Can pepper be eaten raw?

Pepper is a very common seasoning in life, in many dishes, can be put into pepper, so pepper can be eaten raw? What are the side effects of eating?

Can pepper be eaten raw?

Fresh pepper can be eaten raw, not only can be soaked in water, but also can be put when making cold dishes, but the taste of eating raw is relatively hemp, which is unacceptable to most people.

The function of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Zanthoxylum bungeanum can remove the fishy smell of all kinds of meat; promote saliva secretion and increase appetite; dilate blood vessels so as to lower blood pressure; take pepper water to remove parasites; it has the effect of aromatic stomach, warm and cold, dehumidifying and relieving pain, insecticidal and detoxification, itching and fishy.

Third, what happens if you eat too much pepper?

1. Get angry

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a warm condiment, which can increase the heat in the body after eating, and it is generally used with pepper at the same time, and its heat is stronger. Eating too much will lead to excessive heat in the body and inflammation of the internal fire. Cause symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, mouth ulcers and so on.

2. Poisoning

Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains camphor, which is toxic to a certain extent, especially in raw green prickly ash. Eating too much will lead to excessive intake of toxins, light damage to liver function, serious poisoning can cause bronchial bleeding, dyspnea, syncope and other diseases, life-threatening.

3. Miscarriage

Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains camphor, which is toxic, and the toxins after eating by pregnant women can directly pass through the placenta, acting with the fetus, causing fetal poisoning; and prickly ash also has a strong slippery effect, a large number of pregnant women can also directly cause abortion.

4. Return milk

In our country, many folk women use pepper water to return milk, after eating pepper water, weaning 2-3 days can be achieved back to milk, and this is a side effect for the baby's newborn lactating women, the return of milk will make the baby starve of food, the baby needs a period of acceptance of other foods, prone to malnutrition.

5. Mutagenic gene

Condiments such as cinnamon, star anise, fennel and prickly ash all have a certain mutagenic effect, which can mutagenize some genes in the body, which may increase the risk of cancer, or directly change genetic genes, resulting in deformities of offspring.