Black Pepper
Piper nigrum
AKA Maricha, Hu Jiao (Bai)
Tissue Detoxifying
Increases Circulation
Expectorant
Hot & Spicy
Herbal Properties of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)
Used in Ayurvedic medicine as a blood cleanser and the best tissue detoxifier
Expectorant - excellent remedy to help expectorate (cough up) excess mucus
Contains piperine, an alkaloid that has been studied for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and digestive benefits.
Powdered can be used for toothache
Black pepper has also been used as an Ayurvedic treatment for kapha hypertension.
Black Pepper Herbal Dosage
Black Pepper Biomedical Actions
Black Pepper Herbal Constituents
Black Pepper Contraindications
About the Different Colors of Peppercorn
Black pepper grows natively in India but most of the commercial crop is currently sourced from Vietnam.
White pepper is the same peppercorn but with the skin removed.
Green peppercorns also the same but picked earlier.
All different colors of Piper nigrum will have similar medicinal benefits, but white and green may have slightly less due to processing.
