The efficacy and function of rock pepper

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, rock pepper, what are the effects and functions of rock pepper? Let me introduce it to you today.

[Other names] Woody Huaxuedan, wild Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Common Folk Herbs in Kunming).

[Source] It is the root of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, a plant of the Rutaceae family. Available all year round. Peel the skin, slice and dry.

[Original form] Shrub or small tree, 1 to 1.6 meters high. The roots are strip-shaped and tough. The stem is branched and has prickles, which are sometimes opposite on young branches. The thorns are about 5 mm long, and the twigs are densely covered with purple-red hairs. The leaves are odd-pinnate compound, alternate; the leaves are rough, sub-leathery, with transparent oil spots, the rachis is winged and covered with short white hairs, and there is a sharp thorn at the base of the petiole, about 5 mm long; the leaflets are 5 to 13, opposite, sessile, papery, lanceolate, 3 to 8 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide. The apex is acute or shortly acuminate, the base is cuneate, the margin is finely serrated or almost entire. It is sparsely pubescent above and densely pubescent below. Cymes, usually grow on old branches, axillary, 1-1.5 cm long, with many and dense flowers; flowers are unisexual, yellow-green; tepals are 5-8, in 1 whorl, narrow and linear; male flowers have 5-7 stamens, longer than tepals, disk is annular, with small degenerate carpels, and female flowers have 2-3 carpels. The follicles are spherical, red or purple when ripe, with prominent glandular dots on them, and the infructescence is clustered together.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in crevices of rocks in ravines and jungles. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[Chemical composition] The fruit contains 0.57-2.0% volatile oil.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy, warm.

【Functions and indications】Warming the stomach and killing insects. Treat abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

[Additional prescription] For treating abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation: add rock pepper and black plum, decoct in water and drink. (The properties and flavors are from "Commonly Used Herbs in Kunming Folk Medicine")

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Through the detailed introduction of this article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the role and efficacy of rock pepper. The several functions and effects introduced in the article are relatively common. I hope everyone can remember them and they will be helpful in your life.