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Black Pepper Piper nigrum

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Fresh Green Peppercorns and ears
Fresh Green Peppercorns and ears
Common Names
Black Pepper ,
Botanical Name
Piper nigrum
Family
PIPERACEAE Pepper Family
Black Pepper Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Aches & Pains * Colds * ConcentrationMemory/Focus * Cough * Culinary * Digestion/Indigestion * Gout * IBS * Influenza * Lupus * Nausea * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Properties: Antispasmodic* Aphrodisiac* Carminative* Digestive* Diuretic* Febrifuge* Laxative* Rubefacient* Splenic* Stimulant* Stomachic* Warm* Muscle Relaxant* Circulation* Antioxidant* Aromatic*
Parts Used: dried peppercorns
Constituents:volatile essential oil containing the alkaloids piperine,
Traditions: Ayurvedic *


Freshly ground pepper is a healthy spice

Pepper stimulates the taste buds and helps to promote digestion. Whole peppercorns are used in pickling, marinades and stews, ground pepper adds it flavor in savory dishes. Keeping peppercorns whole, and grinding just when required keeps the flavor.

Pepper is also a good activator of herbal formulations, for instance pepper is added to tumeric to increase it's potency. The aromatic oil of pepper is used in aromatherapy


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A mixture used throughout China and parts of southeast Asia to season meats, poultry, and pan fried foods.Deep, alluring, and exotic.
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Contains the following ingredients: Organic Anise, organic Black Pepper, organic Fennel seed, organic Cinnamon, and organic Clove.

Certified Organic Black Pepper
Piper nigrum Origin- Indonesia
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Certified Organic Black Pepper essential oil
(Piper nigrum) Origin- India Method of Cultivation- Organic Common Method Of Extraction: Steam distillation Parts Used: Peppercorns Note Classification: Middle to base Aroma: Hot, sharp, bright, fruity, and spicy odor
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annies aromatherapy essential oils
annies aromatherapy essential oils Essence from the fruit, known as peppercorns. Oil of black pepper is a light amber color, and smells like clove, but with a pleasantly lighter scent. Black pepper oil is hot, warming and very yang
Side Effects:
Black pepper essential oil is a skin irritant in high concentrations, use in moderation.
How to Use: Black Pepper
Preparation Methods :Condiment, spice, essential oil

remedyRemedies using : Black Pepper

referencesBlack Pepper Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Aches & Pains * Colds * ConcentrationMemory/Focus * Cough * Culinary * Digestion/Indigestion * Gout * IBS * Influenza * Lupus * Nausea * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Black Pepper for :Mental Focus, Headache
Mental Focus, Headache In homeopathic practice black pepper is used for difficulty in concentrating, heavy headache, and a sad, apprehensive state of mind.

Robert B Tisserand, The Art of Aromatherapy (1977)

Black Pepper for :Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis Black pepper oil is hot, warming, very yang. Externally it is rubefacient and gently analgesic, and stimulant, successful in cases of rheumatoid arthritis

Robert B Tisserand, The Art of Aromatherapy (1977)

Black Pepper for :Atonic dyspepsia, impaired digestion
Atonic dyspepsia, impaired digestion Aromatic, stimulant, carminative- Black pepper said to possess febrifuge properties. Its action as a stimulant is specially evident on the mucous membrane of the rectum, and so is good for constipation, also on the urinary organs. On account of black pepper's stimulant action it aids digestion and is specially useful in atonic dyspepsia and torpid condition of the stomach. It will correct flatulence and nausea...Black pepper has also been used in vertigo, paralytic and arthritic disorders.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931)

Plant Description
Related Species Piper cuberba Cubeb
Piper methysticum Kava-Kava

Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887

Black peppers are culitivated in malabar, Java, Sumatra, and Penang. Peppercorns are the fruit of Piper nigrum, an evergreen climbing vine. Black, white, and green peppercorns all come form the same plant, but they are harvested at different times and handled in different ways. Black peppercorns are the sun-dried red berries, which are picked before they are ripe.

Ayurveda
Godofayurveda Ayurvedic medicines use tiny amounts of black pepper to make the other herbs in the formula more available to the body.
History and Traditions
historyPepper, like cinnamon and cloves is one of the oldest known spices and was being used in India over 4,000 years ago.
Astrology:
folkloreAll peppers are under the dominion of Mars, and of temperature hot and dry, almost to the fourth degree, but the white is the hottest. It comforts and warms the stomach, consumes crude and moist humours, and stirs up the appetite. Nicholas Culpeper
Folklore, Myths and Legends
folklorePepper was used as a currency during the siege of Rome in AD 408 and "peppercorn rents", now meaning very low rents, were commonly paid to landlords. It is said that Attila demanded 3,000 pounds of pepper in ransom for the city of Rome.

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