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Prickly Ash Bark Zanthoxylum spp

Common Names

Prickly Ash Bark , Szechuan pepper, chuan jiao, Tooth Ache Tree, yellow wood

Botanical Name

Zanthoxylum spp

Syn. Clava-herculis and americanum

Family

RUTACEAE Rue or Citrus Family

Prickly Ash Bark Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses:
Properties:	Nervine* Antitussive*
Parts Used:	The bark or the fruit, dried and chopped
Constituents:	volatile oil containing geraniol

Prickly ash bark relieves chronic pain, and is most often used as a poultice applied to the skin over the area of pain. This more effective than a prickly ash tincture or tea taken by mouth. Traditional herbal medicine also uses prickly ash to kill parasites and to alleviate abdominal pain, particularly when the source of the pain is a parasitic infection.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine uses prickly ash to warm the "middle burner," the energies in the middle of the body that power the immune response and help digest food.

Side Effects:

Use with caution during pregnancy. Prickly ash can stop lactation, and should be avoided by mothers wishing to continue nursing.

How to Use: Prickly Ash Bark

Preparation Methods :Bark teas, and powders for poultices

Remedies using : Prickly Ash Bark Diarrhea Syrup*

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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Origin- USA

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Prickly Ash Bark Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Plant Description
Related Species The common name Toothache Tree refers most often to the * Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (also called pepperwood, Southern prickly ash) or Zanthoxylum americanum (Northern prickly ash) The common name Prickly Ash has also been given to Aralia spinosa (Linn.), the Prickly Elder, or Angelica Tree
The fruit of several species are used to make the spice Sichuan (or Szechuan) Pepper. They are also popular as bonsai trees.
History and Traditions
The use of prickly ash comes down to us from antiquity, the Chinese recorded its use about 1350 in the Ri Yong Ben Cao (Home Guide to Useful Medicines)
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