Botanical Name: piper brachystachyum Wall
Family: Piperaceae
Introduction:
Now a days this plant also cultivated, if it grows in forest area that will be more medicinal valuable. Its properties very much similar to piper longum
Names in different Indian languages
| English | Wild pepper |
|---|---|
| Hindi | Cab |
| Kannada | cavya |
| Malayalam | Kattumulaku, kattu kurumulaku |
| Sanskrit | Cavah, cavika |
| Tamil | Kattumilagu |
| Telugu | Caikama, sevasu |
| Unani | |
| Folk |
Synonyms
Chavica sphaerostachya Miq
Classification according to Charaka, Susrutha & Vagbhata
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| Susrutha | |
| Vagbhata |
Varieties & adulterants – (CV – controversy, AD – adulterants)
Morphology
It is a woody climber
Leaves- simple, alternate, similar to pepper, elliptic-ovate
Fruit spikes globose,fruits – small berry
Distribution & Habitat
Western Ghats
Chemical constituents:
Piperine, isobutyl amide, longamide, besides guineensine
Properties:
RASA-katu, tikta ( according to raja nighandu madhura also)
GUNA-laghu
VIRYA-ushna
VIPAKA-katu
Karma –deepana, pachana, krimighna
Digestive, carminative
Bavauprakasha nigandu specially mentioned the flower useful in swasa and kasa
Srotogamitva:
Dosha : kapha vatha hara
Dhatu :rasa, raktha
Mala :mutrala
Organ : stomach
Indication:
Kasa, swasa, gulma, krimi, sleshma pitta,
Part used:
Root, flower
Dosage:
Leaf juice 10-15 ml
Powder 2-4 g
Decoction 50-100 ml
Therapeutic Uses:
- Root decoction useful in fever
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