Black Pepper Essential Oil, Undiluted (Piper Nigrum)

Description ShareTweetPinLinkedInPrintEmail (*CAUTION: Essential oils are NOT safe for internal use.  For external use only.  Do not apply directly to skin without first properly diluting with a carrier oil.) Black Pepper Essential Oil (Piper Nigrum) 1 Dram, Undiluted COMMON NAME :   Black Pepper SCIENTIFIC NAME :   Piper Nigrum OTHER NAMES :   Peppercorn Plant, Pepper Tree FAMILY :  Piperaceae METAPHYSICAL / SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATIONS & CORRESPONDENCES :  Element: Fire Planet: Mars Day: Tuesday Direction: South Zodiac Sign: Aries Chakra: 6th Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) Energy: Yang Gender: Masculine Rune: Sowilo Tarot: The Emperor Tarot Deity or God / Goddess Association: Ares, Odin, Mars, Morrígan   Parts Used:  Fruit Description:  Peppercorns are probably the oldest known and most widely used spice in the world today. This table companion to salt was once so highly valued that it was used as a form of currency, giving rise to the expressions “black gold” and “peppercorn rent.” Whole peppercorn adds peppery spice to sauces, soups and culinary vinegars. Ground to a course or fine texture, peppercorn, commonly referred to as just pepper, enhances the flavor of all kinds of foods. Depending on how the “berries” of the pepper plant are processed, peppercorns range in color from white to pink, green and black. Peppercorns (and the ground pepper derived from them) may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green pepper (dried unripe fruit) and white pepper (unripe fruit seeds). Historically, pepper is a seasoning, and has primarily been used as a digestive stimulant and carminative.  The volatile oil and alkaloids create a spasmolytic effect in the gastrointestinal system. Pepper is believed to help with digestive problems, stomach cramps, circulatory conditions, cold limbs, cold chills, and exhaustion. Historical Uses: carminative, stimulant, digestion, mental alertness, energy, fatigue, exhaustion, stamina, anti-infectious, anti-microbial, antiseptic, circulatory, blood circulation, stomach cramp, cold hands and feet, cold chills Mystical Attributes:  Burn black pepper to rid the home or office of bad vibrations or before you move into a new place (make sure you then use sage). It dispels evil when mixed with salt and scattered around the property. Pepper is also added to amulets as a protection against the evil eye, and when worn it frees the mind of envious thoughts. Carry black pepper with you to ward off petty jealousy against you. Black pepper aids in summoning up your courage to face things or do things you just don’t want to do. In Voodoo, black pepper is used to work Enemy Tricks and for protection. It is an ingredient in Goofer Dust, Crossing Powder, and Hot Foot Powder, all of which are employed to Jinx an enemy in family, money, employment, and health matters, and to drive unwanted persons away. Some obtain the intimate personal biological concerns of an enemy, write their name on a slip of paper with their ailments written on the back, place the paper in a bottle, and fill it with a mixture of black pepper, salt, red pepper, and sulphur, then seal the bottle and hide it under the enemy’s doorstep, where it must be walked over. Mystical Intentions: banishing, negative energy, home protection, exorcism, uncrossing, protection from evil, jealousy, envy, courage, cursing, crossing, hexing, war magic, black magic, revenge, ward off unwanted visitors, defensive magic, fear, binding, endurance, power, alertness, motivation, security, strength, confidence, control, death spells, determination, discipline, empowerment, energy, gossip, motivation, perseverance, potency, productivity, self-esteem, survival Taste & Smell:  Strong, sharp, spicy, warm, and peppery taste and aroma. (CAUTION!  The essential oil is not for ingestion or internal use!) Botany, Cultivation & Harvesting:  The black pepper plant is an attractive flowering vine that produces green flower spikes and small, dark fruits (or drupes) called peppercorns that you can dry and grind into black pepper. Black Pepper is a tropical plant native to southern India, but grows in other tropical regions including parts of Asia. It enjoys warm, wet, humid, mountainous conditions in tropical regions and partial shade, with mild winters (equivalent to USDA hardiness zone 12). The plants thrive in high humidity. If the area isn’t naturally humid, grow in a greenhouse or indoors as a houseplant near a humidifier. Peppercorn grows best in soil that is neither too dry nor susceptible to flooding. Winters in the United States are not warm enough for year-round growth, although perennial black pepper plants may grow in the southernmost parts of the country. However, it can be grown as an