Black Pepper - Useful Cough Remedy
Black pepper occupies a prominent place among home remedies, particularly in rural areas. It is useful in eolic, cough, dyspepsia, piles, urinary disorders and diseases of the chest.
A combination of dry ginger, black pepper and long pepper, known as Trikatu is one of the most well known remedies and an important combination in ayurvedic pharmacopeia.
In rural areas powder of black pepper is given as inhalation in cases of fainting and hysteria.
Black pepper after the principal meals helps digest food. Pickles are prepared from unripe fruits.
A formula for thin people; 10 black pepper berries should be chewed with betel leaf early in the morning on an empty stomach and the juice swalloed with a draught of water. A two months course will increase weight and transform the emaciated individual into a healthy person.
Black pepper is used successfully in cough remedies by ayurvedic physicians. In chronic cold, the powder of black pepper is taken with gur (jaggery).
A masala (spice) for tea is made out of black pepper, dry ginger, clove, cardamom and cinnamon and the tea becomes anti-kapha and useful against cold.
