Medical use of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

1. Pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum: pungent in taste, hot in nature, entering spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. According to this meridian, it is mainly used to treat the adverse reaction of cough and asthma caused by pathogenic qi, warm the middle warmer, exfoliate skin, kill muscle, relieve cold and dampness, and reduce qi. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that: dispelling cold and removing dampness, relieving depression and stagnation, eliminating overnight eating, activating triple energizer, warming spleen and stomach, nourishing right kidney, killing ascaris and stopping diarrhea. Long-term use can lighten the body, improve the spirit, cure the whole body evil wind, treat abdominal cold pain, promote hair growth, eliminate scars, strengthen teeth and improve eyesight. Modern medical research shows that the water extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has the effect of lowering blood pressure, which is only lower than the commonly used drug papaverine. The aqueous extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has obvious inhibitory effect on Gram-negative intestinal pathogenic bacteria such as Shigella dysenteriae and Gram-positive aerobic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Zanthoxylum bungeanum oil can significantly inhibit platelet adhesion and MDA production. The ethanol extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has anticancer activity; The volatile oil from Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has anesthetic and analgesic effects, and has inhibitory effects on diphtheria bacillus, anthrax bacillus, pneumococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, typhoid bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and some skin fungi. It also has the function of killing ascaris suum. 2. Pepper seeds: bitter, cold and non-toxic. Indications: Abdominal distension, dysuria, kidney deficiency, deafness, bladder disease and asthma. 3. Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves: pungent, hot and non-toxic. Indications: dolphin running, crouching, internal and external renal hook, cholera, anthelmintic, beriberi, lacquer sore, etc. Folk use Zanthoxylum bungeanum leaves to soak in water to treat beriberi and itching. 4. Zanthoxylum bungeanum root: pungent, hot and slightly toxic. Indications: kidney deficiency, bladder deficiency and cold, blood dripping with color and blood stasis, decoction and refined drink. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not only an important condiment, but also an important Chinese medicine. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a strong aromatic smell, which can remove fishy smell, warm the middle warmer and dispel cold, reduce temperature and relieve pain, and can be used to treat many diseases. * Treatment of nausea and vomiting: 200 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, fried, the batter is as big as broad beans, 1 time a day, each time 10 pills, and vinegar soup; Or Zanthoxylum bungeanum ~, stir-fry Zanthoxylum bungeanum with 50-80g vegetable oil, discard Zanthoxylum bungeanum and keep the oil until the oil is cool. * For dysentery: 20 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and 20 grams of Tang Hong 15 ~ each, decocted in water, 1 dose in the morning and evening. * Treatment of cold dysmenorrhea: 20 pieces of Zanthoxylum bungeanum/Zanthoxylum bungeanum 18~ ginger 10~ jujube, decocted in water for 300ml, once a day 1 dose, taken twice in the morning and evening. * Treatment of biliary ascariasis: 30g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, stir-fried with slow fire, added with dark plum and decocted in water, 2-3 times a day; Or 9-9 Zanthoxylum bungeanum and 0/~ 2 eggs, decocted with vegetable oil, 2-3 times a day. * Treatment of ascaris intestinal obstruction: put sesame oil 100 ~ 200g into the pot, add pepper ~ 20g, take it out and discard it when it is slightly burnt, and take it once when the pepper oil is slightly warm. * Treatment of schistosomiasis: Stir-fry Zanthoxylum bungeanum into powder and put it into capsules. Adults take it three times a day for 20 to 25 days as a course of treatment. * For abdominal pain: Zanthoxylum bungeanum, dried ginger and Cyperus rotundus, decocted in water twice a day. * For the elderly with sore back and weak legs after illness: 50g of dried Zanthoxylum bungeanum and 20g of fennel, stir-fry them in a pot, grind them into powder, and take them with warm water twice a day. * Treatment of pinworm disease: 50g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, add water 1000ml, boil for 40-50min, filter, take 25-30ml of warm filtrate for enema, once a day/kloc-0, and take it for 3-4 times. * Treatment of women's pruritus: 50g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum snake bed, 50g of Veratrum nigrum, 0/pinch of aged tea, 0/00g of burnt salt, decoction and fumigation. * Treatment of toothache: Zanthoxylum bungeanum, aged vinegar 100 ml, decocted in water, then go to Zanthoxylum bungeanum and rinse your mouth.