🔱Siddha Medicine
Pepper (Milagu)
Piper nigrum
About Pepper (Milagu)
Pepper (Milagu) (Piper nigrum) is a herb used in the Siddha Medicine tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Respiratory Issues, Metabolism, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning, known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is approximately 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter and dark red, and contains a single seed like all drupes. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal