THE POWER OF HEALING PLANTS!

The healing power of cayenne pepper. It is a perennial shrub growing out of a central root that reaches about 1 meter in height with dark green oval shaped, pointed leaves with serrated edges. The fruit is long hollow, brilliant red berry 6 to 10 centimeters long, with numerous yellowish white seeds inside. Curative properties: Cayenne chili is considered one of the most useful of the organic stimulants, because of its active ingredient capsicum. It regulates the blood flow, strengthens the heart, arteries, capillaries, and nerves. It is a general tonic and specifically beneficial for the circulatory and digestive systems. It combats dyspepsia, flatulence, and colic. It is beneficial for increasing blood flow to the extremities resulting in cold feet and hands and the possibility of chilblain, inflamation of the hands and feet. It is also employed against the feeling of weakness accompanying flu and colds. Preparations based on the powdered fruit or as an infusion are effective agents against neuralgia, neuritis, cramps, Parkinson's disease, and Saint Vitus' dance (Sydenham's chorea). External applications are beneficial for arthritis and to increase blood flow to certain parts of the body. Cayenne pepper contributes to good digestion by stimulating the flow of saliva and gastric juices.It is known that saliva contains enzymes that begin the digestion of carbohydrates, while the gastric juices contain acids and other substances that advance the digestive process. It is generally believed that spicy condiments such as cayenne pepper injure the stomach and may cause ulcers. This is not so. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers used tiny video cameras to examine the lining of the stomach of persons who participated in the experiment. After some ate foods seasoned with hot peppers, they report no difference in the condition of the stomach. They concluded: "The ingestion of highly spiced foods by normal persons has no relationship to gastrointestinal damage" (Michael Castleman, The healing herbs [Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press],p. 302). For centuries, herbalists have recommended rubbing the skin with hot pepper to relieve headaches, and pains in the muscles and joints. Recently it has been demonstrated that cayenne pepper has analgesic properties that combat certain classes of chronic pain. for reasons that are still not clearly understood, capsicina, the active ingredient in chili, impedes the action of the "substance p, "the constituent chemical of the peripheral nerver that send pain signals to the brain. several recent studies have demonstrated that capsicum is so effective in alleviating chronic pain that the united states food and drug administration has authorized nonprescription sale to the public of two ointments containing capsicum: Zostrix and Axsain. Zostrix cream, based on the capsicum contained in cayenne pepper, is the most effective treatment in the United States fir the intense chronic pain caused by herpes zoster, an acute inflammation of one or several sensory intracranial and causing intensive neuralgic pain felt along the entire length of a nerve. To alleviate these specific nerve pains and others such as headaches occurring in the center of the head, mix 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons of chili powder with 1 cup of edible oil and rub it on the painful area. Excerpts from [Amazing Power of Healing Plants] Feel free to leave a comment, and please look forward for my next blog. Feel free to contact me for product information at gregsonolive@gmail.com