Maricha or Black pepper is native to Western Ghats of India. It is cultivated for its fruit, which is widely used as spice and in traditional Indian medicine preparation. Maricha is an appetizer and carminative commonly used in the treatment of digestive system related complaints like dyspepsia, indigestion, flatulence, nausea, diarrhoea and colic pain. In respiratory system it acts like Expectorant used in Cough, cold and chest congestion. Externally used as analgesic and in Vitiligo it stimulates the production of pigments