Family: Piperaceae
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Vernacular Names
· Assamese: Jalook
· Bengali: Kala Marich
· Gujarati: કાળા મરી Kala mari
· Hindi: काली मिर्च Kali mirch, ऊषण ushan
· Kannada: Kari menasu
· Kashmiri: मरिचम् Maricham
· Konkani: मीरे miire, पोख्ळें मीरीं Pokhlem mirim
· Malayalam: Kurukulak,
· Marathi: मरीच marich, काळी मिरची Kali mirachi,
· Mizo: Thinghmarcha
· Nepalese: मरिच Marich
· Oriya: Dolo maricho
· Pali: पिप्फळी Piphali
· Punjabi: ਕਾਲੀ ਮਿਰਿਚ Kali mirich
· Sanskrit: कृष्ण krsna, मरिचं Maricham, उल्लाघः Ullaghah, उषणम् Usanam
· Tamil: மரிசம் Maricam, மிளகு Milaku
· Telugu: Marichamu, Miriyamu
· Urdu: سياه مرچ Siyah mirch, اوشن Ushan
Sanskrit Synonyms
Vellaja - Because of its resourcing from climber
Krushna - As its fruits are black in color
Ushana - Its taste is Ushana i.e. Pungent
Suvrutta - Because of the round shape of its fruits
Properties
Maricham is pungent, acute and improving appetite
It check kapha and vata
It promotes pitta and is dry (rooksha)
Maricha is useful in the treatment of swaasa, sula and krimi
Rasa - Katu (Pungent)
Guna - Laghu (Light) & Teekshna
Veerya - Ushna (Warm)
Vipaka - Katu (Pungent)
Actions
Febrifuge, antiperiodic, antipyretic, stimulant to heart, carminative, anthelmintic and parasiticide
Deepanam, Krimi hara,
Uses
Ò Maricha is commonly used in the early stage of all fevers and also as a preventive of further troubles in cold, catarrh and influenza.
Ò Marich a is very good digestive and carminative. So it recommended in diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence and atonic of the stomach
Ò In cough, cold, asthma and other pulmonary affections it is given in powder form with ghee, honey and sugar or as a decoction with milk, like coffee or tea.
Ò It acts as stimulant to heart and increases expectoration.
Ò It acts as good anthelmintic if it is given along with other drugs.
