Where is the best place to produce black pepper?
Pepper is widely planted in east indies, and introduced to tropical areas in Africa and the Western Hemisphere. China, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and Hainan are all cultivated. But the best black pepper is the origin of China and Hainan.
As the main pepper producing area in China, especially in qionghai city, Hainan, Hainan is known as the "hometown of peppers". Although the local pepper is small, it tastes fragrant and strong. It is a natural nemesis against moisture, and it has a strong skill of eliminating dampness and warming the stomach.
When the fruit at the base of the ear of black pepper begins to turn red from autumn to the following spring, cut the ear, dry it in the sun or dry it in the sun, and pick the fruit. Because it is dark brown, it is called black pepper, which is fragrant and spicy.
The main pepper producing area in China is Hainan Province, with an annual output of more than 30,000 tons of white and black pepper, accounting for more than 97% of the total pepper production in China.
At the same time, pepper is also the third largest spicy crop industry in Hainan after rubber and betel nut, and it is a tropical agricultural product with regional characteristics. It plays an important role in Hainan's agricultural economy. At present, the price of Hainan pepper has reached more than 20 yuan per catty.
The efficacy of black pepper
Pepper is harvested from late autumn to early spring, when the fruit is dark green, and black pepper is obtained after drying.
Everyone is familiar with the taste of pepper, spicy, warm, stomach meridian and large intestine meridian.
The main functions of pepper are: warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, lowering qi and resolving phlegm.
Pepper belongs to the medicine of warming the interior, and warming the interior and dispelling cold is its main effect. Clinically, it is mainly used to treat stomach cold, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
Pepper is also said to be pungent and hot, and it is good at warming middle warmer, dispelling cold and relieving pain. When the stomach is attacked by cold pathogen, abdominal pain, even vomiting and diarrhea. You can grind a single pepper into powder and stew it in the pig's stomach.
Pepper also has the function of reducing qi and resolving phlegm. Chili powder has the effects of dispelling temperature, lowering qi, promoting stagnation, resolving phlegm and regulating qi, and relieving pain. This product can be combined with pepper to treat epilepsy with excessive phlegm due to stagnation of phlegm and qi and ignorance.