PIPPALI

• synonyms:-
pippali :- protects from many diseases & nature to maintain
health.
• magadhi:-grows in magadh regions.
• krushna:-becomes black on drying.
• chapala:-sharp in character.
• kana:-As its fruits are embedded in the surface of a flower
spike in the form of minute projection.
• Upkulya:- As it generally grows near watery areas.
• Ushna:-Having ushna guna.
• kola:- fruits weighs 1 kola in general.
• tikshnatandula:- fruits of pippali looks like rice or particles.
Regional name:-
Gujarati name:- lindi pipar
hindi name:- pipar
English name:- long pippar
Botanical name:-
Pippar longum
Family:-
Piperaceae
Classification:-
• Charak:- • Sushrut:-
• Dipaniya • Pippalyadi
• Kanthya • Urdhvabhaghar
• Kasahar • Trikatu
• Shula prashaman • Amalakyadi
• Truptighna • Shirovirechana
• Asthapanopag
• Shirovirechanopag
• Shita prashaman
• Hikka nigrahan
• Vaman
Variety:-
• Sushrut and Vagabhatta have delineated 2 varieties
• (1) pippali (2) Gaja Pippali
• Whereas , Bhavmishra has mentioned gaja pippali as a
fruit of chavika.
• Raja Nighantu provides 4 varieties -
• (1) pippali (2) Gajapippali
• (3) simhadi pippali (4) vana pippali
External Morphology:-
• An aromatic slender climber.
• Stems:- Cresping, Jointed, attached to other plants while
climbing.
• Leaves:- subacute , entire, glabrous , cordate at base.
• Flowers:- In pendulate spikes ,straight .
• Fruits:- Yellowish orange, ovoid, sank in fleshy spike or
earthy brown in colour , erect ,shining.
• Rhizome:- 0.5 to 1 cm thick,sometimes branched in
zigzag shape,Occasionally twisted ,ash grey or earthy
brown in colour.
Useful Part:-
(1) fruit
(2) root
Important Phyto constituents:-
• Essential oil
• Piperine
• Piplartime
• piper longumine
• piper longumine
• piper nonaline
Rasa Panchak:-
• Rasa:- Katu ( Ardra- tikta , Madhur)
• Guna:- Laghu, Snigdha , Tikshna ( Ardra-guna)
• Veerya:- Anushna (Ardra- Sheeta)
• Vipaka:- Madhura
• Karma:-Dipana, Vrushya , Rasayan , Shwashar, Kasahar.
Action on Dosha ,Dhatu ,Mala:-
• Dosha:- Vataghna , Kaphaghna , Pitta prakopaka.
• Dhatu:- Rakta( liver, spleen enlargement ) ,Meda ,Shukra
(aphrodisiac) ,Rasayani , majja ( brain tonic ).
• Mala:- Purisha ( purgative)
Therapeutic Indication:-
• Udar roga • Arsha
• Prameha • Kasa
• Kamla • kushtha
• Pliha roga • Amavat
• Gulma • Hikka
• Shwas • Jwara
Aamyik prayog:-
• (1) Jwara :-
• Decoction of pippali made in 4 times of water should be
taken.
• (2) Visucika:- Paste of pippali mixed with that of sunthi
should be taken with hot water.
• (3) Kasa:-
• Ghee cooked withh pippali & jaggery along with Goat's
milkn is useful.
• Intake of pippali & honey is useful in cough.
• (4) Hikka, Shwas:- n
• Powder of pippali , amalaki & sunthi mixed with honey &
sugar should be given frequently.
• Pippali taken with honey in morning alleviates cough ,
asthma ,anorexia & wasting.
• (5) Udar roga:- 1000 pippali fruits impregnated with snuhi
latex should be consumed gradually.