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Pimento | | Name : | Pimento | | Synonyms : | Clovepepper
Jamaicapepper
Pimento
| | Parts Used : | Fruit | | Habitat : | Grows in the West Indies, South America, Central America, and Mexico. | | Description : | Allspice is the dried berry of the pimento, an evergreen tree growingto 40 feet in height; it bears opposite, leathery, oblong to oblong-lanceolateleaves whose pinnately arranged veins show prominently on the underside.Small white flowers grow in many-flowered cymes in the upper leafaxils from June to August. The fruit is a fleshy, sweet berry whichis purplish-black when ripe. The berries used for allspice are collectedwhen they have reached full size but are not yet ripe. The name comesfrom the berry's taste, which has been described as a combinationof cloves, Juniper berries, cinnamon, and pepper. | | Constituents : | Aromatic, carminative, stimulant | | Uses : | Pimento water and oil of pimento are helpful for flatulent indigestionor simple flatulence; the oil is used for hysteria. Taken with a laxative,the oil lessens the tendency toward griping.. As an ointment or abath additive, allspice is said to have some anesthetic effects. Alsoused for rheumatism andneuralgia. | | Dosage : | Pimento water: combine 5 parts crushed berrieswith 200 parts water and distill down to half the originalvolume. A dose is from 1-2 fluid ounces.
Oil: a dose is from 2-5 drops. For flatulence,take 2 or 3 drops on sugar.
Powder: a dose is from 10-30 grains.
Plaster: boil crushed berries in water until the mixture isthick enough to spread on a linen cloth. | | Myths : | Allspice tastes like a blend of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, butis actually a single spice ground from the under-ripe dried berryof a tropical, evergreen myrtle tree, native to the West Indies andCentral America. Smith's Dictionary of Economic Plants states: 'InJamaica the berries are highly spoken of as a substitute for tobacco,being odoriferous, but they require a long pipe to smoke them, whenthey afford a treat unknown in smoking tobacco.' |
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