I couldn't find very much information on Allspice. So if any of you out there have other information on this herb or any others that I write about please send it to me via e-mail. I will try to add it to this article and if you enclose a recipe for a food or herbal tea I will try it out as soon as I can and let you the results and add it also.

Allspice is the dried berry of the pimento, an evergreen tree growing as high as 40 feet in the West Indies, South America, Central America and Mexico. Allspice is also known as Clove Pepper, Jamaica pepper, pimento. It is also called Benjamin Bush, Feverbush, Spiceberry, Spicewood, and Wild Allspice.

Allspice is burned as an incense to attract money, luck or promote healing. It is masculine or active in nature, of the element of fire and ruled by Mars 

Tastes like a blend of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It is a good seasoning for cakes, cookies, pies, pudding, fruit desserts, spiced syrups, spiced beef, stew, pot roasts, red cabbage and sweet potatoes. 

As a side note there is a substitute for Allspice - it is called Spicebush (Lindera Benzoin L. Blume). It was used during the American Revolution because Allspice was imported from England. And during the Civil War it was used in place of tea by the South. 

It's herbal uses are as a aromatic (smells good), caminative (helps to get rid of gas), and stimulant ( speeds up the body activity). Pimento water and pimento oil are useful for indigestion or gas; the oil has also been urged for wildly emotional outbursts. Taken with laxatives, the oil reduces the chances to cramp. Allspice also makes a good addition for less appetizing medicines. As an ointment or a bath additive, it is said to have some numbing effects. Allspice makes an invigorating plaster for rheumatism and neuralgia. It is considered good for causing sweating to break a fever, for staring menstruation or to ease pain.