Sichuan pepper Zanthoxyli Pericarpium
Interior-warming medicinesHot
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Warm the middle and relieve pain, kill parasites and relieve itching
1. Used for spleen and stomach cold syndrome. 2. Used for eczema itching, genital itching, and roundworm abdominal pain.
Nature & taste
PungentHot
Meridians entered
StomachSpleen
Classical source
Lower grade《神農本草經》
味辛溫。主治邪氣咳逆，溫中，逐骨節皮膚死肌，寒濕痹痛，下氣。久服之頭不白，輕身增年。生川穀。
Herbal properties
HotReinforcingDescendingDispersingDrying
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