Pepper, also known as beef tendon tree, fake dead firewood, wild pepper, fragrant leaves, Latin name Lindera glauca (Sieb. et Zucc.) Bl. Lauraceae, mountain pepper is a deciduous shrub or small tree, It can reach 5 to 6 meters high. Born in shrubs or sparse forests on hills and slopes. The bark is gray-white, and the twigs are reddish. The single leaves are alternate, broadly oval to obovate, entire edge, pinkish white below, densely covered with fine gray hairs. Umbels are axillary, with yellow flowers. The drupe is spherical and black when ripe. The leaves are harvested in summer and autumn, the fruits are harvested in autumn, and the roots can be harvested in all seasons, used fresh or dried. It is distributed in southern China and various provinces in Shandong and Shaanxi. Medical Value The roots, branches, leaves and fruits are used medicinally; the leaves can warm the body and dispel cold, break Qi and resolve stagnation, dispel wind and reduce swelling; they can cure fatigue and dehydration, water-damp edema, soreness and numbness of the limbs, rheumatoid arthritis, and bruises. ; Fruit cures stomachache. 1. Treat rheumatic paralysis: 1 to 2 liang of mountain pepper root, one pig's foot (seven inches), 4 liang of rice wine, add some water and decoct. Take it before meals, twice a day. "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine" 2. To treat rheumatism, numbness, and pain in muscles and bones: beef tendon root, geranium, thatch, geranium, rheumatoid arthritis, Imperata root, and pine straw. Drinking clothes. 3. Treat cold pain in the heart and stomach: 1 to 2 liang of mountain pepper root, 2 liang of rice wine, add some water, fry into half a bowl, take before meals.