicinal value. In traditional Chinese medicine, Sichuan peppercorns have a slightly spicy taste but are a mild herbal medicine. It not only stimulates the taste buds and increases food intake, but also warms the body, removes cold and dampness, and protects our stomach and spleen. It can be taken orally and applied externally to resist mosquito bites and skin diseases. Sichuan pepper can also clear our intestines and stomach, promote the excretion of stool and urine, and eliminate edema caused by excess water retention in the abdomen. In addition, Sichuan pepper can also effectively relieve the pain during women’s menstrual period. Sichuan pepper can also treat small worms in the stomach and intestines of children or adults, and has an anthelmintic and insecticidal effect. Especially in winter, eating more pepper can dispel the cold brought by the cold winter weather, and has a certain effect on the treatment of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.

Function and indications

Warming the middle and relieving pain, killing insects and relieving itching. Used for cold pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain caused by worms, ascariasis; external treatment of eczema and itching.

Contraindications of pepper medication:

People with yin deficiency and excess fire should avoid taking peppercorns; pregnant women should be cautious when taking peppercorns; eating too much may cause abortion. Almonds are used as the messenger. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is afraid of coltsfoot. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is incompatible with withered trees and sunflowers. Afraid of orpiment; it is not suitable for those with heat in the lungs and stomach, or cough with phlegm, or noisy and vinegary feeling, vomiting of sour water, or heat accumulation and bleeding in the large intestine; it is contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to the violent influx of heat rather than accumulation of cold and deficiency; it is not suitable for those with impotence and weak legs due to the exhaustion of essence and blood rather than the deficiency and deficiency of fire in the gate of life; it is not suitable for those with cough and reverse cough not caused by wind and cold; it is not suitable for those with residual diseases of the mouth and breast due to the disease of the original qi; it is not suitable for those with edema and jaundice due to spleen deficiency without rheumatism; it is not suitable for all symptoms of yin deficiency and yang excess, heat rushing up, swelling and pain in the head and eyes, floating teeth, mouth sores, epistaxis, deafness, sore throat, red tongue, thirst, pulmonary emphysema, cough, hemoptysis, and vomiting blood.