West African black pepper (Piper guineense) is an important plant used in traditional medicine and as spice. The fruits (the part of the plant traditionally used) are rich in a wide range of natural products including volatiles oils, lignans, amides, alkaloids, flavonoids and polyphenols.

This pepper has many health benefits that make it great for healing… especially for muscle pain, joint pain, GI distress, gas, improving memory, and for lowering fevers.

Ashanti Pepper if full of Vitamin C and because of that helps prevent cardiovascular disease, strokes, and boosts the immune system. And being a potent antioxidant Ashanti Pepper slows the aging process and savages away free radicals thus helping to prevent disease.

Ashanti Pepper is also a good antibacterial agent and antiviral agent thus working to prevent colds and flues and other microbial diseases. Ashanti Pepper contains beta-caryophyllene which is a very good anti-inflammatory agent thus helping with arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.

Ashanti Pepper Oil has been used for making soap… and the leaves and the stems of the plant work well for boosting female fertility and for nagging coughs. And the roots have been used for colds and bronchitis… and have been used in the past for treating sexually transmitted diseases.