Steinmetz:Piper

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Piper angustifolium

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Matico
  • Soldier's herb
Natural Habitat
  • Persia
  • Cuba
  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • New Granada
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Matico
Constituent(s)
  • volatile oil
  • artanthic acid
  • tannin
  • resin
  • maticin (bitter principle)
  • mucilage
Action
  • haemostatic
  • astringent
  • stimulant
  • diuretic
  • urinary-antiseptic



Piper betle

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Betel-Pepper
Natural Habitat
  • India
  • Indonesia and other tropical countries
Part(s) Used
  • Folia Piperis betle
  • Oleum Betle
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil (containing betel phenol)
  • chavicol
  • terpine
  • cineol
Action
  • astringent
  • antiseptic
  • stimulant
  • masticatory (used by the natives for chewing with Gambit and burnt lime)



Piper cubeba

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Cubeb
  • Tailed Pepper
Natural Habitat
  • Indonesia
  • Ceylon
  • Southern India
  • Africa (especially Congo)
Part(s) Used
  • Fructus Cubebae (Piper caudatum)
  • Oleum Cubebae
Constituent(s)
  • essential oil
  • oleo-resin (containing cubebin
  • cubebic acid)
  • wax
  • starch
  • fatty oil
  • gum
  • malates of magnesium and calcium
Action
  • stimulant
  • antiseptic-diuretic (in gonorrhoea
  • leucorrhoea
  • etc. )
  • expectorant
  • carminative
  • aromatic

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Piper longum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Long Pepper
Natural Habitat
  • Java
  • Penang
  • Singapore
  • Ceylon
  • Southern India
  • Philippines
Part(s) Used
  • Fructus Piperis longi
Constituent(s)
  • piperin
  • piperidin
  • essential oil
  • resin
  • starch
Action
  • stimulant
  • diuretic
  • sudorific
  • aromatic
  • carminative
  • alterative
  • aphrodisiac
  • vermifuge
  • emmenagogue

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Piper methysticum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Kava-Kava
  • Ava pepper
Natural Habitat
  • Sandwich Islands
  • Polynesia
  • South Sea Islands
Part(s) Used
  • Rhizoma Kava-Kava
Constituent(s)
  • kawatin (lewinin
  • methysticin
  • yangonin)
  • kawain
  • resins
  • essential oil
  • sugar
  • starch
Action
  • antiseptic
  • tonic
  • anodyne
  • aphrodisiac
  • sudorific
  • diuretic
  • stimulant. The natives use it as an intoxicant (said to be less dangerous than alcohol) in the form of a beverage called "Ava"



Piper nigrum

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Piperaceae
English Names
  • Pepper
Natural Habitat
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Malay States
  • Siam
  • West Indies
  • Philippines
  • Ceylon
Part(s) Used
  • Fructus Piperis albi (ripe and peeled)
  • Fructus Piperis nigri (unripe)
  • Oleum Piperis
Constituent(s)
  • piperine
  • chavicin
  • essential oil
  • fatty oil
  • resin
  • starch
  • phellandren
  • lignin
  • gum
  • proteids
Action
  • stimulant
  • digestive
  • carminative
  • stomachic
  • antiperiodic
  • febrifuge
  • aromatic
  • appetising

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