Black pepper

PipernigrumL.

Among all the spices used in the world, black pepper is the most popular. The secret of universal recognition lies not only in the spicy spicy taste and fresh woody-spicy aroma.

In the 4th century BC. e. The Romans began to add pepper to various dishes as a healing agent, adopting the experience of doctors of Ancient India and China. According to Pliny, pepper was valued more than gold, and until the early Middle Ages it was used as a universal means of payment.

The homeland of black pepper is South India. The fruits are collected on a climbing liana bush that looks like grapes. On long stems up to 6 m in height, spike-shaped inflorescences with small white flowers appear, in place of which fruits are formed. As they mature, they change color. At first the berries are green, then they turn red and gradually become black-brown. To prevent the fruits from falling off, they are collected unripe and then dried in the sun for a week.

Black pepper essential oil has been used in medical practice since the 15th century. A small drop of healing liquid contains chemical compounds that are unique in their properties. Odo of Mena wrote:

Taken raw or boiled, or combined with honey, it serves the digestive power of the stomach and liver. It cures the evil of bites, it kills disgust, It often comes to the rescue with various diseases of the chest, Heat, which is usually caused by a febrile attack in us, It calms down when it is drunk before its onset. With bay berries or finely grated leaves, in clean and warm wine it soothes pain in the stomach; The tumor of the cervical glands, together with the hard resin, heals when it is applied from above; and in the composition of medicines it is excellent, which usually relieves the eyes from the coming darkness. Mixed with sodium in a poultice, it removes spots on the body... There is no more useful remedy, as experts report. There is no person who could calculate all the properties of pepper...

Medicinal properties

1. Used for upper respiratory tract catarrh, flu, cough, runny nose.
2. Improves digestion, appetite, stimulates the secretory-motor function of the gastrointestinal tract. Indicated for flatulence, constipation, colic, food poisoning.
3. Analgesizes toothache.
4. Activates blood circulation.
5. Effective for arthritis, rheumatism, sciatica, myalgia, muscle spasms, lumbago, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
6. Prescribed for diseases of the urethra.
7. Strengthens lactation.
8. Antioxidant agent.
9. Used for dermatitis and frostbite.
10. In folk medicine it is known as an analgesic, antiseptic, absorbable, antispasmodic, healing, stimulating, warming, gastric, carminative, antimicrobial, diuretic. Used for gastrointestinal disorders, dysentery, cholera, malaria.
11. Aphrodisiac.
12. Tones the nervous system, effective for headaches, neuralgia, depression, apathy.
13. Tones and activates skin metabolic processes.

Dosage

Prescribed individually by an aromatherapist.

Contraindications. Individual intolerance.

Note. Strong oil. To avoid irritation, do not exceed the dosage; use only with diluent.