False Black Pepper Powder / Vaivilangam Powder

Kingdom: Plantae

Family: Myrsinaceae

Genus: Embelia

Species: ribes

Scientific Name: Embelia ribes

False black pepper is botanically known as Embelia Ribes Burm. It is also called Vidanga, Nainidang, and Vavding. The native of this plant is tropical Asia, which is commonly found in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Sri Lanka, India, China, and Malaysia. It is a large tropical forest woody scandent shrub.

The fruits of this climbing shrub are used in Ayurveda to cure numerous health problems. The false black pepper has a high amount of antifertility, antibacterial, and anthelmintic properties. It is one of the powerful anti-parasitic herbs in Ayurveda, so it is widely used to treat intestinal worm infections.

Health Benefits

• Consuming the mixture of false black pepper powder, asafoetida, long pepper, sanna rashtram, dried ginger, and Himalayan pink salt provides good relief from heart ailments and cough.
• In Ayurveda, the false black pepper is used to treat stomach worms.
• Inhaling the mixture of false black pepper, jaggery, and Himalayan pink salt provides better relief from eyebrow and forehead pain.
• The false black pepper is also traditionally used to treat elephantiasis.
• Due to the antidepressant properties of the false black pepper, it helps to treat depression and stress.