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.
Great story and a sign of the times for modern medicine which has been a horrible failure in almost every way. We are our own doctors these days with only a few exceptions.
Thank you for that.