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Name (CN)	荜茇 (Bì bá)
Synonyms (CN)	荜拨、必卜、荜勃、荜拨梨、毕拨、逼拨、阿梨诃他、椹圣、鼠尾
Name (EN)	Piperis Longi Fructus, Piper Longum, Long Pepper
Scientific name(s)	Piper Longum L, Piperis Longi Fructus
Used section	Fruit cob
Taste	Spicy
Channel Tropism	Induce in the stomach and large intestine meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Hot
Group	Plant [Vegetables And Products]

Origin	Dried near-ripe or ripe fruit spikes of Piperlongum L., family Pepperaceae.
Function and treatment	Warming the middle of the body and dispersing cold, lowering qi and relieving pain. Used for cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, vomiting, diarrhea, cold stagnation of Qi, chest paralysis and heartache, headache and toothache.
Origin and best harvesting period	Native to the tropics, cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. The fruit spikes are harvested when they turn green to black, removed from impurities, and dried in the sun.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-000097	hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid; n-hexadecanoic acid
COMP-000340	piplartine
COMP-000564	volatile oil
COMP-002201	hexadecane; n-hexadecane
COMP-003126	piperolactam a
COMP-003535	benzyl ethyl alcohol; phenethyl alcohol; phenylethanol; 2-phenylethan-1-ol; 2-phenylethanol
COMP-005227	piperlongine
COMP-005228	(e,e)-piperlonguminine; piperlonguminine
COMP-005229	guineensine; pipyahyine
COMP-005231	pellitorin; pellitorine
COMP-005232	pipataline
COMP-005236	sylvatine
COMP-005237	sesamin; asarinin
COMP-005239	sesamol
COMP-005293	5-[(3r,3as,6r,6as)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1,3,3a,4,6,6a-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-6-yl]-1,3-benzodioxole
COMP-009182	n-isobutyldeca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide; (2e,4e)-decadienoic isobutylamide
COMP-009183	laurotetanine
COMP-009184	piperidine; piperadione
COMP-009185	piperine; isopiperine
COMP-009186	piperundecalidine
COMP-009187	tetrahydropiperie acid
COMP-009188	1-undecylenyl-3,4-metbylenedioxybenzene
COMP-009189	methyl 3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate
COMP-009190	piperolactam b
COMP-009191	piperolactam c