WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Felter's Materia Medica on Black Pepper
PIPER NIGRUM
...per nigrum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Piperaceae). East Indies. Dose, 1 to 15 grains. Common Names: Pepper, Black Pepper. Principal Constituents.Piperine (C17H19NO3); oil of pepper, the chief constituent of...... Dose, 1 to 8 grains. Specific Indications.Gastric atony; congestive chills. Action and Therapy.Black pepper may be used as a corrigent of griping medicines. Combined with quinine it is frequently......he same purpose, but is less effective than the tincture of pepper; and even this frequently fails. Black pepper has carminative properties, and is useful in flatulence, and rarely may be used in gast...1
...per nigrum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Piperaceae). East Indies. Dose, 1 to 15 grains. Common Names: Pepper, Black Pepper. Principal Constituents.Piperine (C17H19NO3); oil of pepper, the chief constituent of...... Dose, 1 to 8 grains. Specific Indications.Gastric atony; congestive chills. Action and Therapy.Black pepper may be used as a corrigent of griping medicines. Combined with quinine it is frequently......he same purpose, but is less effective than the tincture of pepper; and even this frequently fails. Black pepper has carminative properties, and is useful in flatulence, and rarely may be used in gast...1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Black Pepper
BLACK PEPPERPINI3
The dried uuripe fruit of PIPER NIGRUM, L. Local and general stimulant and irritant, antiperiodic, stomachic, carminative. Used in malarial fevers, in flatulency and colic, etc. PI PERIN, which was formerly believed to be the active principle of the drug and prescribed in doses of 0.06 to 0.6 (1 to 10 grs.) as an antiperiodic, is new little used.2
The dried uuripe fruit of PIPER NIGRUM, L. Local and general stimulant and irritant, antiperiodic, stomachic, carminative. Used in malarial fevers, in flatulency and colic, etc. PI PERIN, which was formerly believed to be the active principle of the drug and prescribed in doses of 0.06 to 0.6 (1 to 10 grs.) as an antiperiodic, is new little used.2
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.