Bunge Pricklyash Peel

It mainly contains volatile oil, alkaloids, lignans, coumarins and fatty acids, etc. Zanthoxylum schinifolium contains bergapten, umbelliferone and schinifoline; it also contains triterpenes, sterols and ketone glycosides, etc.

It has anti-ulcer effects in experimental gastric ulcer models and has bidirectional regulatory effects on intestinal smooth muscle activity. Oral administration of aqueous extracts of Huajiao at 10 or 20 g/kg, or an ether extract at 3.0 mL/kg, can prevent thrombosis induced by electrical stimulation of the carotid artery in rats. It also has antidiarrheal, hepatoprotective, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, local anesthetic, antibacterial, and acaricidal effects against scabies mites.

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