Fire is a folk saying that belongs to the fire and heat evidence of traditional Chinese medicine. Eat a small amount of spicy generally will not be on fire, eat more chili pepper is prone to bleeding gums, nosebleeds, toothache, sore throat and other fire phenomena.
Cayenne pepper is pungent, warm and dry, has the effect of warming the middle, dispersing cold, appetizer, digestion and so on. It can be used to treat cold and stagnant abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and dysentery, and frostbite. Eating too much can lead to bleeding gums and dry mouth.
In the five flavors (signs of drug efficacy), pungent flavor has the role of dispersal, too much spicy food, can make the stomach and intestines accumulate heat, real fire upward through the meridians, damage to the blood, it will lead to halitosis, gums red, swollen and painful, mouth ulcers and other diseases. Moreover, Chinese medicine believes that pungent and warm foods or medicines are easy to damage the yin fluid, so it will lead to dry mouth and constipation.
Excessive spicy food can easily lead to fire and is also related to personal constitution and other factors. Patients with discomfort are advised to consult a doctor in time to standardize treatment.