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Pepper Fruit

Pepper Fruit. Class: Warming Interior Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Hot. Meridians: Stomach; Large Intestine

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hu Jiao
中文名 (Chinese)
胡椒
Latin Name
Fructus Piperis; Piperis Fructus
English Name
Pepper Fruit
Alias Names
味履支浮椒玉椒
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Hot
Meridians (归经)
Stomach; Large Intestine
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Warming Interior Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
温里药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel cold from the stomach, and to eliminate phlegm.
Indication (主治)
Vomiting with stomach cold, abdominal pain and diarrhea, inappetence, convulsion, epilepsy and profuse phlegm.
Clinical Manifestations
1. increasing secretion of digestive and promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis by oral administration.2. piperine is an antipyretic and wind-expelling agent.
🔗 External References
SymMap
173
TCMID
1970
TCMSP
173
TCM-ID
907