Thick-skinned Pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)
厚皮花椒hòu pí huā jiāoHoupihuajiao
Zanthoxylum piperitum · Plant
2
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood-thinning medications; may stimulate uterine contractions; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Thick-skinned Pepper for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Tooth PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Thick-skinned Pepper 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 piperitum 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 Antimicrobial6 records
- Benefit Antioxidant16 records, 4 in people
- Benefit Digestive6 records, 1 in people
- Tooth Pain0 records
- Inflammation Syndrome13 records, 1 in people