Chuan Jiao (Szechuan Pepper)

Submitted by yyh_staff on Mon, 2008-06-09 09:23.
Chinese Name: 
Chuan Jiao
English Name: 
Szechuan Pepper
Functions and Usage: 
  • Warms the middle warmer, disperses cold, alleviates abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea - spleen or stomach cold from deficiency patterns.
  • Abdominal pain due to roundworms (auxiliary herb).
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 1.5-6g
Channels Influenced: 
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 
There are currently no contraindications listed.
Notes: 

There are no additional notes for this herb.

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