Chemotype and indications
Identity card
Name: Black Pepper
Botanical name: Piper nigrum
Distilled part: Berry
Botanical family: Piperaceae
Origin: Madagascar
Chemical composition:
- Acids
- - Aldehydes: Piperonal
- Ketones
- - Nitrogen Compounds
- - Monoterpenes: Alpha and Beta Pinene, Alpha Humulene
- - Monoterpenols: Alpha Terpinéol, Linalool, Terpinène 1 ol 4, Trans Carvéol, Trans Pinocarvéol
- - Phenol Methyl-Ethers: Carvacrol Methyl Ether, Paracymene 8 ol Methyl Ether
- Sesquiterpenes (85 to 90%): Alpha Guaiene, Alpha Humulene, Alpha and Beta and Delta Elemene, Beta Bisabolene, Beta Caryophyllene, Beta Cubenene, Calamenene
Psychic properties and therapeutic indications
- Angina*
- Analgesic
- Aperitif
- Aphrodisiac*
- Sexual asthenia*
- Chronic bronchitis
- Catarrh
- Cold headache
- Colic
- Constipation
- Dyspepsia
- Expectorant
- Fatigue
- Febrifuge*
- Flatulence
- Flu
- Incapacity
- Laryngitis
- Mucolytic*
- Nausea
- Neurotonic
- Neuralgia
- Odontalgia*
- Cooling
- Rheumatism*
- Brain and central nervous system stimulant
- Digestive stimulant*
- Hepato-pancreatic stimulant*
- Blood stimulant
- Muscle toner
- Cough
Emotional, psychic properties and therapeutic indications
- Self-affirmation (favors)
- Anguish
- Concentration (favors)
- Despair
- Timidity
Additional information
DANGER / ADVICE: Angry and impulsive: avoid this EO, Dermocaustic, Do not apply to an inflamed area, Do not use with a homeopathic treatment
At high dose : overexcitement, significant diuresis (= secretion of urine)
Legend: * powerful,** very powerful;*** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Suggestion for treating Fibromyalgia :
2 drops black pepper + 3 drops lemon eucalyptus
Apply : 6 drops of the mixture once a day on each sole of the foot before going to sleep or in the morning.
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 626.
INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENT!