Cayenne should not be taken in pill form. It should go directly in the mouth. Tinctures are best, but powdered store bought will bring back the dead from a heart attack. I agree that it’s not for everyone, but it will thin the blood of everyone. It will stop bleeding in everyone. It will facilitate blood transport of other nutrients for everyone. Sometimes you have to have trade-offs in treatment or fight fire with fire.
What I’m really talking about when it comes to the cayenne is a bridge between treatment and maintenance. Shift gears, then go back to the Ayurveda posture. I’m not talking long term. Stop gap.
I’ve an interesting story about cayenne that goes way back. LJ, I might have told you this one before. A beloved cat was diagnosed with a severe heart condition at age 2 and was only expected to live another year or so, taking scaled-down human meds, which he didn’t like at all (I found them spit-up behind doors and in closets). In desperation, I looked for alternatives on the still early internet. Settled for a combination of extracts - cayenne, hawthorn berry and motherwort, along with CO-Q10, in a base of olive oil. Put them together in amber bottle. Shook well. Tasted it first myself - cayenne was the overpowering flavor. Wow. With trepidation, I poured out a small spoonful, offered it to the cat. To my amazement, he came and licked the spoon clean! He knew. Had his spoonful every morning. Three months later, took him back to the vet. She examined him and said “Whatever it is you’re doing, keep on doing it.” Gave him his spoonful every day. He lived a dozen more happy and carefree years, died at 14. Made me a convert to herbal medicine.
What is a good source of cayenne pepper if you don’t go with the pill form? How much should you take?