| Botanical Name (Latin):
Piper longum
Sanskrit
Name:
Pippali
Common Name (English):
Indian Long Pepper
Type of
Herb: Ayurvedic
Effect on the
Doshas:
Vata: - Pitta: =
Kapha: -
Rasa (Taste): katu
The six flavors are:
Madhura
(sweet) Amla (sour)
Lavana (salty)
Katu
(pungent) Tikta
(bitter) Kasaya (astringent)
Virya
(Energy): ushna
The two energies are:
Shita (cold)
Ushna (hot)
Vipak
(Post-Digestive Action):
madhura
Guna
(Qualities):
laghu, snigda, tiksna
The twenty gunas or qualities
of all substances are: Guru
(heavy) Manda
(dull) Shita
(cold) Ushna (hot)
Snigdha
(unctuous) Slaksna
(smooth) Sandra
(dense) Mridu
(soft) Sthira
(stable) Suksma
(subtle) Visada
(non-slimy) Laghu
(light) Tikshna
(sharp) Rooksha
(un-unctuous, dry) Khara
(rough) Drava
(liquid) Kathina
(hard) Sara
(unstable) Sthula
(gross) Piccila
(slimy)
Prabhava
(Special Potency):
Dhatu
Affinity (Tissues
Entered):
all 7 dhatus
The seven dhatus or tissues
are: Rasa (plasma, lymph), Rakta
(red blood cells), Mamsa
(muscle tissue), Meda (adipose
tissue), Ashti (bone tissue),
Majja (bone marrow, nervous
tissue
, connective tissue), Shukra
(male reproductive tissue), Artava
(female reproductive tissue)
Pharmacological
Action:
expectorant, digestive, carminative, stimulant, mild diuretic, antihelmintic, alterative, tonic, stimulant, aphrodisiac, bronchodilator, respiratory tonic, improves liver function, helps reduce body weight, alterative tonic K = kaapha vata samaka, pitta samaka, dipana, vata anulomana, svasahara, mutrala, jvaraghana, khustaghana, rasayana, balya; stimulant, carminative, alteravtive, tonic, (more powerful than black pepper), aphrodisiac, diuretic, vermifuge, emmenagogue, antitubercular, essential oil is antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, insecticidal, insect-repellant, antiinflammatory (rats), respiratory stimulant (animals); root is stimulant; berries are cardiac stimulant, carminative, alterative, laxative, digestive, stomachic, antiseptic
Indications
(Uses):
obesity, bronchitis, chronic cold, coiugh, congestion, hemorrhoids, hepatitis, arthritis,chronic dyspepsia, anorexia, chronic asthma, burning heart, colic, obesity, ama, rheumatoid/osteo arthritis, juvenile asthma, v, k type bronchial asthma, hyperacidity, hepatitis C, gas, parasites, obesity, anginal pain K = indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulant colic, cough, chronic bronchitis, chest affections, asthma, enlarged spleen, palsy, gout, rheumatism, lumbago, to check post-partem hemorrhage, snakebit and scorpion sting
Contraindications
(Cautions):
Constituents:
K = volatile oil, starch, protein, alkaloids = piperine, piperlongumine, methyl-3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate, saponins, carbohydrates, amygdalin; fruit have sesamin, a lignan dihydrostimasterol, piperine; seeds have sylvatine, sesamin, dieudesmin, fatty acids = palmitic, hexadecenoic, stearic, linoleic, oleic, linolenic, higher saturataed acids, arachidic, and behenic acids; leaves have hentriacontane, hentriacontane-16-one, tricontanol, and beta-sitosterol; calcium, phosphorus, iron are present also.
Active
Substances:
piperine
Plant Part
Used:
fruit
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