There is a saying that "ten stomachs and nine colds", that is, nine out of ten patients with stomach diseases belong to stomach colds. Does it make sense? Professor Huang Suiping, a famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in Guangdong Province and the academic leader of the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that, in clinical practice, it is true that most patients with stomach disease belong to the type of stomach cold syndrome, especially now that the weather is turning cold, friends with stomach cold should pay more attention to maintenance. Professor Huang Suiping, a pungent and warm substance, can be used to treat stomach cold. He said that the pathogenic cold in winter is easy to damage the spleen and stomach yang, causing stomach cramps, causing stomach cold and abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. In terms of treatment, it is necessary to warm the interior and help yang to dispel cold and help yang. "As a commonly used pungent and warm substance for relieving cold, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, pepper is a good choice for regulating stomach cold. Taking it orally and externally can not only help prevent stomach cold, but also be a good condiment on weekdays." Huang Suiping said. According to traditional Chinese medicine, pepper is hot in nature and tastes pungent. It belongs to the stomach and large intestine meridians. It can warm and dissipate cold, lower qi and eliminate phlegm. It is used for stomach cold vomiting, abdominal pain diarrhea, anorexia, epilepsy and phlegm. Pepper is commonly used in clinic to treat stomach cold, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Huang Suiping pointed out that in the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine, pepper can be used alone or equivalent to galangal to treat stomach cold and abdominal pain; Pepper and Pinellia ternate, ginger juice and pills can cure nausea and appetite; It is equivalent to Evodia rutaecarpa and Atractylodes macrocephala. It can treat diarrhea caused by deficiency of the spleen and stomach. Modern pharmacological research shows that piperine contained in pepper is one of the main physiological active ingredients, which has the effects of anti convulsion and preventing breast cancer. At the same time, pepper also has the effects of sedation, digestion, anti skeletal muscle relaxation and anti depression. External application can also relieve spasm and pain. In addition to oral administration, pepper can also be used externally. Huang Suiping reminds that many people will have gastrointestinal spasm, pain and discomfort after getting cold. At this time, hot compress may be used to dispel cold and relieve pain. Specific procedures: put 1kg of crude salt, 50g of white pepper and 50g of dry wormwood leaves into an iron pot and stir fry them. After frying, put them in a cotton bag while hot and put them on the abdomen for hot compress, so as to warm the body and remove cold, spasm and pain. When using the hot pack, pay attention to avoid excessive temperature, and put more towels on the affected area to avoid scalding. White pepper should be selected for medicinal purposes. We know that pepper is divided into white and black. How should we choose? Huang Suiping pointed out that black and white pepper is actually a kind of plant, but the processing method is different. When the fruit at the base of the ear starts to turn red, cut off the ear and dry it without peeling or drying to become dark brown, which is commonly known as "black pepper"; If all the fruits have turned red, they will be harvested, soaked with water for several days, wiped off the outer peel and dried, then the surface will be gray white, commonly known as "white pepper". The taste of white pepper is more spicy than that of black pepper, so it is more effective in dispersing cold and strengthening stomach, and has higher medicinal value. In addition, the more south pepper grows, the hotter its sex is, because it fully absorbs the heat of the south. Therefore, generally speaking, Hainan pepper is more warm and hot than those from northern regions. The dietotherapy recommended the ingredients of chicken soup with pork belly with white pepper: 5g white pepper, 1 pork belly, half chicken and 3 pieces of ginger (for 2-3 people) Method: Rub and wash the pork belly repeatedly with vinegar and flour until there is no mucus, put it in the pot, remove it with boiling water and rinse it with water; Boil chicken and break white pepper. Put all ingredients into the pot