Great Uses for Black Pepper

To keep your cholesterol low - Add a 1/4 spoon of black pepper to a glass of buttermilk. Mix in some finely cut onion and drink.  Dealing with cold feet - Put black pepper grains, a few pieces of garlic and mustard grains in a cloth bag and hang around your neck.  To lose weight - Add a 1/4 spoon of ground black pepper to a glass of water and add 2 spoons of lemon juice and a spoon of honey. Mix well and drink daily.  To reduce fever - Take 7-8 leaves of basil and 3-4 grains of black pepper and chew them together. To treat a cold - Make some tea and add 2-3 grains of ground black pepper, a piece of ginger and basil leaves.  To relieve a dry cough - Grind 5-6 seeds of black pepper and mix with natural honey. Swallow a spoon of this mix daily until relief is achieved.   To relieve asthma attacks - Boil 8-10 grains of pepper, add 2 clove buds and 10-15 basil leaves to the water. Let the brew sit for about 15 minutes, strain it and add 2 spoons of honey. Tip: Drink with milk!  Treating a sore throat - Squeeze some lemon juice, add a bit of salt and ground black pepper - and gurgle.  To treat a chronic cold - Consume ground black pepper with some dates.  To open a blocked up nose - Mix equal amounts of black pepper, cinnamon, Cumin and cardamom seeds. Grind to a thin powder and smell or inhale the mixture. This will cause healthy sneezing and will open the nose ducts.  To relieve any kind of cough - Grind some black pepper and add sugar. Consume the mix with clarified butter.  Treating toothache - Mix ground black pepper with clove oil. Smear the ointment on the afflicted area.  Relieve nausea - Mix black pepper and water in a glass, add some fresh lemon juice, mix and drink slowly.  Treating skin conditions - Prepare an ointment from ground black pepper and refined butter. Apply to skin conditions such as allergy rash, Eczema and scabies.  To fight baldness - Make a thick mix from black pepper and lemon seeds.Apply it daily to the balding areas about 10 minutes before showering. The solution should help revitalize hair growth.  To deal with hemorrhoids - Grind and mix 20 grams of black pepper, 10 grams of cumin and 15 grams of sugar. Mix in water and drink morning and evening, each day. To stop bleeding - Cover the bleeding wound with  ground black pepper. Bandage with a paper towel and tighten with cello-tape. Wait 10 minutes and the bleeding will stop.  To stop hiccups - Hold a small plate with black pepper to your nose, exhale strongly a few times and the hiccups will cease.