The efficacy and function of wild pepper leaves

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicinal herb, wild pepper leaves, to you and describe the effects of wild pepper leaves in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Other names] Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves, anesthetic root leaves (Jiangsu Medicinal Materials Records).

[Source] It is the leaves of the wild pepper plant of the Rutaceae family. Harvest twigs with leaves from July to September and dry them in the sun.

[Original form] Wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum, also known as: wild pepper, high-legged thorn, iron edge that birds don't tread, and stinky pepper.

[Habitat distribution] It mostly grows in shrub forests on hillsides or on roadsides, and is also planted in gardens. Distributed in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hebei and other places. Produced in Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places.

[Properties] The dried leaflets are sometimes broken or curled, while the intact ones are oval or ovate-elliptical, often folded downward. Brown-green above, gray-green below, with sparse small thorns along the main vein. When exposed to light, numerous transparent glandular dots can be seen. The texture is brittle and easily broken. Commercial products often contain twigs, with a gray-brown surface, sparsely covered with prickles and tiny lenticels; the cross section is yellow-white with a white pith in the center. It has a faint smell and a slightly bitter taste.

【Chemical composition】 Contains a small amount of volatile oil and calendula dimethyl ether. The fruit contains volatile oil and the pungent substance sanshool. The volatile oils include limonene, linalool and linalool acetate.

[Properties and flavors] "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It tastes spicy and slightly warm, and is non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "It can dispel wind and cold, strengthen the stomach and expel parasites, remove dampness and stop diarrhea, and promote blood circulation and menstruation. It can treat injuries from falls, rheumatism, pain caused by blood stasis, amenorrhea, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and gout in joints."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.2-1 liang; or soak in wine, burn and grind into powder. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① For treating hemoptysis and vomiting blood: burn wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves into ashes and grind into powder. Take one coin each time, with urine from a child.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Quanzhou Materia Medica"

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