Sichuan pepper, the name of Chinese medicine. It is the dried and mature peel of the Rutaceae plant green pepper (pepper, green pepper, mountain pepper, dog pepper) Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb.et Zucc. or pepper (Sichuan pepper, Sichuan pepper, red pepper, red pepper, Dahongpao) Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. Harvest mature fruits in autumn, dry them in the sun, and remove seeds and impurities. Use raw or fried.

Alias

Qinjiao, Nanjiao, Bajiao

Kingdom

Plant Kingdom

Phylum

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Angiosperms

Class

Dicotyledons

Order

Sapindus

Sichuan peppercorn pepper

If you have a weak spleen and stomach, you can add some Sichuan peppercorn slices when soaking your feet

Physiological properties Place of origin Part used as medicine Preparation method Nature and flavor Meridian distribution Effect Indications TA said reference materials

Physiological characteristics

The fruit is spherical, usually 2 to 3 in number. The color of the fruit balls is mostly cyan, red, purple-red or purple-black, with dense wart-like raised oil spots. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from July to September. It likes light but cannot tolerate waterlogging. Short-term accumulation of water can cause death. Deciduous shrub or small tree, 3-7m high, with stems usually having enlarged prickles; branches gray or brownish gray, with tiny lenticels and slightly upward-growing prickles; current-year branchlets are pubescent.

Origin

Mainly produced in Liaoning, Hebei, and Sichuan. Traditionally, those produced in Sichuan are the best.

Medicinal parts

The dry and mature peel of the plant.

Processing method

1. Zanthoxylum bungeanum: Remove impurities such as pepper eyes and fruit stalks.

2. Stir-fried Sichuan peppercorns: Remove the clean Sichuan peppercorns, place them in a pot, stir-fry over low heat until "sweating" and the aroma escapes, take out and let cool.

Property, Taste

Pincid, warm.

Returns to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians

Returns to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

Efficacy

Piper red: Warm and relieve pain, kill insects and relieve itching.