PIPALA (PIPER LONGUM)
Nepali Name: पिपला (PIPALA)
Scientific Name: Piper longum
Hindi Name: पिपला (PIPALA)
Traditional Uses:
1. Stomachic: Helps in advancing digestion and improving hunger.
2. Laxative : Acts as a gentle purgative, aiding in easing irregularity.
3. Anthelmintic : Used to eject or ruin parasitic worms in the digestive method.
4. Carminative : Alleviates gas and prevents the formation of gas in the gastrointestinal area.
5. Bronchitis: Traditionally employed in managing symptoms of bronchitis.
6. Abdominal Pains: Provides comfort from abdominal pain and ache.
7. Alterative: Acts as an alterative, supporting total wellness and good-being.
8. Fever and Cold: Used to abate symptoms associated with high temperature and cold.
9. Asthma: Employed in customary medicine for managing asthma symptoms.
10. Urinary Discharges: Used to control and normalize urinary discharges.
11. Tumors: Traditionally believed to be in possession of properties beneficial for managing tumors.
12. hemorrhoids: Used in the treatment of hemorrhoids or piles.
13. sleeplessness: Helps in advancing doze and managing insomnia.
14. yellowing: Employed in the customary treatment of jaundice.
15. arthritis and arthritis: Used to abate symptoms associated with gout and arthritis.
Process of Use:
1. Stomachic and Laxative:
• Consume PIPALA in the form of powder or decoction before meals to improve digestion.
• on behalf of purgative effects, mix PIPALA powder with honey and take it in the morning.
2. Anthelmintic:
• grab PIPALA powder with heated liquid to eject intestinal worms.
3. Carminative:
• Use PIPALA in cuisine to stop gas formation and aid digestion.
4. Bronchitis and Asthma:
• breathe vapor with PIPALA decoction to comfort breathing issues.
• Consume PIPALA with honey to calm bronchial pain.
5. Abdominal Pains:
• Prepare a PIPALA decoction and beverage it for comfort from abdominal effort.
6. Fever and Cold:
• grab PIPALA decoction with ginger and honey to reduce high temperature and cold symptoms.
7. Urinary Discharges:
• Consume PIPALA decoction to control urinary discharges.
8. Tumors and hemorrhoids:
• Apply PIPALA paste topically upon tumors.
• grab PIPALA powder with buttermilk for piles.
9. sleeplessness:
• Consume PIPALA powder with heated extract before bedtime.
10. yellowing:
• blend PIPALA powder with amla juice and eat it to aid in jaundice treatment.
11. arthritis and arthritis:
• Apply PIPALA lubricate outwardly upon affected joints.
• Consume PIPALA decoction to manage symptoms of gout and arthritis.
