# Piper Nigrum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Black Pepper
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Piper Nigrum is prepared from bl ack pepper.  I have found it very
effective against sneezing problems  where the other well-known
remedies had failed.  It is especially beneficial  to those patients who
are allergic to black pepper.  Thes e patients have an outburst of
sneezing as soon as black pepper is sprinkled on anything.  The
remedy is also effective in trea ting the problems of patients who
sneeze due to reasons other than allergy to black pepper.

The patient of Piper Nigrum rema ins by nature sad and depressed.
The patient cannot concentrate on anything.  His thoughts become
scattered.  The patient is startled  by the slightest sound.  He feels
severe pain and burning in the eyeballs as if they are about to explode.
If there is itching in the nose and sneezing also, then Piper Nigrum
should be used.  The Piper Nigrum patient has a tendency to bleed
from the nose .  His lips are dry, his head feels heavy and there is
pressure over his temples.  There is pain and burning sensation in
the tonsil area of the throat .  The patient feels very thirsty.  The
stomach is full of gas.  The patie nt may also suffer from severe
intestinal colic.

There is burning inside the bladder and along the urethra .  The
bladder appears full and distended.   There is difficulty in passing
urine.  The patient, despite a cons tant urge, cannot urinate.  Piper
Nigrum is very useful in alleviatin g this condition.  In  all ailments of
Piper Nigrum, the feeling of pressure and burning is common.

A Piper Nigrum patient also exhibits the symptoms of heart disease .
There is pain in the chest, provoking cough.  The heart beats very fast.
There is difficulty in breathing.  The patient feels pain over the heart
area.  Sometimes the pulse feels slow and interrupted.  As lactating
mothers produce much more milk than the need of their baby, Piper
Nigrum is very useful in reducing the formation of milk  in such
women.

Potency: up to 30

## Symptoms by System