Family                      : Primulaceae

Botanical Name       : Embelia Ribes Burn

English Name           : Vai Vidang /false Black Pepper/ False Pepper

Tamil Name               : வாய்விலங்கம் – Vaivilangam / Kakkandankai

Malayalam Name      : വിള്ളൽ /വിജാല – Vilal/vijhala

Telugu Name             : వాయు విదంగాలు – Vayu Vidangalu

Hindi Name               : वायविडंग / बायबिडंग / भाभीरंग – Vaividang, Baibidang, Bhabhirang

Marathi Name           : Ambati, Kokla

Bengali Name            : Biranga, Vidang

Gujarati Name           : Bavadan

Punjabi Name            : Bavidang

Kannada Name          : Vaivaling

Urdu Name                : Baobarang

Oriya Name               : Vidanga

Sanskrit Name          : Bidanga, Vidanga, Krimighna

Description

False Black Pepper is a climbing shrub with long, slender, flexible, and terete branches. The native of this plant in India, it is grown in semi-green and green forests in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and China. It is also available in the moist deciduous forests of the Western Ghats of South India.

The leaves of this plant are elliptical in shape and also it is gland-dotted, and the length of these leaves is 6-16 mm. The flowers are small, numerous, pentamerous, in lax panicled racemes that are terminal. The calyx of the flower is 1.25 mm long.

The flowers greenish-yellow in color. The fruits of these plants are black when ripened, its diameter is 3-4 mm. The fruits enclosed reddish and horny seeds, it is a slight pungency taste.

False Black Pepper Health benefits

• This False Black Pepper is used for the worms in the stomach.
• It is a good remedy for blood motion and stick motions.
• It is also used to treat heart-related problems.
• It is used to treat backache during menses.
• It is used to treat vomiting, indigestion, bloating, gastritis, and constipation.
• It is used to treat skin diseases.
• It is used for fungal infections of the skin.
• It is also used to treat eyebrow pain.
• It is used for Elephantiasis.
• It is used for facial paralysis due to overheating- Vata rogam.

How to use

Internally

• Mix 3 to 4 grams of grinded False Black Pepper with honey and consume twice a day to treat all the stomach problems and eliminates intestinal worms.
• Added it as a spice to your food.

Externally

• Apply the paste of False Black Pepper powder on infected parts of skin or bath with water boiled with False Black Pepper.

Side Effects

There are no side effects in using this product, and you can consider the medical advice for the usage of this product during pregnancy.

Harvesting & Manufacturing Methods

All herbs are 100% naturally harvested and dried without the chemical interactions that assure the natural herb products.