Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and as herbal medicine.
Considered as the “King of spices”, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a widely used spice in the world and forms a very importance part of traditional Indian medicine as well as Indian Kitchen. Why Indian kitchen is a pharmacy because such herbs are used in Indian kitchen for centuries as part of the regular meals.
Black pepper and its active compound piperine may have potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and immense health benefits including cancer fighting as Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and its active ingredient piperine, have been reported to possess significant hemo-preventive activity, inhibiting the proliferation of colorectal and lung cancer cell lines among others, as well as selectively demonstrating cytotoxic activity against varied cancer cells and is used apart from an Indian kitchen spice for the following benefits:
- Improve cholesterol levels
- Control blood sugar
- Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties
- Brain health
- Gut health
- Keep blood thin so is traditional aspirin
- Anti-cancer properties
- Natural Pain reliever
- Weight control as reduce appetite
- Boosts absorption of nutrients like calcium
- Increase good gut bacteria.
- Helpful in high blood pressure