Re: Chillies Are the Spice of Life ; Peppers Have Been Found to Kill Cancer Cells. Alice Hart-Davis Discovers That Other Spices Also Get the Lab's Seal of Approval

You ask some good questions. Without digressing too far into conspiracy, it seems to me that the sad state of affairs is, if we lived in an establishment environment that was genuinely willing and capable of doing as many widespread publicly-disclosed studies and research into the benefits of natural remedies like pepper as they do with synthesized patented chemcial drugs, we would already know a lot more answers to help guide us today than we do. The reality is, we don't enjoy such an environment. The alternative is, we are relegated to searching the fringes in hopes of finding valuable and effective health/remedy/treatment information.

There is lots of information "out there" that suggests hot pepper (Capsacum) is effective for all kinds of cancers. I personally do not have enough information to feel confident one way or the other what the details are; what form, how much to be taken, in what doses, for how long?

As far as taking hot peppers for remedy of health problems, there is a spectrum of possibilities. You mentioned a Dr Shulze tincture. Purchasing commercially available products is certainly among the possibilities out there. At the other end of the spectrum of possibilities is the opportunity for you to DIY - do it yourself. I tend to favor the latter myself but I realize that not everyone is able to pursue the DIY route as easily as I do. Here is one example of how you could get your feet wet with DIY. Go to the market and get yourself some hot peppers. Depending on where you live, there may be seasonal limitations to what your market provides. You may want to visit a decent health food store. You may also find that your local health food store has commercial herb products - tinctures, capsules, oils, powders, elixirs, teas, perhaps even the same Shulze cayenne product you mentioned. If you can find whole Cayenne peppers, get yourself a bag of Cayenne. If you cannot find Cayenne but can find Chili, get yourself a bag. If you cannot find Chile but can find Habanero, get yourself a bag. