Action Fruit—Carminative, diuretic, expectorant. Used for coughs, bronchitis, asthma, urinary tract infections, amoebic dysentery. Stimulates genitourinary mucous surfaces. Oil—antibacterial, used in genitourinary diseases and cystitis.
Key application In dysuria. (The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India.)
Piper longum Linn. 491
The ground fruits have been found to be effective in treating amoebic dystentery.
The oil exhibits antiviral activity in rats and antibacterial in vitro.
Unripe fruit contains volatile oil (10— 20%) consisting of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons; lignans, mainly cubebine (about 2%), with (—)-cubebinin and kinokinin; cubebic acid. The oxygenated cyclohexanes, piperenol A and B, together with (+)-crotepoxide and (+)- zeylenol, have been isolated from the fruit. Polyhydroxy cyclohexanes possess antitumour, antileukaemic and antibiotic activities.
Dosage Fruit—1—2 g powder. (API, Vol. I.)
Piper harniltonii C. DC.
Family Piperaceae.
Habitat Sikkim, Terai, West Bengal and Khasi hills, up to 900 m.
English Wild Pepper.
Folk Jangali Paan.
Action Carminative and diuretic.
Kadsurin A and isodihydrofutoquinol B have been isolated from aerial parts.
Piper long urn Linn.
Family Piperaceae.
Habitat Warmer parts of India, from Central Himalayas to Assam, lower hills of West Bengal; Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Western
Ghats from Konkan southwards to Trivandrum. Often cultivated.
English Indian Long Pepper, Joborandi.
Ayurvedic Pippali, Maagadhi, Maagadha, Maagadhaa, Maagadhikaa, Magadhodbhavaa, Vaidehi, Upkulyaa, Pippalikam, Chapalaa, Kanaa, Krishnaa. Uushnaa, Shaundi, Kolaa, Tikshna-tandulaa.
Unani Filfil Daraaz, Daarfilfil.
Siddha/Tamil Thippili, Arisithippili. Thippiiver (root).
Action Fruits—used for diseases of the respiratory tract (cough, bronchitis, asthma); as sedative (in insomnia and epilepsy); as cholagogue (in obstruction of bile duct and bladder), as emmenagogue, as digestive, appetizer and carminative (in indigestion); as general tonic and haematinic (in anaemia,
