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Ingredient Name : Piper cubeba Linn.

Arabic Name : Kabbaaba, Habb al-'aroos, Kharkoos

Bengali Name : Kababchini, Sugandhmarich

Chinese Name : Bi cheng qie, Bi cheng qie

English Name : Cubebs, Tailed-pepper, Java Pepper, False Pepper

French Name : Cubébe, Poivre à queue

German Name : Kubebenpfeffer, Schwanzpfeffer, Stielpfeffer

Gujarati Name : Chankabab, Chinikabab, Tadamiri, Kababchim

Hindi Name : Kababchini, Sheetalchini, Sheetalmirch, Kankol

Kannada Name : Gandhmenasu, Balmenasu

Kashmiri Name : Kushfal, Kababchini

Latin name : Piper cubeba Linn.

Marathi Name : Kankol, Kapurchini, Kankola

Persian Name : Kababah, Kababchini

Punjabi Name : Kababchini, Sardchini

Sanskrit Name : Kankola, Kankolaka

Urdu Name : Kababchini, Kababa

Description

The fruit is analgesic, antiemetic, antiflatulent, antiinflammatory, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, carminative, demulscent, deobstruent, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant and mildly stimulant. Used as a stimulant to the mucous membrane in diseases of the genitourinary organs such as gonorrhoea, gleet, leucorrhoea and other vaginal discharges of women. As an expectorant it is beneficial in chronic bronchitis and laryngitis. It is also beneficial in thrush, halitosis and fevers.

The paste of the fruit is used externally on male and female genital organs to intensify the sexual pleasure during coitus.

Recommended Dosage: 1 to 3 g powder of dried fruit.

Contraindication: This herb is not recommended during pregnancy or lactation. Avoid in people hypersensitive to piperine. Large doses (many times the recommended dosage) are said to produce headache and dizziness, probably from the augmented cerebral circulation.