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Capsicum Annuum

30CCapsicum
Cayenne Pepper · Red Pepper · "The Homesickness Remedy"
caps.PolychrestPlantCommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the mucous membranes, causing burning sensations, , and a lack of vital heat in sluggish, overweight individuals.
📖 Boericke writes:
(CAPSICUM)
Seems to suit especially persons of lax fiber, weak; diminished vital heat. A relaxed sluggish, cold remedy. Not much reactive force. Such persons are fat, indolent, opposed to physical exertion, averse to go outside of their routine, get homesick easily. General uncleanliness of body. Abstainers from accustomed alcoholics. It affects the mucous membranes, producing a sensation of . of petrous bone. Burning pains and general chilliness. Older people who have exhausted their vitality, especially by mental work, and poor living; blear-eyed appearance; who do not react. Fear of slightest draught. Marked tendency to in every inflammatory process. and feeble digestion of alcoholics. , aching and jerking of muscles.
👤 Constitution
•Typically suits overweight, sluggish individuals with weak muscles and poor circulation who dislike physical exertion and are very sensitive to cold drafts.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
General uncleanliness of body.
introduction
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mind
Swelling and pain behind ears.
ears
of .
ears
Hot feeling in .
throat
Pain and dryness in throat extending to the ears.
throat
Sore throat of smokers and drinkers.
throat
.
mouth
odor from mouth.
mouth
Much thirst; but drinking causes shuddering.
stomach
Bloody mucus, with burning and ; drawing pain in back after stool.
stool
Thirsty after stool, with shivering.
stool
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Used for emotional states characterized by extreme irritability, intense homesickness, or alcohol-related .
Excessive peevishness.
Homesickness, with sleeplessness and disposition to suicide.
Wants to be let alone.
Peppery disposition.
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🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

3rd to 6th
Decimal
Primary Dosage
Mother Tincture
Mother Tincture
📝In delirium tremens, dram doses in milk or orange peel.
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Cina Maritima →Caladium Seguinum →
🔄 Compare With
Lycopodium Clavatum →Belladonna →CentaureaPulsatilla Pratensis →Centaurea Tagana

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Capsicum Annuum is listed in 286 rubrics across 20 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 92 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Abdomen36Respiratory System27Urinary System24Ears23Throat23Male Sexual System20Fever16Stomach16Head15Mind15Modalities14Face12Generalities9Mouth9Nervous System8Female Sexual System6Locomotor System4Nose4Skin3Tongue2

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