Pepper - spice and medicine

Pepper is known and used around the world since antiquity. Chinese doctors recommend the use of pepper for curative purposes. It is not just a Spicery gives extra flavor foods, but also a valuable medicine.


Quality of food flavor without covering other flavors, makes essential in any kitchen in the world. Indeed, added to food, especially in winter, black pepper is a true elixir.
Pepper set in motion the sluggish digestion, making the blood circulate well and warms the body. All who have common problems such as indigestion, bloating, frequent throat infections, would be to use the qualities that give them pepper.

A grain of pepper, held in mouth for 10-15 minutes can adjust blood pressure, diastolic restoring balance between the pressure and the systolic pressure.

Treatment of pepper can be used externally for skin depigmentation and a therapy based on this pepper can be done only in specialized clinics under the supervision of physicians.

Pepper syrup - a teaspoon of pepper in 250 ml boiling water for 15 minutes. Leave it 10 minutes in the pot and drink three to four tablespoons, if needed.

With the pepper syrup used properly can prevent and treat flu or cold. Sensitivity to cold may improve for a week if not eat cold food at all meals and drinking a teaspoon of pepper syrup. Flu in its early stages can be treated if they drink two or three cups of aromatic tea with two teaspoons hot pepper syrup and sweetened with honey. Also, irritating cough and dry cough is treated with two peaks knife pepper mixed with four tablespoons of honey and some lemon juice. Pepper can remove some abdominal pain caused by colds, for instance, upset stomach, gastric hyperacidity or some food poisoning.