This specific batch of pepper is from the Nepali harvest.

Sichuan pepper comes from the eponymous province in China, a region renowned worldwide for its hot and spicy culinary delights.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the fruits are known as a medicinal herb with antispasmodic properties and for relieving gas in the stomach.

The numbing sensation that affects the nerves of the oral cavity has been traditionally used to alleviate toothaches, and it seems to have digestive and detoxifying effects on the digestive and circulatory systems respectively.

It is used as a warming remedy to relieve abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.