Cayenne Monograph
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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

ARTICLE LINKS (Please feel free to include relevant articles either authored by you or that you feel would be of interest to your peers in the WIKIHERB Community)

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REFERENCES
Culpeper, Nicholas (1814) [1653]. "Guinea Pepper". Culpeper′s Complete Herbal. David Hand (Web publication)

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