COMMON PEPPER
COMMON PEPPER
Used Part.
The fruits.
Active Principles.
Essential
oil (1 - 4%) pinene, Caryophyllene, limonene, phellandrene; resin: Piperine and other secondary amines (piperilina, piperitina, piperinina)
Drug Action.
A
low dose is stimulating the
central
nervous
system
and digestive secretions.
A
higher dose is diaphoretic and tenífugo. It is also
a
bactericide, preservative in food and in topical use, rubefaciente and estornutatorio.
Indications.
Dyspepsia
hiposecretoras, prevention of
gastroenteritis
. In external use: osteo inflammation,
myalgia
,
muscle
contractures, boils.
Contraindications.
Hypersensitivity to the
pepper
.
Gastritis
, gastroduodenal ulcus,
hemorrhoids
.
Side Effects.
Preparations of black
pepper
irritate the skin and mucous membranes and may trigger
allergic
reactions.
Caution / Poisoning.
Its use can cause excessive
bleeding
and
seizures
.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Use
a
food.
External use:
liniment,
salves
.
Bibliography.
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James,
A
; Duke, Ph.
D
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Florida
: CRC Press, 1987, pp. 184, 321; 382 - 3, 431; 434; 521; 563.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Summary of Matter Médicale. Take II. Paris: Masson, 1967, pp. 110 - 114.
Samuelsson, G. Drugs of
Natural
Origin
.
A
Textbook of Pharmacognosy. Stockholm:
Swedish
Pharmaceutical Press, 1992, pp. 84; 141.
Trease, GE, Evans, WCh. Pharmacognosy.
Mexico
City: Inter - MacGraw - Hill, 1991, pp. 625 - 6.
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