PIPER CUBEBA
Source: Wikipedia
|
OTHER NAMESTamil: Val-milaku
English: Tailpepper ; Cubebs Telugu: Toka-miriyalu ; Chalava-miriyalu Malayalam: Val-milaku Kannada:Gandhamenasu ; Balmenasu Marathi: Kankola ; Himsimiri Hindi: Sitalachini Sanskrit: Sungadha-muricha |
description & usage
This climbing woody bush is indigenous to Java, Samatra and Malay Archipelago ; but the dried unripened fruits of the shrub called Cubebs are obtainable in the Indian bazars, being imported from Singapore, and are also cultivated in some pockets of India, especially in the Mysore State.
Uses:
It is used as a carminative spice and condiment, as stimulant to the mucous membrane in diseases of the genito-urinary organs such as gonorrhoea, gleet, leucorrhoea and other vaginal discharges of women ; as expectorant during fevers and in the coughs of old age.
How to Use:
A mixture of potassium nitrate and cubebs in powder, 10 grains each, is a good remedy for gonorrhoea. Take of Cubebs, liquorice, long pepper, Chebulic myrobalans, and Alpina Chinonsis equal parts by weight, powder them and mix them together. Place the mixture in 15 times its weight of water and prepare a compound decoction by boiling till the whole is reduced to quarter its volume. Dose of this compound decoction is one ounce three or four times a day. It may be converted into an electuary with honey. This is useful in acute and chronic bronchitis.
Parts Used:
Leaves
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Stimulant, carminative, diuretic, expectorant
Uses:
It is used as a carminative spice and condiment, as stimulant to the mucous membrane in diseases of the genito-urinary organs such as gonorrhoea, gleet, leucorrhoea and other vaginal discharges of women ; as expectorant during fevers and in the coughs of old age.
How to Use:
A mixture of potassium nitrate and cubebs in powder, 10 grains each, is a good remedy for gonorrhoea. Take of Cubebs, liquorice, long pepper, Chebulic myrobalans, and Alpina Chinonsis equal parts by weight, powder them and mix them together. Place the mixture in 15 times its weight of water and prepare a compound decoction by boiling till the whole is reduced to quarter its volume. Dose of this compound decoction is one ounce three or four times a day. It may be converted into an electuary with honey. This is useful in acute and chronic bronchitis.
Parts Used:
Leaves
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Stimulant, carminative, diuretic, expectorant
