Latin names : Piper nigrum French names : Poivre blanc, Poivre noir et Poivre vert Other English names : Pepper, White pepper, Black pepper, Green pepper Extracted from : Black pepper : Dried fruits. White pepper : Dried fruits. Green pepper : Unfermented fruit before full maturity
Pepper brings life wherever it needs be alive !
Have a good start in the morning for a good day : one drop of pepper oil under your feet.
When libido is lowered..., massage your tummy with pepper oil and lick one drop off you hand as well.
Cheese, Swiss fondue, Cheese soufflés, mozzarella salad and cheesy pizzas ? Pepper supports digestion (especially of dairy products).
The flavour of the oil is far stronger than that of the beans : clearly superior when it comes to the balance between hot-spicy and pepper flavour. And therefore easily used in meat sauces, pasta, fruits salads or chocolate.
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The plant, its legends and its botany
Pepper climbs up always higher. It can reach 4 feet high thanks to the trees it grows on. It chooses trees with rough bark, chipped or grooved to facilitate the ascent.
On thin branches,
themselves on thin stems, alternate leaves unfurl in the form of large
drops of water which go up to heaven and in all directions. Their impetus is reinforced visually by ribs in the direction of the blade. The fruits (or seeds) come in clusters. They are made from small green ball-fruits. They are clustered like garlic braids.
As it is of particular importance, it gave its name to the entire botanical family: the pipericaceae. Culinary and medicinal use in India dates back (with paper records) 2,000 years BC. In 1213 BC also, a grain in each of the nostrils of Ramesses II completed his mummification. Apparently
pepper does not make everybody sneeze ...! From the beginning, the Roman Empire used to send
over a hundred ships a year away to India to bring pepper back. Even if the risky journeys lasted more than a year...
The Arabs, during the conquest of Alexandria in 642, started trading pepper in Europe. European countries used to build entire fleets to monitor this market and bring the precious spice back to their population. Indeed, people suffered of much less intestinal illnesses from infectious food. It was worth gold.
Pepper was always a spice luxury even if stands on all tables today. They
say for example that in the Middle Ages it was used to mask the taste
of tainted meat. Yet the people who could actually afford to buy pepper, probably had no problem preserving and eating unspoiled meat. Its
luxury exceeds its flavour: medicinal since ancient times, aiding the
absorption of many micronutrients (vitamins B, selenium, beta-carotene
...) So keep your spices in the dark and your essential oil (less
fragile) at hand.
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Energetic properties
Warms up globally: body and potential blackheart. Brings life, vitality, or even both. Makes more joyful, happy, jumpy. Improves concentration and liability. Increases self-confidence and faith in own tasks : brings certainty. Helps to digest emotions. Improves bad self-image. Stimulates libido - would indeed make dead volcanoes erupt again. To drop inhibitions (not crazily like alcohol but in a more subtle manner which preserves noble goals)
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Difference
White pepper : Fruits harvested at full maturity, distilled when dried and fermented. Without burs. Smell and energy : slightly softer
Black pepper : Fruits harvested at full maturity, distilled when dried and fermented. Smell and energy : more solid.
Green pepper : Fruits harvested just before full maturity, distilled while still fresh and young. Smell and energy : more joyful and lively. Physical properties and contraindications All 3 are identical.
High variability Monoterpenes (l-limonene, beta-pinene, delta-3-carene) Sesquiterpenes (beta-caryophyllene, beta-selinene, beta-bisabolene) Oxides (caryophyllene oxide) Ketones: traces up to 2% (acetophenone, hydrocarvone, piperitone). No toxicity within physiological dosage. Furanocoumarins (alpha-bergamotene). No photosensitivity has ever been observed.
Batch, PEP1001/1 (PDF, 820 Ko, French) Flower water
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Contraindications and limitations of use
Slightly dermocaustic; not always well tolerated on skin. No other contraindications within physiological dosage. No problem for those who can not tolerate spicy food (no piperidine) Keep children out of reach. Children and pregnant women: no other contraindication within physiological dosage.
