Genus: Capsicum
Common name: Bell pepper. Paprika. Cayenne pepper. Jalapenos pepper.
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshades)
This flavorful fruit from the nightshade family comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors which range from pale yellow to purple. Capsaicin is the component in peppers that produces a burning sensation, which can be mild to intensely painful. It stimulates blood circulation and perspiration. It is insoluble in water, which explains why drinking cold water after eating a hot pepper only increases the burning. Milk may be a better option. As the active ingredient in pepper spray, capsaicin is used for self-defense and by the police in crowd control. It is also an ingredient in topical creams to help ease the pain of stiff joints and sore muscles, shingles, and fibromyalgia.
As a homeopathic remedy, Capsicum affects the mucus membranes and can be helpful for dark red sore throats and chronic hoarseness. Indigestion, heartburn, and nausea can be eased by this remedy. A person needing this remedy can be nostalgic, longing for the past, or homesick. There person tends to be chilly, irritable, and overweight, even obese. When the symptoms match the remedy, homeopathic Capsicum can stimulate gentle healing on every level – mental, emotional, and physical.
Keynotes:
- Homesickness, nostalgic for the past, melancholy, depression
- Easily offended, irritable, censorious, critical, faultfinding, sullen
- Oversensitive to noise, taste, touch, smells
- Chilly, shivering after drinking cold water, sensation of coldness between shoulders
- Alcoholism
- Obesity, flabby, plump, relaxation of muscles
- Red nose and face with dilated blood vessels
- Bursting headache, throbbing, pulsation in forehead
- Offensive breath when coughing, offensive perspiration
- Burning pains in throat, chronic hoarseness, convulsive cough
- Mastoiditis, swelling and pain behind ears
- Gastritis, heartburn, indigestion
- Diarrhea, colitis
- Low back pain, sciatica, stiff joints
- Insomnia from homesickness
- Craves peppers and other stimulating foods and drinks
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