Pippali is the best among all the drugs. It is light, oily, bitter, hot and pungent in taste. Ripe Pippali is heavy, sweet, and cold and causes kapha. It increases pitta in this stage and pollutes pitta when in dry state. Pippali increases fire, sweet in taste and strengthening. It is mild purgative, and overcomes respiratory problems,cough, stomach disorder, fever, and leprosy, discharge of vital humours, piles, liver problems, pain and dysentery. It overcomes kapha and vata in dry state and increases kapha and removes pitta in ripe state. Pippali has special impact on lungs and uterus.

Pippali is very beneficial in case of cold and kapha related diseases. It overcomes tuberculosis, hiccups, fever, and germs, increases blood, purifies it, helps in urination and reduces vata. Pippali is bitter, pungent, hot, dry, light, helps in digestion, increases pitta, removes kapha, vata, burning sensation, overcomes liver diseases, germs and respiratory problem, and increases digestive fire.

Medicinal use:

Headache: grind equal quantities of Pippali, black pepper, dry dates, Mulethi and dry ginger. Take two gram cooked in butter made with cow milk, sieve and take nasya to overcome headache.

Grind Pippali in water and apply the paste on forehead for relief.

Take nasya with Pippali churna to overcome headache caused due to cold.

Sleeplessness: take one to three gram Pippali root churna with sugar candy or double the quantity jaggery twice daily to overcome digestive problem and enjoysound sleep. Generally old people follow this remedy to overcome insomnia.

Migraine: grind equal quantities of Pippali and bacha powder; take three gram regularly with milk or hot water twice daily to get rid of migraine.

Night blindness: make kajal with Pippali and apply in eyes to cure night blindness.

Weak eyesight and eye problems: Make a fine powder of Pippali and apply in eyes to overcome blurred vision, night blindness and other eye diseases. Grind one part of Pippali and two parts of Harad, make long sticks and rub on eyes to overcome secretion from eyes and other problems.

Toothache: mix rock salt, turmeric and rapeseed oil on one or two gram Pippali churna and apply on tooth to overcome pain.

Earache: heat Pippali powder on pan and pass its fume in ears to relieve earache caused due to wounds etc.

Cold and voice disruption: grind equal quantities of Pippali, roots, black pepper and dry ginger. Take two gram with honey and lick or add honey in Pippali quath and drink small quantity to overcome cold.

Respiratory problems: mix one gram Pippali powder in double the quantity of honey and lick to relieve cough, hiccups, fever, voice disruption and liver diseases. It is beneficial in case of kapha diseases.

Take one-gram Pippali powder with equal quantity of Triphala and take thrice daily on empty stomach in the morning, half hour before lunch and dinner with honey to overcome hiccups, respiratory disease, fever etc.

Roast three to five grams Pippali extract in clarifiedbutter, mix rock salt and honey and take to overcome cough caused due to kapha.

Mix three-gram Pippali root powder and take it with honey thrice daily.

To increase breast milk: take two gram Pippali powder and half spoon shatavar with honey twice daily to increase breast milk.

Take equal quantities of Pippali, Harad, dry ginger and take three gram powder with jaggery, mix a little bit of clarified butter and take with milk twice daily to increase breast milk. Use it regularly for two months.

Heart disease: make a fine powder with equal quantities of Pippali root and small cardamom. Take three gram with clarified butter twice daily to overcome constipation, heart disease instantly.

Mix equal quantities of Pippali churna in bijori lemon root skin and take in the morning on empty stomach with three gram Arjuna quath to overcome heart diseases and problems.

Take one-gram Pippali churna with honey in the morning to control cholesterol and overcome heart weakness.

Hiccups: mix Pippali churna and sugar in equal quantities and take with water for relief.

Mix equal quantities of Pippali and Mulethi and add same quantity of sugar. Take three gram and mix in bijora lemon juice and drink to overcome hiccups. It also controls vomiting. Take it with honey and drink hot water over it for relief.

Chronic disorder of bowel movement: grind equal quantities of Pippali, hemp and dry ginger. Take two gram with honey twice or thrice daily before meals to overcome this problem.

Chronic dysentery and loose motions: grind Pippali and take two gram with goat milk or cow milk to overcome chronic dysentery. Take this remedy on empty stomach.

Stomach cramps: mix Pippali and small Harad in equal quantities and take spoonful twice daily with hot water to overcome stomachache, cramps, loose motionsStomachache: mix two gram each of Pippali and black pepper powder with hot water to overcome stomachache.

Stomach disease: mix one part each of Pippali, dry ginger and black pepper. Drink it frequently and take spoonful with hot water after meals twice daily for relief.

Jaundice: in case of jaundice, low digestive fire, loss of humours mix one part honey, two parts clarified butter, four parts Pippali, eight parts sugar candy, 32 parts milk, cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom, nagkesar (six parts each), grind, cook and make sweet balls, take one sweet ball daily.

Intestinal problems: grind equal quantities of Pippali, cumin seeds, koot, plum and cow dung in fermented water and apply the paste for relief. This remedy is beneficial in case of first stage of the disease.

Enlargement of liver and spleen: take two to four gram Pippali churna with spoonful honey twice daily to overcome liver enlargement.

Digestive fire: cook 250 gm Pippali and jaggery, one kilo clarified butter made with cow milk, four kilos goat milk (if cow milk is not available) on low flame till only clarified butter remains. Use this clarified butter in case of low digestive fire, tuberculosis, and cough. Take spoonful thrice daily.

Piles: mix half spoon Pippali churna, equal quantity of roasted cumin seeds and a little bit of rock salt. Take with diluted curd on empty stomach to relieve piles. Menstrual pain and conceiving: make a powder with equal quantities of Pippali, dry ginger, black pepper and nagkesar. Mix this powder in clarified butter and take it with milk to be blessed with children even in case of infertility. It removes uterus problems and swelling. It is also beneficial in case of menstrual pain and hormonal disorders. Use this remedy twice daily for two to three months.

Labour pain: cook three gram Pippali root, three gram pushkar root, in 400 gm water till it reduces to 100gm, sieve and drink with a little bit of honey and asafetida to relieve labour pain and cause quick delivery. The above quath should be given cold to the women after delivery.

Mix clarified butter in Pippali churna and lick to control excessive secretion after delivery.

Obesity: add honey in two gram Pippali churna and take thrice daily to reduce weight. Do not drink anything except water till one hour after taking this medicine.

Pain: Take half spoon Pippali root churna with hot water or milk to overcome pain. It also helps in enjoying sound sleep. Add half spoon turmeric powder in milk and drink to relieve pain caused due to injury, sprain etc.

Psychiatric problems: Mix one-gram Pippali churna with five-gram honey and massage on gums of children to grow teeth withoutpain. Rub 125 gm big Pippali and take it with honey to relieve fever, cough and spleen enlargement. Mix Pippali and Triphala powder in equal quantities, take 200 mg to one gram with clarified butter and honey and make the child lick twice daily if he cries continuously.

Sciatica: mix Pippali and dry ginger and heat oil in it. Massage the oil on sciatica nerve for relief. Mix three-gram Pippali churna in 100 gm cow urine and 10 gm castor oil and drink twice daily for relief. Take half spoon Pippali churna with two spoonfuls castor oil twice daily to overcome sciatica pain.

Fever: take Pippali with honey in case of fever caused after delivery, meningitis, arthritis, kapha generated fever. Take half spoon Pippali powder twice daily for relief. It is simple and effective medicine.