The use of plants by people has a history as old the existence humanity. From ancient times to present, humanity sought solutions diseases making in nature. Plants that were beneficial against trial and error recognized, used, passed on future generations. This process, which been going for centuries between humans, continues an ethnobotanical science accepted worldwide today where great resour...

Members of the botanical family Piperaceae were among the first cultivated plants1. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) and long pepper (Piper longum) are the best known species in this family and are probably among the most recognized spices in the world. Black pepper alone accounts for about 35% of the world’s total spice trade. In addition, black pepper and long pepper have been used medicinally for...

1. For six months, Young and Beregi(1) studied the effectivenss of chlorophyllin copper complex among 62 female patients, aged 65 or older, in a large geriatric hospital. One subgroup of 32 incontinent patients had foul fecal odor. A second subgroup of 30 patients had problems with constipation, hypochondria symptoms, and excessive flatus. Dosage was 100 mg. Three times daily for the first seve...