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Basonym of Drug
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Pippali
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Main Synonym
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Kana, krishna, kola, chapala, tikshna tandula, magadhi, vaidehi, ushana, soundi
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Regional Name
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Bengali : pipul
Gujarati : pipar
Hindi : pipal
Marathi : pipali
Tamil : tippili
Telugu : pippalu
English : long pepper
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Botanical Name
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Piper longum Linn
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Family
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Piperaceae
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Classification (Gana)
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Aacharya charak : deepaniya, sirovirechanopaga, kanthya, shoolaprashamana, shitaprashamana, asthapanopaga mahakashaya.
Aacharya Sushruta : trayushna, pippalyadi, aamlakyadi, shirovirechanopaga, urdhvabhagahara gana.
Aacharya vagbhatta : pippalyadi gana
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External Morphology
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A slender climber
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Useful Parts
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Fruit, root
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Important Phytoconstituent
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Piperine, piperethine, piperolein, caryophyllene, pipercide, citronellol, dihydrocarveol, beta-caryophyllene, beta-sitosterol
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Rasa Panchak
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Rasa : katu
Guna : laghu, snigdha
Virya : ushna
Vipaka : madhura
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Action
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Vatakaphahara
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Therapeutic Indication
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Deepen (appetizer), pachana (digestive), kasahara (anti-cough), swasahara (anti-asthmatic), krimighna (anti-helminthic), shoolahara (pain reliever), lekhana (scrapping of excessive fat), rasayana (rejuvenating)
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Therapeutic Uses
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1. Swasa - powder of pippali, amla, and sunthi with honey is given in asthma and excessive cough.
2. Kasa - vardhaman pippali rasayana is useful in chronic cough.
3. Jirna jwara - pippali triturate in mortar for 64 prahara (192 hours) is useful in chronic fever.
4. Prasuta jwara - pippali is given with ghrita for detoxification in newborn baby’s mother in fever.
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Dose
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Powder - 250-500 mg
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Formulations
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Tribhuvankirt rasa, trikatu churna, pippalyadi leha, vyoshadi vati, yakrutplihari loha, pippalyasava, yakrutpippali yoga
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Adverse Effect
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Not Known
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Remedial Measure
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Not required
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Purification
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Not required
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