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🌿 Herb

Hot Pepper

2
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Hot Pepper
📋 Sample Trials
NCT03440125
Cayenne Pepper Cataplasm - Safety Study
Completed · Phase 1|Phase 2
NCT00825838
Effect of Chili Pepper Extract on Weight and Fat Loss and Metabolism Increase
Completed · Phase 2
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
None linked yet.
🌿 All Herb data fields for Hot Pepper
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
La Jiao
中文名 (Chinese)
辣椒
Latin Name
Capsici Fructus
English Name
Hot Pepper
Alias Names
番椒; 辣茄; 辣虎; 腊茄; 海椒; 辣角; 鸡嘴椒; 红海椒; 辣子; 牛角椒; 大椒; 七姐妹; 班椒
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Hot
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Spleen
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
External Medicinal (Draw Out Toxin, Resolve Putridity)
功效分类 (CN)
拔毒化腐生肌药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To warm center and dissipate cold, precipitate qi and disperse food.
Indication (主治)
See capsicum annuum.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
4112
TCMSP
233
TCM-ID
1228
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Hot Pepper
chinese name
辣椒
pinyin name
La Jiao
latin name
Capsici Fructus
english name
Hot Pepper
properties english
Pungent; Hot
meridians english
Heart; Spleen
use part
Fruit
symmap herb id
233
tcmid id
4112
tcmsp id
233
herb id str
HERB003232
function text
To warm center and dissipate cold, precipitate qi and disperse food.
indication
See capsicum annuum.
therapeutic en class
External Medicinal (Draw Out Toxin, Resolve Putridity)
therapeutic cn class
拔毒化腐生肌药
tcm id id
1228
alias name
番椒; 辣茄; 辣虎; 腊茄; 海椒; 辣角; 鸡嘴椒; 红海椒; 辣子; 牛角椒; 大椒; 七姐妹; 班椒
How relationships are computed
  • Clinical Trials / Meta-Analyses / References: direct foreign-key link via subject_entity_id (Phase 2d wireup)
  • Formula ↔ Herbs: text bridge via formulas.herbs_in_pinyin matching herbs.pinyin_name
  • Herb ↔ Ingredient: empty — needs HERB_herb_ingredient import
  • Ingredient ↔ Target: empty — needs HERB_ingredient_target import
  • Target ↔ Disease: empty — needs HERB_target_disease import
  • Herb → Target → Disease (full chemical spine): awaiting Phase 2e link tables