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Piper Longum
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Botanical Name :
Piper Longum
Sanskrit Name:
Pippali,
English Name :
Indian Long Pepper
Family : Piperaceae
Part used: Fruit,
Root, Stem
Description of
Piper Longum
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The plant grows all over India, in evergreen forests and is
cultivated in Assam, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. A small
shrub with a large woody root and numerous creeping, jointed
stems, thickened at the nodes. The leaves are alternate,
spreading, without stipules and blade varying greatly in size.
The lowest leaves are 5-7 cm long, whereas, the uppermost 2-3 cm
long. The flowers are in solitary spikes. The fruits, berries,
in fleshy spikes 2.5-3.5 cm long and 5 mm thick, oblong, blunt
and blackish green in color. The mature spikes collected and
dried, form the commercial form of pippali and the root radix is
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Medicinal Uses :
Aromatic, stimulant, carminative ,good for constipation, for
gonorrhea, paralysis of the tongue ,advised in diarrhea ,
cholera, scarlatina ,Chronic Malaria, Viral hepatitis.Piper
Longum is most commonly used to treat respiratory infections
such as stomachache, bronchitis, diseases of the spleen, cough,
tumors, and asthma. When applied topically, it soothes and
relieves muscular pains and inflammation. In Ayurvedic medicine,
it is said to be a good rejuvenator. Piper Longum helps
stimulate the appetite and it dispels gas from the intestines.
An infusion of Piper Longum root is used after birth to induce
the expulsion of the placenta. It is used as sedative in
insomnia and epilepsy. Also as cholagogue in obstruction of bile
duct and gall bladder.
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