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Cayenne Pepper
Important safety information: Can burn eyes, skin and mucosa and worsen reflux; topical products must not be used on broken skin or with heat pads.
Herbal actions
- Counterirritant topically
- analgesic topically
- culinary stimulant
Traditional and practitioner uses
These uses are presented for historical and educational context. They are not treatment claims.
- Culinary spice
- Topical relief of muscle pain in standardised products
- Traditional warming digestive use
Main constituents
Capsaicinoids including capsaicin, carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamin C
Preparation overview
Tea: Food use preferred. Very pungent; food use is safer than concentrated homemade dosing.
Liquid extract reference: 1:5
Preparation strengths are not interchangeable. Open the interactive guide for the complete evidence notes and sources available for this herb.
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