It is an excellent circulatory stimulant, as it increases blood flow in the treated area, producing a mild thermogenic effect.
It has properties that are tonic and antiseptic, stimulates appetite and gastric juice secretion, and increases gastric and intestinal motility.
By external use, it is rubefacient and analgesic.
It contains among other active ingredients, capsaicin, flavonoids, vitamins A, B1, and C, essential oil, etc.
Technical Data Sheet |
Common Names | Cayenne, Chili Pepper, Capsicum, Chili. |
Scientific Name | Capsicum annum L - Capsicum frutescens L. |
Plant Drug | Fruits |
Pharmacological Actions | Circulatory Stimulant, Antiseptic, Rubefacient, and Analgesic. |
Indications | External Use: low back pain, pharyngitis, alopecia areata, osteoarticular inflammations, post-herpetic neuralgia, and other types of neuralgia. Internal use: anorexia, hyposecretory dyspepsia. |
Available Products | Tincture, Fluid Extract, Dry Extracts, Glycolic Extracts, Liposoluble Extracts, and Oleoresins. |
