Ayur Arogyam
Ayur Arogyam

@aayurarogyam

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Know your local herb : Long pepper / Piper Longum / Pipali /Thippali
- A Big brother to Kitchen pepper , Widely used important herb in Ayurveda & Chinese medicine
- Every part of this plant is valuable from its root to Fruit
-More stronger & Pungent taste than pepper
- This is rich in alkaloids and rich source of Piperine which gives distinct flavour to this herb
Used in Ayurveda as
-Anticancer
-Antioxidant
-Antimicrobial
-Antidepressant
-Antifungal
-Analgesic
-Immunomodulatory herb
-Anti obesity
-Antiamoebic
Friendly herb of ayurveda physicians as this a "Tridoshic" herb suiting most of body types
-Apart from medicinal use this widely used as a seasoning herb on soup ,stew in European,African ,Indonesian,Chinese and Nepalese cuisine
yes , it was in Indian cuisine too but forgotten!
-Cough, cold and asthma contain preparations made using adathoda along with thippili
(piper longum), chukku (dry ginger), pepper, adathoda, thoothuvalai (tri lobatum)are the
common herbs used in treating all conditions related to lungs, airway passage, throat
Thippili is a super food per west gold stds of nutrition
-Rich in alkaloids, beta sitosterol and analgesic. It also has eugenol, glycosides, piperine, resins, sugar, saturated fat, essential oil, volatile oil, piplartine, myrcene, terpenoids, quercetin, triacontane and sylvatine
-This herb has been resarched for its thrombopoetic
(platelet-increasing) activity in cancer patients
-Piperine is widely used in Immunotherapy cancer care, it is proven to suppress the tumor growth & metastasis (Spread of cancer cells in the body)
To sum up , Ayuveda uses this in treatment of along with other medicines
-Insomnia
- Headache
- Migraine
-Piles
-Cardio Vascular diseases ( Heart problems)
- Promotes weight loss & treatment of Obesity
- Anti ageing skin care
- Expectorant for common cold, cough
- As antipyretic for fever
- As a natural analgesic to cure body pain, knee pain ,arthritis
- In respiratory disorders like wheezing, asthma
- Treat Lungs Inflammation
- Diabetes
- Liver Ailments like hepatitis
- Strengthen vision
In TN ,Thippili Rasam was a common thing at every household must when someone falls ill with fever ,stomach ache ,indigestion & diarrhea
Piperine in thippli has ability fight certain parasites that can infect people . It also seems to change the lining of the intestines
In days of fast food & instant cooking , young mums & patients advise back to the doctors like me that it is a illogical and unrealistic advise to prepare and include these as part of their cooking asking me to prescribe tabs of these
Wise knows the difference of efficacy
End of thread , hope this educative and useful
I tweet from my mobile on a impromptu fashion & when I baby sit as a mum, my disclaimer of grammar, typos applies for every such long threads like these
Eat healthy & Stay healthy !

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