Pippali/Long Pepper

Botanical Name

Piper Longum

Family

Piperaceae

Sanskrit

Pippali, Rudhakam, Gonamika, Chupula, Magudhi, Kuna, Kati, Kola, Krikala

English

Long Pepper

Hindi

Pipli, Pipli Mool, Gazpipal

Kannada

Kuna, Thippali Balli

Malayalam

Chapala, Kana, Magadhi, Pippali

Telugu

Pippallu

Tamil

Argadi, Kalidi, Kaman, Kanna, Kindigam

Marathi

Pimpli

Distribution

Pippali is widely cultivated in cherrapunji region which receives heavy rains with high humidity. North eash india, srilanka. Western ghats of kerala, tamil nadu, assam, bengal, and nicobar islands.

Parts Used

Fruit Root

Dose

Churna: 1/2 To 1 Gram

Chemical Constituents

Piperlongumine, piperine, piplartine, triacontane, sesquiterpene hydrocarbon, carophyllene

Ayurvedic Properties

Quality (Guna)

Laghu, Snighdha, Tikshan

Taste (Rasa)

Katu

Metabolism (Vipaka)

Madhur

Potency (Virya)

Sheet

Impact (Prabhava)

Kashahara

Pharmacological Action

  • Antitubercular property is helpful in treating chronic cough and tubercular infections and tb of lungs.
  • Antiinflammatory properties of pippali is helpful in treating inflammations.
  • Insecticidal, antimalarial, anthelmintic properties of pippali is helpful in treating various conditions of infections and even fevers.
  • Hepatoprotecive nature is helpful in treating viral infections.

Therapeutic Uses

  • Pippali is used in chronic cough and bronchial asthma.
  • Hiccough.
  • Rasayana property helps in rejuvenating body.
  • Strength and vigour.
  • Skin diseases.
  • It is given with amalaki to treat anemia.
  • The decoction of the plant is used in sciatica and hemiplegia.
  • Pippali extracts are having sedative action and acts in insomnia and epilepsy.
  • It is having good digestive and carminative property.

Some of the common formulations

  • Agasthya harithaki rasayana.
  • Ajamodadi churna.
  • Amrtiarishta.
  • Bilvadi gutika.
  • Brahmi ghrita.
  • Chandanasavam.
  • Chavikasava.
  • Pippalyadi ghritha.
  • Punarnavasava.
  • Pippalyadi lauha.
  • Pippaladyasava.
  • Tribhuvanakirti rasa.
  • Yogaraja guggulu.