Black Pepper Health Benefits
- Margaret Grady
- Jul 24, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 6, 2023
Black pepper, particularly black pepper essential oil, offers a wide range of surprising health benefits.
Black pepper offers countless remedial properties, including laxative, carminative, antibacterial, expectorant, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, antiseptic, stimulant, antispasmodic, rubefacient, diaphoretic, febrifuge, and many more.
Spices have been used forever and most of them offer incredible healing potential. Black pepper has a wide range of benefits, and its essential oil is one of the most powerful natural products you will ever use.
Black Pepper Health benefits
This oil offers antibacterial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, rubefacient, and stimulant effect.
Antibacterial activity:- Black pepper soothes insect bites and infections. Use it regularly to cleanse arteries and reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.
Antioxidant activity:- Black pepper's antioxidant properties help prevent or repair damage by free radicals, which in turn protects against liver problems, cardiovascular disease, and even cancer.
Digestive health:- This spice stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. An improperly functioning digestive system results in colic, constipation and diarrhoea. Black pepper prevents flatulence and stimulates urination and sweating. There is no better way to expel toxic matter.
Weight management:- Compounds in the outer layer of peppercorns boost the breakdown of fat, and promote a healthy weight loss process.
Skin health: Black Pepper essential oil helps cure vitiligo, a condition which causes areas of the skin to turn white. It has been scientifically shown that Piperine present in pepper stimulates the production of pigment.
Respiratory relief: Black Pepper relieves nasal congestion and sinusitis, due to its ability to dissolve mucus and phlegm in the respiratory tract. Neurological health: Piperine, one of the major compounds of black pepper, has been found to reduce cognitive malfunction and memory impairment. Piperine has been scientifically proven to increase the surface area of intestinal micro villae significantly, thereby aiding the absorption of nutrients of any foodstuff that is is taken alongside.
The benefits of Black Pepper depend on the way it is used or consumed.
It can be ingested, inhaled, or applied topically.
Orally: When ingested, such as added to BBQ or steak sauce, black pepper provides sesquiterpenes, potent antioxidants which are known to promote urination and sweating, two ways in which the body eliminates toxins. This oil also increases bile in the stomach, which helps break down food and ensure healthy digestion.
Aromatically: While black pepper essential oil is mostly known for its ability to relax the body physically, it relaxes the mind, too. When inhaled, often used aromatically with oils like lavender and juniper, it helps ease mental stress and help people deal with the stress of smoking cessation.
Topically. Using Black Pepper essential oil topically, diluted in a carrier oil, helps relax the muscles. It's antispasmodic properties alleviates cramps, while its antioxidant properties remove uric acid from the blood, making it beneficial for people suffering from gout, arthritis, and rheumatism.
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