Spices · Classically cited
Long pepper (pippali)
Pippali·पिप्पली
Also called: pippali, pipli, long pepper
Pungent and warming with a sweet vipaka — Charaka prizes Pippali as a digestive and rejuvenative that settles Vata and clears Kapha.
How Long pepper (pippali) affects your doshas
In Ayurveda a food's effect depends on your constitution. This is the lens the app uses to suggest what to favour and ease off.
| Dosha | Suitability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vata | Balancing | Calms Vata — favour it when Vata runs high. |
| Pitta | Use sparingly | Can raise Pitta — go easy when Pitta runs high. |
| Kapha | Balancing | Calms Kapha — favour it when Kapha runs high. |
When to go easy
Heating, so it aggravates Pitta; classically cautioned against long, heavy use.
Classically cited. Directly attested in the classical Ayurvedic corpus.