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# Top 10 Health Benefits of Black Pepper
## Tips
1. firstly, applying pepper – turmeric and rosewater / pepper – curd / milk – pepper / aloevera – pepper to skin gives clear soothing skin.
2. consuming crushed pepper cures cold, phlegm (kapha) and also dry, wet and chronic cough.
3. also, boil a glass of water along with pepper powder and jaggery. drinking it twice a day cures cough.
4. consuming crushed pepper with pinch of salt cures throat pain.
5. furthermore, consuming pepper powder, 1 tsp of [**ghee**](/recipes/how-to-make-butter-recipe-ghee-recipe) and a pinch of salt with rice cures indigestion.
6. additionally, intake of [**curd rice**](/recipes/curd-rice-recipe-mosaranna-thayir-sadam) with pepper powder and cures burning of urinary tract.
7. consuming a boiled glass of milk with turmeric, pepper powder after the food at night cures cold and cough.
8. furthermore, applying crushed pepper to gum cures tooth ache.
9. consuming powdered pepper fried with [**ghee**](/recipes/how-to-make-butter-recipe-ghee-recipe) and mixed with honey thrice a day cures cold and cough.
10. finally, grind equal quantity of pepper, mint, tamarind, cardamom with pinch of salt cures stomach ache.
## Notes
* firstly, black pepper cause sneezing, skin irritation and also skin dryness.
* excess consumption leads to burning sensation in stomach, eyes and also may lead to death in children.
* also, inhaling pepper powder directly may cause respiratory problems.
* avoid consuming pepper in pregnancy and breast feeding.
* in addition, avoid consuming pepper who undergone abdominal surgery.
* store black pepper in glass air tight container in cool dry place for longer shelf life.
* furthermore, pepper looses its aroma if its cooked long, so adding at the end preserves flavour.
* freshly ground pepper have much flavour than ready ground pepper powder.
* additionally, black pepper helps in improving eye sight and also cures ear ache.
* finally, **black pepper** helps to maintain dental health there by cures tooth decay and also prevents anemia.
## Related recipes
* **[pepper rasam recipe | milagu rasam recipe](/recipes/pepper-rasam-recipe-milagu-rasam-recipe)**
* [**garlic pepper rasam | easy rasam recipe**](/recipes/pepper-garlic-rasam-pepper-rasam-garlic)
* **[fried rice recipe | veg fried rice recipe](/recipes/veg-fried-rice-vegetable-fried-rice)**
Original recipe by Hebbar's Kitchen: [https://hebbarskitchen.com/top-health-benefits-black-pepper/](https://hebbarskitchen.com/top-health-benefits-black-pepper/)