Long pepper fruit (BI BO)-Piper longum-Fructus Piperis Longi

Long pepper fruit (BI BO)

Piper longum L. (Fam. Piperaceae)

Pharmaceutical Name:

Fructus Piperis Longi

Botanical Name:

Piper longum L. (Fam. Piperaceae)

Common Name:

Long pepper fruit

Part Used:

Dried ripe fruit spike

Fructus Piperis Longi is produced chiefly in the provinces of Guangdong and Yunnan. It is collected in autumn, dried in sunlight, and used unprepared.

Properties  Taste & Meridians:

Pungent in flavor, warm in property, acts on the Stomach and Large Intestine channels.

Functions:

Warms the Spleen and Stomach, relieves vomiting.

Indications & Combinations:

For vomiting, hiccups, abdominal pain, and diarrhea due to Cold in the Stomach, it is used alone or with Pericarpium Zanthoxyli Bungeani (Hua Jiao) and Fructus Evodiae (Wu Zhu Yu). It is also used externally to treat toothache.

Dosage and administration:

2–5 g, decocted in water for an oral dose. Appropriate quantity for external application.

Precautions:

Not to be used in patients with symptoms of Fire Hyperactivity.

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