Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Health facts


Hi everyone,

I found out that not only is cayenne tasty on anything but it is so good for you.

Here is a website with a bunch of reasons to eat cayenne.

  1. • Cayenne is a counter-irritant; it brings blood to the surface and allows the toxins to be taken away.

  2. • Great for heartburn.

  3. • For scrofulous; dyspepsia; it's an excellent carminative.

  4. • For sore throats—gargle (prepare the gargle with honey); for spasmodic and irritating coughs; heartburn and diarrhea;

  5. • Enables feeble stomachs to digest food; for atonic dyspepsia; cures intermittent fever.

  6. •It is beneficial by enabling the patient to retain and digest food.
  7. • Promote digestion; for all diseases of the throat; use as a plaster with honey for rheumatic pains, pains of the joints, gout, swellings, etc.; gargle for scarlet fever; use an infusion for ulcers in the mouth, strep throat or tonsillitis.

  8. Cayenne is an excellent remedy for a cold; mix infusion with slippery elm and molasses or honey, and take in doses throughout the day; also excellent for sore throat and coughs.

  9. • Eases toothache; preserves the teeth from rotting, and when rubbed on the gums, stimulates them enough to prevent pyorrhea.

  10. • Excellent for any type of internal hemorrhage, (create an infusion with bethroot or star root);

  11. • When made into a lozenge with sugar and tragacanth it is a remedy for hoarseness.

  12. • The whole plant steeped in milk is successfully applied to reduce swellings and hardened tumors.

  13. • Cayenne stimulates the appetite.

  14. • Cayenne pepper is very soothing; it is effective as a poultice for rheumatism, inflammation. For sores and wounds it makes a good poultice. It is a stimulant when taken internally as well as being antispasmodic.
  15. Good for kidneys, spleen and pancreas.

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