What does pungent and spicy refer to

Spicy is a Chinese word for a flavor. It means sharp and strong, and such foods include green onions, garlic, leeks, ginger, wine, chili peppers, peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, cumin, and so on. "Pungent" is spicy, and this composition is tautological.

It usually refers to stimulating foods, such as onions, garlic, ginger, mustard, chili peppers, chives, cilantro, and wine, strong tea, coffee, etc., all of which tend to generate heat and fire.

Long-term consumption of these foods, first of all, will cause gastrointestinal disorders, resulting in bloating, indigestion and other symptoms, and even serious complications caused by gastric, duodenal ulcer and other diseases. For patients suffering from fever, pharyngitis, chronic bronchitis, acute gastroenteritis, constipation, hyperthyroidism and other diseases, it is recommended to abstain from eating such food.

Spicy means sharp and strong, spicy food refers to food that can cause fever and sweating after eating, such as chili, garlic, onion, ginger, pepper, pepper, mustard, star anise, curry and other seasonings, as well as a variety of white wine, red wine, yellow wine, beer, and cigarettes, coffee, strong tea.

If chili pepper is hot, if the patient has fever, constipation, urinary shortness and redness, dry mouth and throat, sore throat, epistaxis, tongue red and dry and other hot symptoms, eating chili pepper is bound to exacerbate the hot symptoms, thus offsetting the efficacy of the medicines for clearing heat and cooling the blood and nourishing the yin. Chili, onion, ginger, chives, garlic, coriander, pepper, onion, etc., all have a pungent flavor, are pungent. Therefore, all heat patients should not eat spicy food.

Consumption of garlic, cumin and other spicy foods for healthy people have certain benefits, but for patients who are taking medication, but there are obvious side effects - not only will the drug will be ineffective, but also with the drug may produce adverse chain reaction, so that the patient is in danger.