Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Pippli Mool |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | Pippali | |
Other names Tips！ | Pipplamool (T), Pippalimool (B), Pippalamool (H), Hippali beru (K), Pippalimulam (M), Pippalikatte (Te), Kandantippili (Ta), Piplin-girsta-ba (Ti), Tthippili (Sin) | |
| English name | Long Pepper Root | |
| Original plant name | Piper longum Linn., Long Pepper Root | |
| Family name | Piperaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Collection information | India, Bangalore, Karnataka , Amruth Kesari Depot, Bangalore | |
| Collection date | 2002/5/31 | |
| Collector | Hirotoshi Fushimi | |
| TMPW No. | 21502 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Pippali (Rhizome/roots), Long Pepper Root | |||
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| Original plant name | Piper longum Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Piperaceae | ||||
| Used part | Rhizome and roots | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India. Also cultivated, especially in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is grown for its roots. | ||||
| Remarks | Common. | ||||
| Common uses | The drug is carminative, haematinic/hematinic, cholagogue, anthelmintic, tonic and sedative useful in chronic bronchitis, lumbago, rheumatism, epilepsy, insomnia obstruction of bile duct and gall bladder, dysentery and leprosy. It acts as a counter irritant and analgesic when applied locally for muscular pains and inflammation. Root is an antidote to snake bite and scorpion sting and are used as snuff in coma and drowsiness. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | - Roots contain Piperine (0.15-0.18%), piplartine (0.13-0.20%), Alkaloid - piperlongumine and piper longuminine. - Several aristoclactams and dioxoaporphines have been isolated from the roots. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 4 (Repr.1997), p 290. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants, 1956. Chopra, R.N., Nayar, S.L. and Chopra, I.C., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. - New Edition (1996) National Institute Science Communication; Supplement p 194. Illustrated Manual of Herbal Drugs Used in Ayurveda, 1996. Sarin, Y.K., Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi p 80. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 374. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol I, Ed. I, 1989. Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dept. of Health, New Delhi p 17. | |||
| Remarks | Pieces of stem of the plant are common adulterant to the drug. Sometimes the market drug consists almost exclusively of transversely cut pieces of stem. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/01 | ||||
