Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Anesthetic, Antiallergic, Antianaphylactic, Antibacterial, Anticonvulsant, Antifertility, Antigiardial, Antiinflammatory, Antiseptic, Antitubercular, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Cholagogue, Counterirritant, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Energetic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hematinic, Hepatoprotective, Immunostimulant, Insecticide, Larvicide, Laxative, Protisticide, Sedative, Sialagogue, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Abortifacient Aphrodisiac Collyrium Errhine Insectifuge Rubefacient Vermifuge Allergy Anaphylaxis Anorexia Apoplexy Arthrosis Ascites Asthma Bacteria Bite Bleeding Bronchosis Callus Cancer Cancer abdomen Cancer breast Cancer colon Cancer feet Cancer liver Cancer mouth Cancer nose Cancer spleen Cancer stomach Cancer throat Cancer uvula Cancer womb Catarrh Childbirth Cholecystosis Cholera Cold Coma Condyloma Constipation Convulsion Cough Cystosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dropsy Drowsiness Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Edema Enterosis Epilepsy Fever Fungus Gas hma abdomen breast colon feet liver mouth nose spleen stomach throat uvula womb Gastrosis Giardia Gingivosis Gout Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Hoarseness Immunodepression Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Ischiosis Leprosy Leukoderma Lumbago Mastosis Myalgia Mycosis Nervousness Nyctalopia Ophthalmia Pain Palsy Paralysis Paraplegia Puerperium Pulmonosis Rheumatism Salmonella Sciatica Sclerosis Snakebite Sore Throat Splenosis Staphylococcus Stomatosis Swelling Tetanus Thirst Tuberculosis Uvulosis Wart Worm

General Dosage

No modern dosages uncovered. 1–2 g ground fruit could provide biologically active levels of piperine. Old peppers are believed to be more medicinally active than fresh peppers.