Long-handled pepper (Piper sylvaticum)

长柄胡椒cháng bǐng hú jiāoChangbinghujiao

Piper sylvaticum · Plant

Piper, standing in for Piper sylvaticum
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May increase absorption of other drugs; avoid with medications with narrow therapeutic windows; may stimulate uterine contractions.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Long-handled pepper for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Long-handled pepper does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Piper sylvaticum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial1 records
  • Benefit Antioxidant1 records
  • Benefit Digestive1 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory1 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Nausea Syndrome0 records