Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood-thinning medications; may stimulate uterine contractions; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Pepper Genus for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Tooth PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Pepper Genus does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Digestive
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Zanthoxylum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial192 records, 46 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant190 records, 34 in people
- Benefit Digestive66 records, 23 in people
- Tooth Pain5 records, 3 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome181 records, 51 in people
