{"id":1557,"date":"2013-03-03T01:59:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T01:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2013-03-27T04:10:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:10:07","slug":"cubeb-piper-cubeba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"Cubeb ~ Piper cubeba"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Cubeb<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Piper cubeba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Piperaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: unripe fruit<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: native to Indonesia; cultivated elsewhere<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: volatile oil, lignans, resins, gums<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: warming<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: aromatic, diuretic, expectorant<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: carminative, stomachic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: bronchitis, coughs, sinus congestion (Khalsa), urinary tract infections, chronic inflammations, cystitis, urethritis, cold\/ flu (Khalsa), adrenal insufficiency (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: amoebic dysentery, gonorrhea, chronic sluggish sore throat, chronic atonic respiratory catarrhs<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: pwd: 2-4 g; tincture: 2-4 ml, capsules: 10 grams qd (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: acute inflammation, nephritis<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: unknown<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.naturalhealthnotebook.com\/Herbs\/Latin_Herbs\/Genus-P\/Piper_cubeba.htm; http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/herbmed\/eclectic\/felter\/piper-cube.html
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Cubeb from lecture March 7th<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Cubeb-Peppercorns\"<\/a>
Cubeb Peppercorns for Respiratory, Immune, and Adrenal support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • Reached Europe and Africa with Arab Traders<\/li>\n
  • Became major spice\u00c2\u00a0 in European and African cuisine<\/li>\n
  • Frequently smoked as cigarettes or pipe for\n
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    • Asthma, chronic pharyngitis and hay fever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Affinity for the respiratory tract<\/li>\n
    • Immune System – Tonification benefit<\/li>\n
    • Adrenals – Balancing and nourishing supportive remedy<\/li>\n
    • Greatly fallen out of use, which works in our favor because its available and inexpensive.<\/li>\n
    • One herb remedy for cold and flu<\/li>\n
    • Minor Uses:\n
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      • Urinary (diuretic and antiseptic) can use for bladder infection, but really a minor herb for urinary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Dose – 10 grams\/day for acute virus.\u00c2\u00a0 Tea, tincture or capsules.<\/li>\n
      • Cubeb is Warming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Cubeb Latin name: Piper cubeba Family: Piperaceae Part used: unripe fruit Habitat: native to Indonesia; cultivated elsewhere Main constituents: volatile oil, lignans, resins, gums Energetics: warming Main herbal actions: aromatic, diuretic, expectorant Minor herbal actions: carminative, stomachic Main medicinal uses: bronchitis, coughs, sinus congestion (Khalsa), urinary tract infections, chronic inflammations, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,72,41,71,324,43,92,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aromatic","category-carminative","category-diuretic","category-expectorant","category-module-2","category-stomachic","category-warming","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1902,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}