Pepper and thirteen spice is the same: not the same. Pepper is a single spice, thirteen spice is a compound spice. In the cooking process, thirteen spice is to go to the fishy seasoning, pepper is fresh. Pepper is not only a good seasoning, but also a valuable medicinal herb. Pepper can be used for both medicine and food. Thirteen spices belong to seasoning, kitchen supplies, condiments.

Pepper, also known as the ancient moon powder, by the tropical plant pepper tree fruit crushed and become, mainly produced in India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and other countries, China's Guangdong Province, Hainan Island also has production. Pepper is one of Hainan's most famous specialties, it is both a good seasoning, but also a valuable medicinal herbs. Pepper can be used for both medicine and food, and Chinese medicine says pepper has the function of warming the stomach and dispersing cold.

Thirteen spices, also known as ten whole spices is 13 kinds of each kind of distinctive flavor of Chinese herbs, including kowtow, sand nuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, dai miao, cumin, wood, dahuric dahurica, sannai, good ginger, dry ginger and so on.