© Kazuo Yamasaki

Essential oil of Black pepper (Piper nigrum) black pepper medical research     A large woody vine with white flowers and pear-shaped leaves.  Black peppercorns are the mature fruit, or berry, that has been dried. The essential oil is steam distilled from the dried and crushed berries.

Key Benefits

• Eases indigestion: used historically for intestinal problems, there is some research that supports the idea that black pepper stimulates peristalsis.

• Increases local circulation: in applications on the skin black pepper brings blood to the surface, warming the area.

• May aid liver detoxification: recent research implies that black pepper aids the ability of the liver to detoxify the blood, and may protect the liver itself from harmful substances. This may play a role in aiding detoxification and protecting the liver during chemotherapy.

Contraindications 
    None known.

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