IndianJadiBooti Pipal Choti - Pipli - Pippali - Short Pepper

What is Pippali:

Choti Pipli is an herb that is used in Ayurvedic medicine for its medicinal properties. The roots and fruits of Pippali are used for their medicinal purposes. Fruits of this plant are slight yellow to orange in color and pungent in taste.

Pippali is an effective home remedy for managing cough and cold. Swallowing Choti Pipli powder along with honey after lunch and dinner helps release mucus from the air passages due to its expectorant property, thus allowing the patient to breathe easily. It’s consumption might also help promote weight loss by improving the body’s metabolism.

Consuming choti pipal powder might be useful in managing constipation by promoting bowel movements due to its laxative property. Choti peepar might also be beneficial in managing toothache. Rubbing a paste of Pippali powder along with honey on the gums and teeth reduces pain and inflammation in the teeth due to its Kapha balancing nature.

Other Names: Pimpali, Choti Pipli, peepar

USES:
Pippali, also known as Indian pennywort and Indian pepper, is a plant commonly used in Ayurvedic medicine. It has been used for centuries to treat a variety of conditions, including menstrual pain and dysmenorrhea.

Choti Pipli contains many phytochemicals, including alkaloids as important secondary metabolites (piperine and piperlongumine), flavonoids, essential oils, and steroids. Some of the therapeutic uses of pippali are listed below: 

• Anti-inflammatory and analgesic 
• Antioxidant 
• Antimicrobial 
• Anticancer 
• Anti-parkinsonian 
• Anti-stress Nootropic Anti-epileptic Anti-hyperglycemic     Hepatoprotective Anti-hyperlipidemic Anti-platelet Immunomodulatory     Anti-arthritic     Anti-ulcer 
• Although enough scientific evidence is not available, Pippali may be useful in managing menstrual pain.

BENEFITS:
Piper longum is a plant that contains essential oils and piperidine alkaloids with insecticidal and antimicrobial properties. In addition, it inhibits the growth of yeast, bacteria, and fungi.

Insecticidal Benefits of Pippali: Piper longum fruit extracts have shown insecticidal activity against mosquito larvae.

Antimicrobial Activity of choti pipal : Piperlongum extracts have shown antimicrobial activity against bacterial pathogens such as S. albus, S. typhi, P. aeruginosa, E. coli and B. megaterium as well as one fungus, A. niger.