spice soup with star anise

<Materials>

https://youtu.be/HkHBOKjmUFU

garlic

potato

mushroom

red kidney beans

coriander

garam masala

curry leaf

star anise

salt

water

<How to make>

Cut all vegetables you use.

Red kidney beans are flooded for 6-8 hours. I think it's good to add vegetables when red kidney beans are about to boil.

This time, I'll add star anise that I don't usually use.

Boil the vegetables until they are cooked.

It's done.

If you feel something is missing, add salt or garam masala to make it taste better.

The point of this spice soup is that I tried using star anise. Star anise is known for its stomach-healthy and digestive effects, but what I wanted to try this time is its effect on coldness. I wondered what was different from pepper and chili peppers.

First of all, unlike pepper and chili peppers, Star Anis doesn't feel like sweating from the back of the head. Star anise limonene stimulates sympathetic nerves as a fragrance component to raise body temperature. Pepper piperine seems to enhance the function of nitric oxide in the blood vessels and dilate the blood vessels. Red pepper capsaicin stimulates sympathetic nerves and secretes adrenaline. I will raise my body temperature by promoting blood circulation. All of them have the effect of raising the body temperature, but it is interesting that the mechanism of action is different. Personally, I thought star anise was very mild as an effect of body temperature rise.

I think the ingredients that warm the body and the ingredients that cool the body are convenient for classification if you know the concept of macrobiotic yin-yang balance. Positive warms the body and negative cool the body. Science always tries to pursue more micro parts, so I think there are things that make me want to rely on supplements because I can't help but look at the detailed mechanisms. However, since some nutrients have not yet been discovered and nutrients in the food may interact in the process of digestion, I think we should basically eat whole food. The detailed mechanism of action is explained above, but it may not be very important. If you want to warm up your body, you should actively incorporate positive macrobiotic foods and be careful not to take negative foods as much as possible.