Original information from Kobashi Official Website:
Stimulating/ warming. Helpful in massage oil for muscular aches/pains and to increase circulation. It has a cooling effect in treating fevers. Vaporize during the winter to treat colds and flu.
LATIN NAME: Piper nigrum
SOURCE: Steam distilled dried whole unripe fruit
COLOUR: Clear
ORIGIN: India
AROMA: strong penetrating, spicy, rich, deep, warm and full
QUALITIES: Stimulating and warming oil. Helpful in a muscle rub especially as one gets older and less mobile. Add to massage oil and use before and after exercise to warm and tone the muscles. Appetite stimulant, aids digestion, and circulation. It has a cooling effect in treating fevers. Vaporise during the winter to treat colds and flu like illnesses. Ideal to put in the bath at the first signs of a cold. Good for investigative work - Helps one stand their ground, good for aggressive sports and endurance. Pepper is one of the most important and oldest of the spices.
The Greeks as far back as the fourth century BC knew about it .The Romans valued it highly and imported large quantities from the East.
Blends well with Frankincense, Lavender, Rosemary and Sandalwood.
A trailing / climbing vine like shrub from the Piperaceae family, native to Southern India. It can reach a height of eight metres, the flowers are whitish, perfect, and arranged on elongated spikes. The fruit is globular drupe of red colour when ripe. A vine has to be between six and seven years old before a crop can be harvested. Black pepper is the dried, whole, unripe fruit of this plant, white pepper consists of the ripe fruit from which the dark hull has been removed. A fully-grown vine covers its support like a curtain and will produce a yield of five to six kilos of fruit.
