Botanical Index No. 816

Prickly Ash

zanthoxylum spp.

Medicinal Actions

Colic, Alterative, Analgesic, Anesthetic, Antihelicobacter, Antiinflammatory, Antiperistaltic, Antirheumatic, Antispasmodic, Antiulcer, Candidicide, Carminative, Choleretic, Circulostimulant, Cytotoxic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Hypotensive, Nephrotonic, Pancreatonic, Secretagogue, Sialagogue, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic

Primary Conditions Treated

Amenorrhea Anemia Arthrosis Asthma Ataxia Atherosclerosis Backache Bleeding Bronchosis Burn Cancer Candida Cardiopathy Catarrh Cholera Coccus Cold Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Diarrhea Dropsy Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Earache Enterosis Fever Gas Gastrosis Gonorrhea Headache Helicobacter Hemiplegia High Blood Pressure Hip Ache Hypotension Hysteria Impaired Peripheral Circulation Inflammation Intermittent Claudication Ischiosis Itch Leprosy Leukorrhea Lumbago Malaria Mucososis Myalgia Nephrosis Neuralgia Neurosis Ophthalmia Otosis Ovariosis Pain Pancreatosis Paralysis Pharyngosis Pulmonosis Raynaud’s Syndrome Rheumatism Scrofula Sickle Cell Sore Sore Throat Stomatosis Syphilis Tonsilosis Toothache Torticollis Tuberculosis Typhoid Ulcer VD Vomiting Worm Yeast Abortifacient Nervine Vulnerary

General Dosage

1–3 g dry bark, or in tea, 3 ×/day; 0.6–1.8 g powdered bark; 1–3 ml liquid bark extract; 1–3 ml liquid bark extract 3 ×/day; 2–5 ml bark tincture 3 ×/day; 0.5–1.5 g dry berries; 0.5–1.5 ml liquid berry extract; 0.5–1.5 ml liquid fruit extract.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. None reported. Reported to be toxic to animals. Because of pharmacologically active alkaloids and coumarins, its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided. May interfere with anticoagulant therapy. Excessive use should be avoided.

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