Individual Herbs Notebook

/ Hua Jiao / Chuan Jiao

Pharmaceutical: Pericarpium Zanthoxyli
Taxonomy: Zanthoxylum bungeanum seu schinifolium

Other names: Sichuan Pepper

Category: Herbs that Warm the Interior and Expel Cold



Properties: Pungent, warm

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Spleen, Stomach and Kidney
Extraordinary Vessels: Du


Traditional Actions/Indications:
  1. Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, dispels Dampness, relieves diarrhoea and alleviates pain
    Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold with Cold and pain in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhoea
  2. Kills Parasites and alleviates abdominal pain
    Abdominal pain due to roundworms
    Moist dermal ulcers
    Gu Parasites / chronic inflammatory disease (Fruehauf, 2015)

Suggested Daily Dosage: 3-6g in decoction.


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