Do peppercorns treat coughs?

Pepper cannot be used to treat coughs. Pepper is mainly used to treat cold pain in the stomach and abdomen (stomach and abdomen feel cold pain), vomiting and diarrhea, worms accumulation of abdominal pain; external treatment of eczema, Yin itching. Pepper is hot and pungent, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It is good at warming the middle and dispersing cold (dispersing cold by warming the spleen and stomach) and relieving pain, so it can be applied to treat cold in the spleen and stomach, regardless of whether it is real or imaginary. Treatment of cold pain in the epigastrium due to internal invasion of external cold (stomach and abdomen feel cold pain), vomiting, with ginger, nutmeg and other warming and dispersing cold vomiting products; treatment of cold and dampness trapped in the spleen, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, often with the warm and dry cold and dampness, diarrhea and vomiting medicines, such as Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati and Sandalwood, etc.. Pepper can be used externally to dry dampness and kill insects and itch. Treatment of eczema itching, can be used alone or with bitter ginseng, snakebeds and other medicines, decoction soup external wash. Treatment of women’s vaginal itching unbearable, non-hot soup bath can not be, can be used with Cornus officinalis, snake bed seed, quatrefoil, Chen tea, burned salt, decoction fumigation. If you need to use pepper, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions to take.