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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Piperin

PIPER NIGRUM
   ...e). East Indies. Dose, 1 to 15 grains. Common Names: Pepper, Black Pepper. Principal Constituents.—Piperine (C17H19NO3); oil of pepper, the chief constituent of which is laevo-phellandrene; and the a......Piperi, Tincture of Pepper (8 ounces to Alcohol, 16 fluidounces). Dose, 1 to 30 drops. Derivative.—Piperinum, Piperin. (A neutral principle derived from Pepper and allied plants.) Dose, 1 to 8 grains......quinine it is frequently of service in intermittents, especially when congestive chill takes place. Piperin was once advised for the same purpose, but is less effective than the tincture of pepper; an...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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Piperin

PIPERIN
   Neutral principle obtained from Black Pepper, q. v. Stomachic and antiperiodic.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.