Where is the origin of Hanyuan Zanthoxylum bungeanum?

1. Allusions: There are many records about the treatment of pepper in ancient medical books. Interestingly, pepper is related to the emperor's empresses. According to historical records, Emperor Han Chengdi traveled incognito and met a peerless beauty at his sister's house, namely Zhao of Xianyang. Emperor Cheng took her into the harem and named her Jieyu. Zhao is light-skinned and good at dancing, and won the favor of the harem. Yan Fei wanted to give birth to a prince for Emperor Cheng, but she was not pregnant for a long time. The physician diagnosed that the uterus was infertile due to cold. The physician asked the harem to paint the walls with pepper and take the room temperature as positive. "Hanshu Guan Yi" records that "the queen painted the pepper room with pepper to measure its temperature." This is the name of the Pepper House.

2. Features: Zanthoxylum bungeanum is an aromatic shrub or small arbor with thorns. Odd-pinnate compound leaves with rounded teeth and transparent glandular spots on the edge. Summer flower, floret, corymb or short panicle. The fruit is red and the seed is black. The fruit is Zanthoxylum bungeanum, containing volatile oil, which is hot and spicy.

3. Efficacy: Zanthoxylum bungeanum is an important condiment in cooking, mainly used for cooking meat, and also commonly used for fried pepper peanuts, Chili beans, Chinese Chili cakes and so on. In addition, it is also a common raw material for preparing other condiments.