NAME
Cayenne
LATIN NAME
Capsicum
SYNONYMS (can include local names)
Bell Pepper, Guinea spice (Culpeper)
FAMILY
Solanaceae
BOTANICAL INFORMATION (can include growing environment, plant identification and processing)
Cayenne is named after the a city in French Guiana. Grown largely in India, East Africa, Mexico and the United States, in fact most tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Features include slightly purple dense branched stems, alternate leaves, dark green above, lighter on the underside, and white flowers borne singly, or in pairs or threes, in axils. The plant can grow to approx 2ft. The berries which are pod shaped are usually small and think and vary in colour from red to yellow when ripening (although different plants vary). The capsicums used are the small-fruited varieties: thinnish tapered seed pods up to 12cm (5in) long and 2.5cm (1″) in diameter.
PART/S USED
Seeds and pods
ADMINISTRATION
USES
TRADITIONAL/LOCAL USES
MODERN USES
To increase gastrointestinal function and improve appetite and metabolism
DOSAGE STRATEGIES (can include 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 etc)
SAFETY
GENERAL
PAEDIATRIC
PREGNANCY
ADVERSE REACTIONS
HERBAL COMBINATIONS
INTERACTIONS
HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS
HERB-HERB INTERACTIONS
HERB-FOOD INTERACTIONS
EVIDENCE/RESEARCH
PRACTITIONER KNOWLEDGE (Please share your clinical experience of this herb here)
excellent adjunct to a diet regime for woman with abdominal obesity
THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY
CLINICAL TRIAL EVIDENCE
PHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
POSITIVE RESEARCH
NEGATIVE RESEARCH
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REFERENCES
Culpeper, Nicholas (1814) [1653]. "Guinea Pepper". Culpeper′s Complete Herbal. David Hand (Web publication)