Chinese prickly ash root

Chinese prickly ash root

(compendium)

[source] it is the root of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, a Rutaceae plant.

[chemical constituents] the root bark of Zanthoxylum bungeanum bungeanum L. contains helianthine, berberine and castanetin dimethyl ether.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "pungent, hot, slightly toxic. "

[function and indications] ① in the compendium of Medical Sciences: "for those with deficiency and cold of kidney and bladder, blood drenching, color and stasis, drink the decoction carefully, and do not take those with fresh color. "

② Ben Cao Xin: "kill insects. Fried soup to wash beriberi and wet sores. "