ornamental annual, or brought inside or into a greenhouse during colder months. It can also be grown as a houseplant in temperate regions. The climbing vine grows up to 13 feet (4 meters) in height on supporting trees, poles, cages, fences, nets, or trellises. It is a spreading vine, rooting where trailing stems touch the ground. The leaves are alternate, 5 to 10 cm long and 3 to 6 cm across. The flowers are small, produced on pendulous spikes 4 to 8 cm long at the leaf nodes, the spikes lengthening up to 7 to 15 cm as the fruit matures. The fruit of the black pepper is called a drupe and when dried it is a peppercorn. The fruit, is approximately 5 millimeters (0.20 in) in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed. The most common way to grow your own black pepper is from a seed. Use fresh healthy seeds, as black pepper seeds are only viable for a short time and do not store well over months. Soak the seeds overnight to soften their thick coats. Plant the seeds in loamy soil high in organic matter and plant ¼ to ½ -inch deep and 3 inches apart. Peppercorn plants thrive in dense soil that retains a bit of moisture, rather than in well-draining soil. For proper germination keep seeds damp and remain at 50% humidity or higher and 75 to 85°F. Peppercorn plants require temperatures above 60°F to survive. After seeds have germinated, water the soil regularly, keeping the soil moist as the seeds sprout and grow leaves. Unlike many other plants, black pepper plants prefer to stay moist all the time. Water regularly to keep the soil we around the roots. Transplant into larger pots as seedling grows. Black pepper plants do best in a spot with partial shade that receives around six hours of direct sunlight per day, or in full sun if your climate has milder summers. When growing indoors, choose a windowsill with plenty of morning sunlight. Germination can take up to a month. Once young plants are at least 6” tall, transplant into your garden or a container. Immature peppercorn fruits grow in green clusters on the vine, gradually turning red as they ripen. Once the peppercorns have turned red, you can pluck them from the vine. (Harvesting the green peppercorns before ripe will produce green pepper.) (NOTE: To produce white pepper, remove the red hulls from the peppercorns before drying). To dry the peppercorns, separate the red peppercorns on a tray and let them dry in the sun (or in a food dehydrator) for at least 3 days. The drupes are cooked briefly in hot water, both to clean them and to prepare them for drying. Heating in hot water ruptures cell walls in the pepper and speeds the work of browning enzymes during drying. The drupes are dried in the sun or by machine for several days, during which the pepper around the seed shrinks and darkens into a thin, wrinkled black layer. Once dried, the spice is called black peppercorn. Alternatively, they can be dried in an oven with the door left semi-open at the lowest heat for approximately 1-1/2 hours. You’ll know they are ready when they turn black and hard. White pepper consists of the seed of the pepper plant alone, with the darker-colored skin of the pepper fruit removed. This is usually accomplished by a process known as retting, where fully ripe red pepper berries are soaked in water for about a week, during which the flesh of the pepper softens and decomposes. Rubbing then removes what remains of the fruit, and the naked seed is dried. Green pepper, like black, is made from the unripe drupes. Dried green peppercorns are treated in a way that retains the green color, such as treatment with sulfur dioxide, canning or freeze-drying. The dried peppercorns can be stored in an airtight container, in a cool dry place away from sunlight. Or the dried peppercorns can be pre-ground and also stored in an airtight container away from sunlight. Contraindications & Toxicity: Do not use pepper internally in individuals with active ulceration.   Constituents:  Volatile oil (2%-4%) [Black pepper]: B-bisabolene, camphene, B-caryophyllene, etc Alkaloids: piperine (11%), piperanin, piperettine, piperolein A and B, piperidine Fixed oil     Sources: https://spiritartsandherbs.com/sources **IMPORTANT INFORMATON: Products are sold as curio items for entertainment purposes only and based upon historical and magical uses.  We do not imply or guarantee that any items provide specific abilities, powers, outcomes, remedies, or treatments. Any information provided on listings or through private conversation is intended for educational purposes only and are based on historical folklore and traditions, and should not replace the advice of a physician. Use our products at your own risk. By purchasing this item, you understand and release Spirit Arts & Herbs Inc from any liability. 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