Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the effects of warming the middle warmer, invigorating the stomach, dispelling cold and removing dampness, detoxicating and killing insects, regulating qi and relieving pain, and can be used for treating food retention, abstinence, hiccup, belching and vomiting, joint muscle pain, abdominal cold pain, diarrhea, dysentery, ascaris, vaginal itching and other symptoms caused by wind, cold and dampness.

The pericarp of Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains volatile oil, which has local anesthesia and analgesic effects, and has anthelmintic effect. Zanthoxylum bungeanum has obvious inhibitory effect on many kinds of bacilli and cocci.

Stir-fry Zanthoxylum bungeanum and fennel, and take a spoonful every day. It can treat low back pain and leg weakness of the elderly.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum and mume fructus can be decocted in water to treat ascaris lumbricoides in gastrointestinal tract and biliary tract.