pepper

(pep Yer) [L. pi’per]. The dried fruit of Ps'per ni’grum and other plants of that genus. black p. contains piper in, a volatile oil, and an acrid resin. It is carminative, counterirritant, stimulant, and antiperiodic. Dose. 5-20 ar. (0.33-1.25 gm.); of confection (confec' lio pip’- eris), 1 dr. (4 gm.); of oleoresin, a1 gr. (0.016— 0.066 gm.); of fluidextract, 15-45 min. (1-3 c.c.). red See Capsicum. white p., a milder preform of the ordinary or black pepper. peppermint (pep’ er-mint). The labiate herb Men’tha piper'ita. The leaves and tops are carminative and stimulant, and are used in colic, flatulence, headache, rheumatism, etc. It affords oil of peppermint (see oi!) and menthol. Dose of fluidextract, 30-60 min. (2-4 c.c.); of oil, 1-3 min. (0.065-0.2 c.c.); of spirit, 5-15 min. (0.3-1 c.c.); of syrup, 1 fi.dr. (4 c.c.).