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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:13.230108+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hua-jiao/</canonical>
  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hua jiao</name>
    <name type="chinese">花椒</name>
    <name type="latin">Pericarpium Zanthoxyli</name>
    <name type="english">pricklyash peel</name>
    <name type="japanese">sensho</name>
    <name type="korean">hwacho</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, dispels Damp, stops diarrhea and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Abdominal cold and pain, vomiting and diarrhea from deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites and relieves abdominal pain</summary>
      <indication>Roundworms causing abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Moist ulcers of the skin</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
