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Crude drug name | Market name | Pipal badhi |
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| Formal name | Pippali | |
Other names Tips！ | Chota pipal (T), Pipul (B), Pipal (H), Yippali (K), Tippili (M), Pippalu (Te), Tippili (Ta), Piplin (Ti), Gaj pipla, Sano pipla, Murjhang, Pipla (N), Tippili, Wagapul (Sin) | |
| English name | Long Pepper | |
| Original plant name | Piper longum Linn., Long Pepper | |
| Family name | Piperaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , Hans Raj & Sons | |
| Collection date | 1991/05/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 12009 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Pippali (Spike/fruit), Long Pepper | |||
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| Synonyms | Krsna, Upakulya, Saundi, Magadhi, Capala, Kalosna, Kanavala, Visyandaphala, Baspi, Vaidehi, Osana, Kola, Tiksnatandula, Krkara, Katubija, Korangi, Tiktatandula, Syama, Dantaphala, Magadhodbhava | ||||
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| Original plant name | Piper longum Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Piperaceae | ||||
| Used part | Dry spikes | ||||
| Distribution area | Throughout India, often cultivated. Main sources of supply is Assam, West Bengal, Nepal and Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. | ||||
| Remarks | Common; frequently cultivated. | ||||
| Common uses | This drug is carminative, sedative, general tonic, haematinic/hematinic, anthelmintic, emmenegouge, abortifacient and cholagouge and is used in a large number of diseases such as loss of appetite, asthma, bronchitis, indigestion, insomnia, epilepsy, obstruction of bile duct and gall bladder, dysentery and leprosy. Fruits may be used as counter irritant and analgesic when applied locally for muscular pains and inflammation. As a snuff it is used in coma and drowsiness. Fruit forms one of the ingredients of an Ayurvedic drug 'Trikatu', whose constituents and piperin possess bioavailability enhancing activity which increases the efficacy of the coadministered formulations or medicaments. Chota Pipal is shorter and thinner than the large sized variety. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Svasa kasa (respiratory disorders), Udara (ascitic types), Kustha (skin diseases), Jvara (fever), Pliha (spleen enlargement), Sula (colic), Amavata (rheumatic fever), Jirnajvara (old fever), Agnimandya (indigestion), Pandu (anaemic/anemic condtions), Krmi (worms), Ksaya (emaciation) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Others Alkaloid: piperine (4-5%), piplartine (mp 124-125 degree); Alkaloid-A Sterol; piplosterol; essential oil (0.7%). | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Clinical studies have revealed that Pippali is very effective in the treatment of bronchial asthma in children. Pippali in increasing dosage is effective in patients with respiratory disorders. Compounds isolated from Piper longum were found to have anti-tubercular activity. Dehydropiperonaline from the dried fruits displayed coronary vaso-dilating activity. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Rasa (Taste) | Madhura (Sweet), Katu (Pungent) | |||
| Virya (Potency) | Anusna (Not hot) | ||||
| Guna (Quality) | Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Unctuous) | ||||
| Vipaka (Post digestive taste) | Madhura (Sweet) | ||||
| Karma (General action) | Dipani (increasing digestive fire), Vrsya (aphrodisiac), Rasayana (rejuvenative), Medhya (good for intellect) | ||||
| Dosakarma (Action on dosa) | Decreases Vata Kapha, increases Pitta | ||||
| Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Recani (mild laxative) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. By taking Pippali (Piper longum) with honey one becomes free of bowel disorders. 2. By using fine powder of Pippali or Marica (black pepper) chronic dysentery is cured. 3. The use of butter milk kept in a vessel anointed internally with paste of Pippali, Pippalimula (root of Pippali), Cavya (Piper chaba), Citraka (Plumbago zeylanica), Vidanga (Embelia ribes), Sunthi (dry ginger) and Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) is wholesome in piles. 4. Paste of Pippali 10 grams fried in oil and mixed with sugar candy should be dissolved in Kulattha (Dolichos biflorus) water and taken for cough caused by Kapha. 5. Intake of Pippali with honey is useful in cough. 6. Pippali and Haritaki should be taken for hoarseness of voice. 7. For wasting and consumption, linctus prepared of Pippali, Draksa (raisins) and jaggery mixed with honey and oil alleviates wasting. Similarly acts Pippali, Asvagandha (Withania somnifera) and jaggery with honey and ghee. 8. Pippali is a very good remedy in splenomegaly. 9. Powder consisting of Pippali, Haritaki and "Lauhabhasma" (processed iron powder) mixed with honey and sugar should be taken in abdominal colic. 10. Pippali taken with ghee, honey and sugar checks vomiting. 11. Pippali with profuse honey is good for acid gastritis. 12. For oedema, powder consisting of jaggery, Pippali and Sunthi alleviates oedema, indigestion, colic and dysuria. 13. For sciatica powder of Pippali should be taken with cow’s urine and castor oil. 14. For dentition, gum should be rubbed with Pippali powder mixed with honey. 15. Pippali and Amalaka powder are impregnated with Amalaka juice and then mixed with sugar, honey and ghee. By taking it with milk even the old becomes like young. | ||||
| Formulation | Gudapippali, Pippalikhanda, Pippalyasava, Agastyarasayanam, Talisadi curnam, Yogarajaguggulu, Trikatu Curna, Amrtarista, Candraprabha Vati, and Lavanabhaskara Curna, Mrtyunjayarasavati, Anand Bhairava Rasa | ||||
| Comments | Fresh one and dry one have different qualities. Fresh one increases Kapha, it is unctuous, cold, sweet, heavy, pacifies Pitta. When it is combined with honey it pacifies Kapha and adipose tissue. This is included in Kasahara, Hikkanigrahana, Sirovirecana, Vamana, Triptighna, Dipaniya, Sulaprasamana gana of Caraka and Pippalyadi, Urdhvabhagahara, Sirovirecanagana of Susruta. | ||||
| 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), pp 290-293. 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 277. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi pp 374-376. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 1296. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 2, pp 275-279. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 239. | |||
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