Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne 

This is definitely one of the wonder herbs that the good Lord created! It is described as a "warming" herb as it speeds up the metabolism and it has amazing effects on the circulatory system as it feeds the vital elements into the cell structure of capillaries, veins, arteries and it also helps adjust blood pressure to normal levels. It is definitely an herb you should have in your "herbal medicine cabinet" or kitchen cabinet (that's where I have it). It helps clean the arteries of the bad LDL cholesterol - considering that heart disease is the number one killer in America, that is significant. 

It's also good for the stomach and the intestinal tract. Notwithstanding its hot taste, paradoxically it is actually superb for rebuilding the tissue in the stomach, facilitating healing with stomach and intestinal ulcers.

Cayenne is useful in alleviating allergies, muscle cramp, improving digestion, gives more pep and energy, and helps wound healing with minimal scar tissue.

That's just the tip of the iceberg really. God knew exactly what He was doing when he created herbs for our benefit and I encourage you to check out this powerful, amazing herb. :)

Here is an incredible story from a Master Herbalist, Barbara Parshley MH, and her use of cayenne pepper: 

My favorite herb changes quite frequently. Today it happens to be cayenne. In the Family Herbalist course, a course I highly recommend to all, we learned how it would stop a bloody nose almost immediately. Given my grandchildren are around frequently, I had the opportunity to try this remedy. My granddaughter had a bloody nose for about 10 minutes before she came to share that information with me. I was new to the Family Herbalist course at the time, so I thought I would try putting a little cayenne into water.  She drank the water and the nose that had been profusely bleeding, stopped before the glass of cayenne water was finished.

 

Today, about two years after this first experiment with cayenne, I was using a rotary cutter to cut the many yards of material I use for quilting. I have done this for years, but today, for the first time, the rotary cutter came close to taking off much of my left index finger. Oh, did it bleed! I immediately ran it under water allowing it to bleed freely to clean the cut. Then it occurred to me - "I have cayenne in my Herbal First Aid Kit!" I wrapped the finger in paper towels in order to go get the kit. The towels were soaked in blood before I made it from the kitchen to the bathroom, one door away. This concerned my granddaughter and she suggested going to a hospital. I thought, "No, I need to get to the cayenne."

 

And so I did. I opened up the container of powdered cayenne, wondering if it was going to sting horrendously. (I had previously used too much in a nasal wash, and though it took care of the sinus infection rather quickly, I remembered to dilute it more the following time I used it.)  I sprinkled the cayenne onto the finger and it didn't sting! Sprinkling cayenne on to this open wound, felt just fine! Of course the bleeding stopped quite quickly. I was thrilled with my new experiment. Then I decided that as long as I had the opportunity, I would proceed with my second experiment. I retrieved some of my powdered BF&C (with the comfrey), added cayenne to it for good measure, and moistened it with X-ceptic. Since the gash was large enough, I put the poultice on only half of the gash on the finger and bandaged the whole finger.

 

It was amazing! Two days later, the section of the finger where I put the poultice has healed, there isn't even any bruising! The other section is healing, but is still a separated wound. The BF&C certainly added to the healing of the gash and is now a favorite herbal combination. However, the amazing properties of cayenne that stopped this rather excessive bleeding so quickly and without stinging, made cayenne my favorite herb for the day.