PARTE UTILIZADA= USED PART: fruto

ACCIÓN FARMACOLOGICA= PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: tonico y estimula la secrecion de los jugos gastricos.

POSOLOGÍA= POSOLOGY: en pomada, grano o polvo.

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= GEOGRAFICAL ZONE: Argentina

Fruit: Dried or powdered berries are used to treat ailments of the urinogenital system; pulverised green berries are boiled and the liquid is drunk to relieve flatulence (wind); decoction of dried berries mixed with Justicia secunda and Zingiber officinale is used to treat menstrual pains.

Seed: In Guyana, mixed with Allium cepa, Allium sativum and other plants, to cure Guinea worm infections.

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Origin: Native to Southeast Asia.

Pharmacological Activities: Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antifungal, Anti inflammatory, Antineoplastic, Antioxidant, Gastroprotective, Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidaemic, Antimutagenic, Antithyroidal and Insecticidal
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Uses

Fruit: Used as a digestive.

Seed: Spicy hot, the seeds (peppercorns) are used to stimulate taste buds, whet the appetite, support liver function and circulation, and to reduce phlegm and gas. Powdered peppercorns are mixed with honey and licked to relieve coughs, asthma, and bronchitis and to promote lactation in nursing mother; mixed with shein kho (Gardenia resinifera) and opium and taken for chronic diarrhea; mixed with liquid yogurt and sugar to treat nosebleeds and runny noses; and mixed with seeds from anyar-khayar (either Bombax ceiba or Ceiba pentandra seeds) to neu­tralize bites from rabid dogs. A paste made of peppercorns and yogurt is used as eye drops to treat night blindness. As a cure for the hiccups, the fumes from heated pepper­corns are inhaled. Pepper is eaten to promote digestion, to support urinary function, and to alleviate stomach distension and hemorrhoids. A mixture of powdered pepper and the powdered, dried stems from new-cho (Albizia myriophylla) is licked to relieve palpitations and abdominal pains caused by gas.
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Origin

Native of the Indo-Malaysian region; cultivated in Western Ghats, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam and Kerala.

Action:

Stimulant, carminative, diuretic, anticholerin, sialagogue, bechic, antiasthmatic. Used in fevers, dyspepsia, flatulence, indigestion, and as mucous membrane and gastro-intestinal stimulant.

Externally— rubefacient and stimulant to the skin. Used as a gargle for sore throat. Used with ginger and Piper longum for viral hepatitis.

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Origin:
Nigeria
Part used
Fruits
Medicinal uses
diuretic,piles,rheumatic pains

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