We had a reply in the original thread that was spam and when I moved it to the Market Place forum it moved not only the spam post but the whole thread so I'm posting it again.
#46511 Uny has seen your reply and will get back to you as soon as she can. I'm also going to re-post your reply in this new thread so that it will all be together.
Can taking cayenne put too much heat into the body? I was taking it a few years ago and taking home made infra red saunas at the same time, and eventually I began to feel too hot in the Sunshine, and I wasn't sure if it was the cayenne or saunas, so I stopped them both. Then a year or more later, I tried the saunas again, and after a few 30-45 minute sessions, began to feel hot in the Sunshine again.
I kind of think I may have been fine with the cayenne if I hadn't taken that IR saunas. I was later told to never use that type of sauna, that dry heat saunas are the best, because they heat more evenly. IR sauna had IR lights pointing to my liver and kidneys, and an acupuncturist told me to NEVER point an IR lamp at the liver.
Of course, there's no way for me to know just what an infra-red sauna did (or didn't do), and no way to know the MYRIAD of other variables in your body/life,
But I know for sure that zillions of people in the world eat ultra-hot peppers daily, and zillions of people use it in it's dried/powdered or tincture form daily...and there's really not much of a way that a natural food that you ingested regularly "a few years ago" would cause problems a few years later.
I'm not a fan of infra-red saunas at all (in fact, all types of saunas can have negative effects if over used or used without adequate hydration).
I think this is a MAJOR clue for you:
>>>Then a year or more later, I tried the saunas again, and after a few 30-45 minute sessions, began to feel hot in the Sunshine again.<<<
Also, as far as the phrase "excess heat" or cold or other similar concepts (something we see mostly in eastern schools of thought)...well, I don't believe in mixing healing/health methodologies. And as I understand the concepts, I don't subscribe to them. I'd MUCH rather deal with things I can totally grasp & understand.
Methinks it's virtually impossible that the cayenne was the culprit. Afterall, cayenne is COOLING (because it enhances circulation and sweating). The hotter the environment/region, the more we find indigenous people eating hot peppers! :)