Zanthoxylum
bungeanum. 川
椒 Chuān
jiāo Bunge's
prickly ash pericarp Family: Rutaceae
Native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is one of several species of Zanthoxylum
from which Sichuan pepper is produced.
PART USED: The
capsule pericarp or seeds
FLAVOR: Acrid CHANNEL: Spleen,
Stomach, Lung, Kidney TOXICITY: TOXIC[1]
Slightly toxic[3]
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Warm the interior and
expel Cold
1. Alleviate pain,[3] and increase
appetite.
2. Disperse Dampness.[1,3]
3. Kill parasites- roundworm.[3] Vermifuge.[1]
4. Increase flow of lactation.
INDICATIONS
1. Spleen/Stomach Cold deficiency: Epigastric and abdominal Cold pain,
vomiting, diarrhea and poor appetite.[1,3]
Poor appetite.[3] Chills and pains
in the abdomen.[1] Dysentery.[1]
2. Roundworm infection with abdominal pain or deficiency Cold condition of Spleen/Stomach.[3]
Also for infestation with Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm). Ascariasis-caused
abdominal pain.[1,3]
3. Moist sores on the skin.[1]
4. Galatostasis.
PREPARATIONS: The capsule pericarp or seeds are used medicinally,
2.5-4 g each dose, pulverised, then mixed with water before taking by mouth.[1]
Decoction 2-5 g; 6-15 g for lactifuge (decrease milk flow); decoction 25-30
ml for 3-4 nights successively for pinworm.[2]
NOTE*** Increasing milk flow.[2] Other
sources said decreasing. It has been assumed to have the effect of increasing
milk flow.