Is Sichuan pepper the same as Sichuan pepper?

Sichuan peppercorns can also be considered a type of Sichuan peppercorns, but there is still a certain gap in the taste and nutritional content between the two foods. When people eat this type of Sichuan peppercorns, they will feel that it is more spicy than Sichuan peppercorns, and it smells more fragrant. It is a very common condiment nowadays. People can use Sichuan peppercorns when cooking fish and meat to make the taste more delicious.

Sichuan pepper has a wide range of uses and high economic value. In industry, it is used in the same way as Sichuan pepper to make lubricants, paints, soaps, etc. The fruit is used as food seasoning and preservative.

Medicinal value

The roots, stems, leaves, fruits and seeds are all used for medicinal purposes, and can dispel wind and cold, promote qi circulation and relieve pain, treat rheumatoid arthritis, toothache, swelling and pain from falls, and can also be used as an anthelmintic and fish intoxicant. [3]

Dietary Value

Sichuan pepper oil, bright color. It has a refreshing taste, rich and lingering numbing flavor. It is more fragrant, numbing and more ecological than pepper oil. It is an ideal daily condiment for hotels, restaurants and homes.

Diet therapy

① Pepper and almond paste

Efficacy: Treats itching caused by kidney scrotum.

② Pepper water

Efficacy: Treats vaginal itching in women.

Avoid people

Good food:

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is suitable for people with cold pain in the stomach and abdomen, loss of appetite, vomiting of clear water, intestinal rumbling and loose stools; it is suitable for breastfeeding women to take when weaning (the method is to use 6-15 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, add 400-500 ml of water, soak and boil to concentrate it into 250 ml, then add 50-100 grams of brown sugar, take it once a day, 1-3 times can stop milk production); it is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, women with cold amenorrhea and cold dysmenorrhea, and people with rheumatoid arthritis due to wind and cold; it is suitable for people with abdominal pain due to ascariasis, insufficient kidney yang, and frequent urination.

Taboos: People with Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire should avoid eating it; pregnant women should avoid eating it.

Effect on experimental gastric ulcer: 5 and 10 g/kg of Zanthoxylum bungeanum water extract both had significant anti-water immersion stress ulcer formation in mice, while the ether extract only had an inhibitory tendency. 10g/kg of Zanthoxylum bungeanum water extract significantly inhibited the ulcer formation in mice induced by indomethacin plus ethanol, but the inhibition rate (22%) was not high. Zanthoxylum bungeanum ether extract 3.0ml/kg significantly inhibited the formation of hydrochloric acid ulcer in rats (P<0.01). 5g/kg of Zanthoxylum bungeanum water extract can significantly inhibit the formation of pyloric ulcer in rats.

Effects on serum GPT (alanine aminotransferase) and GOT (aspartate aminotransferase) in rats with acute liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride 5.0g/kg of water extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum can counteract the effect of carbon tetrachloride on increasing GPT in a dose-dependent manner, but has no counteracting effect on the increase of GOT