明代医学家李时珍,曾在《本草纲目》中写下这样一段话:“胡椒大辛热,纯阳之物……时珍自少食之,岁岁病且,而不疑及也。后渐知其弊,遂痛绝之,病目亦止。”据说,李时珍年轻时经常患眼病,却始终找不出病因。后来渐渐发觉年年复发的眼疾,竟与自己平时爱吃的胡椒有关。于是在停食胡椒一段时间,眼病康复后,又试吃了一两粒,很快就觉得双目干涩,视力模糊。为此,特在撰写《本草纲目》收录胡椒时予以指出,以示后人。 Ming Dynasty physician Li Shizhen, wrote in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” this passage: “Pepper Daxin hot, pure yang things ... ... Jane since the food, old and sick, but no doubt and also. Know the drawbacks, then pain must not, the disease also stop. ”It is said that when Li Shizhen young often suffer from eye disease, but still can not find the cause. Later gradually found eye disease recurrence every year, actually with their usual favorite pepper. So stop pepper for some time, eye disease rehabilitation, and try to eat a or two, and soon felt binocular dry, blurred vision. To this end, especially in composing “Compendium of Materia Medica” included pepper to be pointed out to show future generations.