Sarmentose Pepper Spike
Piper Sarmentosum
Jia Ju Zi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; warm

Part(s) used

Fruit spike

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To warm center and dissipate cold, move qi and relieve pain, transform damp and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Distending pain in stomach duct, cold-damp diarrhea, wind-damp impediment pain, mounting qi , toothache, edema.