Hua Jiao
| Hua Jiao in TCM:Explore the properties of Hua Jiao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: Husk of Szechuan Pepper, Chinese prickly-ash
Pharmacuetical Name: Pericarpium Zanthoxylum bungeanum
Properties: acrid, hot
Temperature: hot
Channels: ST, SP, KD
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, expels parasites
Alternate Forms:
- Jiao Mu (Semen Zanthoxylum bungeanum)-
bitter, cold; KD, UB, LI; promotes urination, reduces edema, redirects
qi to calm wheezing; 3-10g
Actions / Indications:
- Warms the middle jiao, disperses cold, alleviates pain
(exogenous cold invasion with cold and pain in abdomen or epigastric
area, vomiting, diarrhea, tooth pain)
- Kills parasites; alleviates abdominal pain (auxiliary
herb for abdominal pain due to roundworms; also enema for children's
pinworms)
- Dry damp; relieves itch (prurits, external use for
eczema; to elieve itch of skin and genitals)
Special Notes:
- Do not confuse with Hu Jiao - which is a different herb in the same category.
- A 300mg capsule of ground Hua Jiao taken 3x daily was shown to be
93.9% effective to stop lactation after child birth.
- Hua Jiao can be used alone as a compress directly over the area of
pain.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat sign)
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