Hi

I have used many methods but alway come back to adding it to drinks and hummous. You have to go thru that "sting" first and let it subside. BUT do give your self time and use it drop at a time to build up to the level you want.
Once you start taking this on a regular basis, you will not want to go back, you wont get any sinus problems as it clears your head in seconds.

In my early days I used more rice milk/soy milk to chase it down with. ANything to get used to it as cayenne was so good at getting rid of sore throats. Now I dont have that symptom and my throat just got used to it.
IF I have it neat it will still chock me, but I put up with it knowing what the benefits are. NOW it is easy to use any cayenne.
You can put the liquid in ANY drink hot or cold. YOu can mix the powder in Soup/olive oil. I have put the powder in with the hummus/guacamole for sanwiches.

Have fun
Tiggs

Powder:

Start with 1/8 teaspoon or less of the "top hot" powder blend, mix it with "one gulp's worth" of water, slug it down like a shot of tequila...and have a big 'water chaser' at the ready. (The more fluid you mix it with, the more it will get 'all over your mouth', so mix the cayenne with the least amount of fluid you can to 'get it down') THEN add the "more water" to dilute it (if you need/want to).

--Never EVER take therapeutic cayenne (over 100,000 HU) in capsules. It won't actually cause harm, but the capsule melting and releasing all the cayenne in one place in your stomach --without your stomach having any warning that it's even coming-- will make you FEEL like it's caused a LOT of harm!

Work up to the therapeutic dose you desire. Schulze had folks doing the IP using a teaspoon several times daily (one guy even took tablespoons). Your body WILL acclimate faster than you can imagine IF you're consistent. I just read Dr. Christopher saying that even if you stop for a few days, you'll have to rebuild your tolerance from the beginning (and we've found that to be very true)

The tinctures are EASY (the 'tincture burn' is VERY short lived) - do the same thing. Put "the dose" into a glass, splash in a 'gulp's worth' of water/juice and slam it...with more water 'at the ready'. The burn lasts SO much 'less long' with the tincture and it'll be almost totally gone in less than a minute. And because the tincture goes directly into your bloodstream through the lining of your stomach, you'll never have 'butt burn' with the tincture.

Speaking of which, BECAUSE the tincture goes through the lining of your stomach, the tincture is not very effective for parasites in the intestinal tract (because the cayenne never gets any lower than your stomach).

Also, with the tincture...don't torture yourself with 'working up' to two full droppersful. It's 'liquid fire' and it really doesn't matter whether you take 5 drops or 50 drops, the burn IS "the burn". I've seen SO many people try to "start low" and "work up", and they never get there. Just put two full squirts in the glass (with a 'gulps worth' or water or juice), slam it, guzzle some water, do the 'cayenne dance' for a few seconds, realize how 'alive' you actually are (lol) and the whole thing'll be a memory in less than a minute or two.

And THEN....AAAAAAHHHH.... just sit back, breathe deeply and focus on the "opening up" and circulation/oxygen as it courses it way throughout your body. My hubby can still feel it 'work it's way down' to his fingers & legs (I stopped feeling it that intensely after a few days). Look at your eyes in the mirror and see how much brighter they've become and feel the warmth and relaxation seep through your body.

Healthiest of blessings -

Unyquity

It is hard isn't it..I take the tincture as the pain is quicker but once a certain brand really bothered my stomach and burned a lot more so I avoided that brand.

what I learned from tom is to not take water with it as that makes it burns more as it spreads the oil across the mouth,

He said to eat crackers with it as it lifts the oil off the tongue and helps ease the burning some. I also heard tomato juice with it helps.