1. The dried, unripe fruit of Cubebs is used to make medicine

2. People use Cubebs for parasitic infections, bacterial infections, diarrhea, gonorrhea, enlarged prostate (benign

3. Cubebs are the fruit of a vine belonging to the same family as that which produces the familiar black, white and green peppercorns (Piper nigrum)

4. 1 Popular during the late 1800s on into the 1900s, Cubebs were claimed to possess medicinal properties, useful for the treatment of asthma and a number of other ailments.

5. Quite confusingly, Indian names of the type kabab chini ( Chinese Cubebs ) may refer either to Cubeb pepper or allspice ; I guess this is because the two spices look similar and have no tradition in India