White Pepper(Safed Mirch) - Piper nigrum(Piperaceae)

Piper Nigrum - White Pepper Corn - Safed Mirch

Botanical Name : Piper nigrum

Indian Name : Safed Mirch

Tamil Name : Vellaimilagu

Family Name : Piperaceae

Other Name : White Peppercorns

Medicinal Uses :

1. Piper nigrum is widely used for its aroma and flavour in cuisines and for food preservation.
   
   
2. Widely used in traditional medicinal systems including Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems, White Pepper Powder is also used as an essential oil in aromatherapy and other methods.
   
   
3. White Pepper helps in the treatment of pain relief, rheumatism, chills, flu, colds, increase circulation, exhaustion, muscular aches, physical and emotional coldness, nerve tonic and fevers.
   
   
4. It furthermore increases the flow of saliva, stimulates appetite, encourages peristalsis, tones the colon muscles and is a general digestive tonic. Sometimes it is used in place of cubebs for gonorrhoea.
   
   
5. Its stimulant action it aids digestion and is especially useful in atonic dyspepsia and turbid condition of the stomach.
   
   
6. It will correct flatulence and nausea. It has also been used in vertigo, paralytic and arthritic disorders.
   
   
7. Piper Nigrum has also been advised in diarrhoea, cholera, scarlatina and in solution for a wash for tinea capititis.
   
   
8. Externally it is used for its rubefacient properties and as a local application for relaxed sore throat and some skin diseases. Its oleoresin has bacteriostatic and fungistatic properties.

White Pepper is a popular variety of pepper, also known as pepper corn. White pepper is essentially the seed of the plant after the fruit is removed. The flesh of fruit softens and decomposes and is further rubbed for obtaining the seed.