Introduction of Black Pepper
There will be no house in the world where black pepper is not present. It is consider the queen of spices. We can make any vegetable. Whether the vegetable is dry or juicy or from salty to soup etc., pepper is using in every dish. Black pepper is not only use for flavor in food. It is also very beneficial for health. Pepper is also good medicine. It is medicinally in Ancient times. In fact, due to the medicinal properties of pepper, it is included in the food. Black pepper is also used to cure diseases in ancient times.
What is black pepper?
Black pepper is a medicinal spice. It is also called pepper. It is a small round shape, and black in appearance. Its flavor is very spicy. His generosity is long-lived. It is a tender, fast-spreading vine with betel-like leaves. Her vine grows by clinging to strong support(1).
It gives about two returns a year. The first harvest is in August – September and the second in March – April. Two types of hot pepper are sold in the market: white pepper and black pepper. According to Ayurveda, the effect of pepper is neither hot nor cold, but in some places, it is also describe as hot.
Some consider white pepper a special type of pepper. Moringa seeds are consider by some to be white pepper. White pepper is a different form of pepper. Black pepper is made from half-ripe fruits, and by soaking whole ripe fruits in water, crushing them with your hands, and removing the top peel, it turns into white pepper. With the elimination of the skin, its hot effect is slightly reduce and some softness is introduce into its properties.
11 Benefits and Uses Black Pepper
You also get a lot of benefits by using black pepper in food. For example, pepper is use in all dishes prepare during cold days to protect against cold and throat diseases. Pepper is beneficial in impotence, menorrhagia i.e. absence of menstruation, skin diseases, fever, and leprosy, etc (2). It is especially beneficial for the eyes. Massaging oil cooked in pepper is very beneficial in joint pain, arthritis, paralysis, and itching. The method of using it in various diseases is present here:-
1. Consumption of black pepper to remove the headache
Put a piece of pepper on the tip of a needle and burn it in a lamp. Smelling the smoke coming out of it gives relief to headaches. It also stops hiccups. The benefits of pepper prove to be very beneficial in headaches.
Grind pepper with Bhringraj juice or rice water and apply it to the forehead, it also cures migraine pain.
2. Use of black pepper to drive away head lice
In the case of hair lice, grind 10-12 cilantro seeds and 5-6 black peppercorns and mix them in mustard oil. Apply this mixture on the roots of the hair before sleeping at night. Wash and clean the hair in the morning. The louse will perish.
If there is hair fall on the head, then grinding pepper with onion and salt is beneficial.
3. Use black pepper to remove cough and cold
Taking 2 grams powder of black pepper with hot milk and sugar candy or swallowing 7 grains of it is beneficial in cold and cough.
Mix 50 grams curd, 15-20 grams jaggery, and one and a half grams pepper powder. Taking it 3-4 times a day provides relief in the cold.
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4. Use of Black Pepper Beneficial in Eye Disease
- Grind black pepper with curd and apply it like kajal in the eyes, it is beneficial in night blindness. Apply it outside very carefully.
- To increase eyesight, lick half to 1 gram of pepper mixed with 1 teaspoon ghee and sugar candy as needed daily in the morning. Drink milk afterward. It is beneficial in eye disease.
- If there is a pimple on the eyelids of the eyes, then rubbing pepper in water and applying it causes the pimple to burst.
- Taking a half-gram powder of pepper mixed with one spoon of native ghee ends many types of eye diseases.
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5. Its Use to get relief in toothache
- Grind 1-2 grams powder of black pepper with 3-4 berries or guava leaves or poppy seeds. Use this mixture in the morning time toothache is also cure by gargling with this mixture.
- This experiment is beneficial even in the case of throat diseases and loss of voice.
- Mixing rock salt with pepper, honey, and lemon juice and applying it on the palate is beneficial in mouth ulcers.
6. Asthma-cough treatment by consuming black pepper
- Mix 2-3 grams of black pepper powder with honey and ghee. Lick this mixture two times a day morning and the evening ends cold, common cough, asthma, and chest pain. These natural remedies help to remove the phlegm accumulated in the lungs.
- Cooking 2 grams black pepper powder in 200 ml cow’s milk and giving it is beneficial in asthma and cough.
- If cough arises frequently, it is difficult to swallow food, then gargle with a mild decoction of pepper 2-3 times a day.
- Make a powder of 2 parts pepper powder, 2 parts peepli powder, 4 parts pomegranate bark, and one part barley. Mix 8 parts jaggery in it and make tablets of 1-1 grams. Taking it thrice a day provides relief in the sore throat (a painful cough).
- In sore throat and cough, keeping 2-3 black peppers in the mouth and sucking is beneficial.
7. Use of black pepper is beneficial in piles
- Mix 2 grams of black pepper powder in 1 gram of roasted cumin and15 grams of honey. Taking this mixture two times in a single day with buttermilk or with hot water is beneficial in piles.
- Mix 25 grams black pepper powder, 35 grams roasted cumin powder, and 180 grams, pure honey. Make it availeth (chutney). Take this avaleha in the amount of 3 to 6 grams thrice a day. It is beneficial in piles.
- Add rock salt to the mixture of pepper and cumin. Consuming it twice a day with buttermilk for 3-4 months provides relief in piles. Due to this, piles or goosebumps (glaucoma) cause due to weakness or old age are cure. Due to this digestion and gastritis remain fine. This use is also beneficial in constipation and flat gas.
- Use one gram of pepper powder with honey thrice a day. This will stop the exit of the anus.
8. Consumption of pepper to remove impotence
Put 8-10 black peppercorns in a glass of milk. Boil it well and take it regularly in the morning and evening, it cures semen disorder. The quantity can be reduced in the summer season.
9. Use Of pepper to dry the wound
Grinding black pepper in water and applying it on boils and pimples dries up the wound. Due to this, the wounds heal quickly and the swelling goes away.
10. Its uses is beneficial for facial paralysis
In Ardit disease i.e. facial paralysis paralyzes the parts of the face. If there is stiffness in the tongue, then rubbing chili powder on the tongue is beneficial.
Mix black pepper powder in any vat shamak oil. Massaging it on the paralyzed limb is very beneficial. The benefits of eating pepper are very beneficial in paralyzing the face.
11. Black pepper in the treatment of vitiligo
The use of black pepper can be beneficial in the problem of vitiligo because according to research, pepper when used externally helps in reducing the symptoms of diseases by increasing pigmentation.