Steinmetz:Piper
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Piper angustifolium
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Persia
- Cuba
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- Peru
- Bolivia
- New Granada
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- volatile oil
- artanthic acid
- tannin
- resin
- maticin (bitter principle)
- mucilage
- Action
- haemostatic
- astringent
- stimulant
- diuretic
- urinary-antiseptic
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[edit] Piper betle
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Indonesia and other tropical countries
- Part(s) Used
- Folia Piperis betle
- Oleum Betle
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- 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)
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[edit] Piper cubeba
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Indonesia
- Ceylon
- Southern India
- Africa (especially Congo)
- Part(s) Used
- Fructus Cubebae (Piper caudatum)
- Oleum Cubebae
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- 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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[edit] Piper longum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Java
- Penang
- Singapore
- Ceylon
- Southern India
- Philippines
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- piperin
- piperidin
- essential oil
- resin
- starch
- Action
- stimulant
- diuretic
- sudorific
- aromatic
- carminative
- alterative
- aphrodisiac
- vermifuge
- emmenagogue
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[edit] Piper methysticum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Sandwich Islands
- Polynesia
- South Sea Islands
- Part(s) Used
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- 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"
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[edit] Piper nigrum
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Piperaceae
- English Names
- 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
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- 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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