Piper longum, Long Pepper, Bi Ba 荜茇 Bi Ba (TCM)Pippali (Ayurveda)Thippili (Siddha)Filfil Daraz, Peepal (Unani)Pi pi ling  པི་པི་ལིང༌  (Tibetan)The root of Long Pepper is called Peepalmool (Unani), Thippiliver (Siddha) Long Pepper, Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640 Piper longumWoodville, Hooker, Spratt, Medical Botany, 1832 Long Pepper (Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Piper spp. P. longum P. officinum Classical Ayurvedic texts list 3 other varieties of Pippali: Gaja Pippali: Piper chaba–Java Long Pepper fruit Sainghali: Piper retrofractum Vana-pippali: Piper peepuloides, Piper sylvaticum Parts used: Mature ripe fruitThe root of Long Pepper is also used in Ayurveda. It has similar effects but is considered  more heating. Temperature & Taste: Hot, dry. Pungent Classifications: 2H. CARMINATIVE.  2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMIC4e. STOMACHICTCM:M. Warm to Expel Cold Uses: Warms the Stomach, Clears Damp, Promotes Digestion (TCM, West, Ayurveda, Tibetan): cold-type abdominal pain, indigestion, bloating, vomiting, diarrhea.Long Pepper is taken with Honey for DiarrheaHyperaciditylike Black Pepper, it is important for clearing Ama in Ayurveda (Ama is the toxic residue left from imperfect digestion; ‘Damp’ of TCM). Clears Cold, Warms the Kidneys (TCM, West, Ayurveda, Tibetan): Edema or urinary disorders from Cold Kidneyschronic NephritisImpotence, InfertilityRheumatic conditions Clears Cold Phlegm (TCM, West, Ayurveda, Tibetan): cold phlegm of the Lungs, Stomach, or BowelsCold…

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