Botanical Name:

Pimenta dioica, P. officinalis

Family:

Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus Family)

Etymology:

The species name, dioica, indicates that the plant is dioecious, meaning that it has male and female flowers borne on separate trees.

The common name pimento is derived from the Spanish term for pepper, pimienta, which the berries resemble. The fruit of the tree is known as allspice because its flavor resembles that of a combination of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.

Energetic Correspondences

•Flavor: pungent

•Temperature: warm

•Moisture: dry

•Polarity: yang

•Planet: Mars/Venus/Uranus

•Element: fire

Allspice powder

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Quantity

During pregnancy, avoid excessive use; moderate culinary use is permitted.
Essential oils (eugenol, cineole, phellandrene)

vitamin C

vitamins B1 and B2

beta-carotene

calcium

iron

magnesium

potassium

zinc
Medicinal Uses

Allspice can be used to remedy poor appetite, chills, diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence, indigestion, high blood sugar, and rheumatism. It aids digestion, improves protein assimilation, and prevents the buildup of gases in the upper intestinal tract. It has a very warming effect and can be beneficial when taken as a tea in cases of frostbite and hypothermia.

Applied topically, allspice has an anesthetic on sore teeth and gums. It can be added to liniments to help relieve the pain of arthritis and neuralgia.
In the 1800s allspice was used by the Maya for embalming their dead.

Because of its light salmon color, the wood of the tree was once in such demand for the making of walking sticks and umbrellas that the tree became in danger of extinction.

It has also been used to make magic wands, burned as incense to attract prosperity, and worn in medicine bags as a protective amulet.

A dish of allspice berries placed in a sick room can lift the patient’s spirit and help prevent the spread of infection.

Allspice essential oil is used in the perfumery, mens’ cologne, and mouthwash.
Arabic: bahar, bhar hub wa na’im

Danish: allehande

Dutch: piment

English: clove pepper, Jamaican pepper, myrtle pepper, newspice, pimento

Finnish: maustepippuri

French: piment, tout-epice

German: nelkenpfeffer, neugewurz, piment, pimentbaum

Hebrew: pilpel angli

Hungarian: jamaikai szegfubors, pimento

Italian: pepe di giamaica, pimento

Japanese: orusupaisu

Norwegian: allehande

Polish: ziele angielskie

Portuguese: pimenta da Jamaica

Russian: yamayski pyerts

Spanish: pimienta, pimienta gorda S

wedish: kryddpeppar

Turkish: yeni bahar

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