Pepper root

Pepper root

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonym] niujintiaogen and leigonggao (Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the root of Cinnamomum sinense. For plant morphology, please refer to "Piper nigrum" section.

[collection] from September to October, the roots were dug, washed and dried.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and dampness, dispersing blood stasis and dredging collaterals. It can cure rheumatism, numbness, muscle and bone pain, epigastric cold pain and traumatic injury.

Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat injuries caused by falls and injuries and pain in waist and knee. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or soaking in wine.

[selection] ① for rheumatic paralysis: 1-2 liang of Piper nigrum root, 1 pig's foot (7 inches), 4 liang of yellow rice wine, fried with water. Take it before meals, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of rheumatism, numbness, muscle pain: tendon root, sand head geranium, thatch, tendon grass, drill wind, white grass root, pine grass. Wine making clothes. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

③ Treatment of cold abdominal pain: pepper root 1 to 2 liang, rice wine 2 liang, drink water, fried into half a bowl, take before meals. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)