Capsicum – Cayenne Pepper

The mother tincture is prepared from the dried ripe fruits of the plant, Capsicum annuum L., which is a native of Central America. N.O. Solanaceae.

The essential indications are:

Ulcerative glossitis. Aphthae. Pharyngitis, blood-red mucosa, raw sensation, con- striction, aggravated by not swallowing. Tonsillitis, mastoiditis. Acute otitis media. Malaria, great chilliness. Chronic urethritis.

Capsicum is said to be a remedy for home-sickness, which is of course difficult to objectify. The mood is irritable and changeable, alternating between laughing and crying. With this, great restlessness and excessive busyness, also anxiety.

Further indications of Capsicum are:

A strange symptom, which may lead one to Capsicum in many cases is that of feverish states, in which great thirst occurs mostly only in the preceding chilly stage, but is lacking during the heat.

There are also rheumatic pains in the joints with creaking, groaning and cracking of the joints, and clamping pains and stiffness of various joints, especially the knee and ankle. These pains are especially marked on first movement. (cf. Rhus Toxico- dendron).

Neuralgias of a stabbing or tearing kind in various parts of the body, particularly in the region of the arm and the sciatic nerve.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Capsicum annuum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for capsicum: mastoiditis; purulent otitis media; mucosal inflammations of the mouth, pharynx, gastrointestinal tract, urinary bladder, and urethra.