{"id":13602,"remedy_name":"Capsicum (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Cayenne Pepper"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Capsicum is prepared from red pe pper.  As a common notion, when a\nthin, lean person is found to be restle ss, it is said that it is his reaction\nto the pepper. However, the Capsicum patient is different altogether.\nHe is fat, flabby and shows venous spiders on his face.  His\ncomplexion is that of an alcoholic .  The alcohol affects the small\nblood vessels of the face, which turn into reddish looking spider webs.\nThe ingestion of chillies also causes enhancement of the circulation to\nthe skin.  Whether the food is hot or  cold, the patient is hypersensitive\nto both.  Hot things feel hotter and co ld things seem colder than they\nactually are.  When a person, in th e habit of taking too much pepper,\ngives it up, his appetite become s suppressed because his digestive\nglands and the lining of the stomach  have been tuned to work under\nthe stimulating effect of the chillies.  When he resorts to taking pepper\nagain, his glands become active a nd produce acid for digestion, which\nin turn stimulates the appetite.\n\nEven though hot pepper causes burning and gives the feeling of\nwarmth, nevertheless the Capsicum pa tient is of a cool nature and\nlikes to live in well-heated room.  A strange quality of the patient is\nthat he does not like to live outsi de his home for long.  He feels\nhomesick even if he is not in the habit of taking too much hot pepper.\nA mere administration of two do ses of Capsicum may somewhat\ndiminish his anxiety to return home.\n\nA Capsicum patient is stubborn in natu re.  It has been seen that in\nareas where a lot of hot pepper is consumed, the people there are\nusually of a stubborn nature, but not everyone who eats pepper is\nessentially of such a nature.  An angry nature with irritability and\ndissatisfaction resembles Chamomilla.  One cheek is red and the\nother is pale.  This is commonly seen in diseases of the children.  The\nscalp sweats. The patient thinks of committing suicide but does not\ndare.  He is rather scared.  He likes  to live alone.  The head or some\nother part of the body feels magni fied.  It can also happen in\nSabadilla.  In Capsicum, there is a feeling of throbbing.  His severe\nheadache becomes worse while resting, while movement makes it\nsubside.\n\nThe bone behind the ear becomes red and swollen (mastoiditis)\nafter a sore throat.  This then becomes chronic.  Phytolacca and\nConium are also useful in treating this condition.\n\nIn cold, due to Capsicum, the face of the patient is flushed but cold.\nThe tip of the nose is red.  There is  feeling of burning and irritation\ninside the nose.  The nose may even be blocked.  The Cough is\nassociated with a foul smell and there is pain inside the throat.  Small\nblisters form on the tongue , which are painful to touch and cause\ndifficulty in swallowing.\n\nIn a patient of Capsicum, premature wrinkling of the skin is usual.\nThe skin loses its elasticity and thick lines become prominent.\nCapsicum is useful in treating flabby muscles associated with\ndefective circulation.\n\nCapsicum may be used in the treatment of measles when the face is\nmarkedly congested and no other tr eatment works.  Another special\ncharacteristic of Capsicum is that the tonsils swell  but they are soft\nand can be reduced in size by pressure, like a sponge.\n\nIn Capsicum, burning in the stomach  after food is very pronounced.\nDysentery and diarrhoea are associated  with a feeling of warmth\ninside the belly.  The burning sens ation (tenesmus) continues after\ndefecation.  There is an intense desire to drink cold water.\nHaemorrhoids burn and are swollen and red.\n\nPersistent hoarseness of voice  is also a symptom of Capsicum.  If\nother symptoms of Capsicum are present, this remedy will prove\neffective.  For the hoarseness  of voice, Phosphorus, Causticum,\nSulphur, Lycopodium, Coca, Psorinum and Borax are used.\n\nThe irritation of the larynx (voice box) and trachea provokes dry\ncough, along with a hissing sound in the chest and pressure on the\nbladder on coughing.  There is chest pain on breathing and pain on the\nleft lower ribs in the heart area.  Other symptoms of Capsicum are a\ndislike for the open air, relief of symptoms with heat and taking food,\naching over different parts of the body, random twitching of the facial\nmuscles, and prominence of the bones at the temple associated with\ninflammation.\n\nCapsicum is useful for the treatment of elderly people who have been\ninvolved in intellectual work throughout  their lives but in later years\nof life, due to changing circumstances could not afford an easier\nlifestyle.\n\nAntidotes:  Cina, Caladium\nPotency: 30 to 200","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}