Benefits of Red Chili peppers

 Red chili is a vegetable commodity that has high economic value and is widely cultivated by farmers in the lowlands to the highlands. Planting can be done in rice fields and dry land. 

Red chili peppers are often used to cook to make the dish taste good and spicy. Red chili peppers are often used in almost every indonesian cuisine. However, there are still many who do not know what are the benefits of red chili for health. 

In the market, there are many types of chili peppers that we may have known, such as green chilies, red chilies, cayenne peppers, chili peppers and others. 

The author will share information about the benefits of red pepper for the health of the human body. 

Treatable Diseases 

Chili peppers taste spicy, they are hot. Fruit efficacious stimulant, increase appetite (stomakik), sweat straightener (diaphoretic), skin stimulant, and as a rub. 

Parts Used 

The parts used are fruits and leaves. 

Indication 

The fruit is used for treatment: rheumatism, canker sores, toothache, influenza, and increased appetite. 

Sap of young leaves is used for: facilitate childbirth. 

How to Use 

For the drug taken; 

Boil or dry 0.5-1 g of fruit, then puree until it becomes powder. 

For external use; 

Boil 0.5-1 g of fruit, then the boiled water is used as a compress remedy. In addition, chili fruits can be mixed with other ingredients for rubbing. 

Young leaf sap is used for the treatment of wounds, ulcers, and toothache. 

Cotoh Usage in the Community 

1. Rheumatism 

Brew 10 g of red chili fruit powder in 1/2 cup of hot water. Stir well and let stand a few minutes. The result of the brew is distributed on the ailing part of the body. 

2. Wounds, boils 

Apply vegetable oil on a few strands of chili leaves, then wilt over low heat. Stick the chilli leaves while they are warm on the wounded skin. 

Composition 

The fruit contains kapsaisin, dihydrokapsaisin, vitamins (A, C), rosin, caphantin color substances, carotene, kapsarubin, zeasantin, cryptosantin, and lutein. In addition, it also contains minerals, such as iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and niacin. 

The active substance kapsaisin efficacious as a stimulant. If a person consumes too much capsaisin will cause burning in the mouth and tears.