Prickly Ash Peel (Huajiao)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Pericarpium Zanthoxyli |
| Botanical Name: | Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim Zanthoxylum schinifolium Sieb. Et Zucc. |
| Common Name: | Chinese Pepper Prickly ash peel Zanthoxylum |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Xinxiu Bencao |
| Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The prickly ash peel is gathered in autumn and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent, hot and slightly toxic |
| Meridian: | Spleen, stomach and kidney |
| Functions: | To warm the spleen and stomach To stop pain To kill parasites |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Yang deficiency of the spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea. *Use with Pilose asiabell root (Dangshen), Dried ginger (Ganjiang) and Malted barley (Yitang) in the formula Da Jianzhong Tang. 2. Roundworm manifested as abdominal pain and vomiting. *Use with Black plum (Wumei), Dried ginger (Ganjiang) and Coptis root (Huanglian) in the formula Wumei Wan. |
| Dosage: | 2-5 g |