Chinese Name： 花椒

Chinese Spell：Huajiao

English Name：Pericarpium Zanthoxyli

Pricklyash Peel is the dried pericarp of ripe fruit of Zanthoxylum schindelium Sieb. et Zucc. Or Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. (Fam. Rutaceae). The drug is collected in autumn when ripe, dried in the sun, removed off seeds and foreign matter.

Origin & Distribution

Main produced in Sichuan ,Yunnan,Gansu,Shangxi,Hunan.

Specification

1st,2nd grades

Proassing

Processing Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Remove seeds, fruit stalks and other foreign matter. Pericarpium Zanthoxyli (stir-fried) Stir-fry the clean Pericarpium Zanthoxyli as described under the method for simple stir-frying to scented.

Action

Action To warm the spleen and the stomach and relieve pain, to kill worms, and to relieve itching.

Storage

Storage Preserve in a ventilated and dry place. Packing In gunny bags of 25 kgs net each.