胡椒 花椒（凡用川椒花椒。并微炒使汗出。乘热入竹筒中。以梗捣去里面黄壳。取红
用）
主治。逐寒。破冷。下气。温中。暖胃。开胸。发汗。消食。逐邪气。治咳逆。症结。
天行时气。通三焦。止泄泻。三种功用略同。 川椒汤。川椒一合。芍药半夏当归桂心人参
炙草茯苓各二两。生姜汁五合。蜜一升。水九升。煎椒令沸。下诸药。煎取三升五合。去滓
下姜汁及蜜。更煎取二升。服五合至六合。治产后大寒心痛。禁勿冷食。 川椒丸。川椒一
两。（炒香熟为度）肉豆蔻五钱。研末。粳米丸黍粒大。每服十丸。治小儿夏伤湿冷入肠胃。
泄泻不止。量儿大小加减。 胡椒理中丸。胡椒款冬花炙草荜茇高良姜细辛陈皮干姜各四两。
白术五两。研末。蜜丸梧子大。每服三十丸。加至五十丸。日二次。治肺胃虚寒。咳嗽喘急。
逆气虚痞。胸膈噎闷。胁腹满痛。吐呕痰水。不能饮食。 胡椒汤。胡椒四十九粒。绿豆一
百四十九粒。研末。每服二钱。木瓜汤下。治霍乱吐利。
主治下气。消食暖脾胃。止呕吐。通肾气。去痰癖。膀胱冷气。 丸方。荜澄茄研末。
米糊丸梧子大。姜汤下三四十丸。治反胃吐食。诸药无效。愈后仍服平胃散。 按此药能通
肾气。故治淋浊亦可用作引。
Pepper and Sichuan Pepper (When using Sichuan pepper or regular pepper, they should be lightly stir-fried until "sweat" appears. While hot, place them into a bamboo tube and pound with stems to remove the inner yellow shells, retaining only the red part.)
Indications: Dispel cold, break up cold accumulation, direct rebellious Qi downward, warm the Middle Jiao, warm the Stomach, open the Chest, induce sweating, digest food, expel pathogenic factors, treat cough and rebellious Qi, treat masses and accumulations, treat epidemic febrile diseases, unblock the Triple Burner, stop diarrhea. The functions of these three herbs are roughly similar.
Sichuan Pepper Decoction (Chuanjiao Tang): One he of Sichuan pepper, two liang each of Radix Paeoniae Alba (Shaoyao), Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum (Banxia), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), Ramulus Cinnamomi (Guixin), Radix Ginseng (Renshen), Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Zhigancao), and Poria (Fuling); five he of fresh ginger juice; one sheng of honey; nine sheng of water. First boil the Sichuan pepper until boiling, then add the other herbs. Decoct to obtain three sheng and five he. Strain the dregs, add ginger juice and honey, and decoct again to obtain two sheng. Take five he to six he per dose. Treats severe heart pain due to extreme cold after childbirth. Cold foods are prohibited during treatment.
Sichuan Pepper Pill (Chuanjiao Wan): One liang of Sichuan pepper (stir-fried until fragrant and thoroughly cooked), five qian of Nutmeg (Roudoukou). Grind into powder and make pills with rice paste, sized like millet grains. Take ten pills per dose, adjusting according to the child's age and size. Treats persistent diarrhea in children caused by summer damp-cold invading the intestines and stomach.
Pepper Lizhong Pill (Hujiao Lizhong Wan): Four liang each of Piper nigrum L. (Hujiao), Flos Dendrobii (Kuandonghua), Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Zhigancao), Fructus Piperis Longi (Bibo), Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum (Gaoliangjiang), Radix Asari (Xixin), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi), and Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (Ganjiang); five liang of Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu). Grind into powder, make pills with honey, sized like sophora seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, increasing to fifty pills if necessary, twice daily. Treats lung and stomach deficiency-cold causing cough and急促 wheezing, rebellious Qi with deficiency-type fullness, chest and diaphragm oppression, fullness and pain in the hypochondrium and abdomen, vomiting of phlegm-fluids, and inability to eat.
Pepper Decoction (Hujiao Tang): Forty-nine grains of Piper nigrum L. (Hujiao) and one hundred forty-nine grains of Mung Bean (Lvdou). Grind into powder. Take two qian per dose, administered with Quince Decoction (Mugua Tang). Treats cholera-like syndrome with vomiting and diarrhea.
Bilong Chengqie (Long Pepper Fruit) Indications: Direct rebellious Qi downward, digest food, warm the Spleen and Stomach, stop vomiting, unblock Kidney Qi, eliminate phlegm-stasis, treat cold qi in the Bladder.
Pill Formula: Grind Bilong Chengqie into powder, make pills with rice paste, sized like sophora seeds. Take thirty to forty pills per dose, administered with Ginger Decoction. Treats regurgitation and vomiting of food when other medicines are ineffective. After recovery, continue taking Pingwei San for regulation.
Note: Since this herb can unblock Kidney Qi, it can also be used as a guiding herb for treating strangury (Lin syndrome) with turbid urine.