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[edit] Prison Break

In a recent episode of Prison Break, Michael used cayenne pepper to 'seal up capillaries' on a wound. Could someone look into that.

Yes, this is true. Someone once sealed up a gunshot wound. It stopped the bleeding enough before the paramedics showed up, which saved his life.

I was thinking there should be something about its apparent bleeding-stopping action; I don't think it is any more or less 'proven' than the other medical uses which are included in the article.

I do not know how it works, but it is true. I am a cook in Portugal and it is a well known tradition to use pepper, or cayenne pepper to stop bleedings when someone cuts himself. It does hurt for a while, but it works. This is not very used in the current days, but the "old school" cooks still pass this knowledge to the younger generations.

I was interested to learn that Culpeper wrote about Guinea Pepper aka Cayanne/Cayenne Pepper in his Complete Herbal from 1814. He claims many uses for it, from culinary to remedial, including on this page as a tooth whitener. It is facinating to think that people in 1814 were rubbing pepper onto their teeth.


"...its name comes from the city of Cayenne in French Guiana."

"The name is derived from the Tupi word kyinha, literally 'hot pepper'."

Make up your minds... Based on the second sentence, I sort of doubt the first one... Like, what, people named a city after the word for peppers and then named peppers after the city?

Also, it seems like Ceyenne pepper refers to a red fruit (i.e. the red thing in the picture), not necessarilly a powder as the first sentence states.

Yes, I noticed that as well (about the dual nomenclature). Guess it's time to axe one, and Cayenne had nothing to say about the Tupi that I saw. Fëaluinix 09:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Well. concerning this, I changed it to refer to the entire pepper - the powder should be listed under cayenne chili powder or cayenne powder. From my understanding, it is common to use the entire pepper (i make a lot of kung pao chicken) with the stems cut off.

[edit] annuum or frutescens?

To the best of my knowledge, Cayenne pepper is a cultivar of c. annuum, see for example http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/profile_cayenne.html --BW Talk 12:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


Sorry, but the cayenne is a cultivar of Capsican frutescens. Dave is not really an authority on the biology side of things. KevinTernes 23:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

....actually I have been looking around lately. It seems that most references on the web would say that Cayenne is C. annuum. But many also say Capsican frutescens. I wish we could get an authoritative answer from a horticulturist.KevinTernes 14:28, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mayan's discovery

I think there should be a mention that the Maya Indians used it for healing and digestive assistance. Unforetunately, I cannot find a paper or historical weblink on it. I only seen it on the Discovery Channel. http://www.ohii.org/health_secrets_of_cayenne.php The closes link I have. Thanks, CarpD 10/30/2006

[edit] Blood Stimulant

I deleted a line about cayenne being scientifically proven as the most effective 'blood stimulant'.

If someone knows that this is in fact, accurate, please explain what a blood stimulant is, and replace the phrase with citation. It is not sufficient to claim "scientifically proven" anything, without a citation or at least an explanation of some sort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.196.226.46 (talk) 20:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

> I've read many times that it can abort a heart attack in progress and I've read many stores about it doing that. If someone is inclined to do the research and add it, I'm not, but the info is out there.142.165.246.187 22:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RM section re: other uses

I took out this section

Other Uses Cayenne pepper has also been used to keep warm in cold temperatures by sprinkling in socks, boots, gloves or mittsHowever, the actual effectiveness of this has been debated. If you have sensitive skin, beware you might develop redness or a rash.

it seems dubious, full of weasel words, and the cite on it was a forum post. Also not worded well. CredoFromStart talk 20:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)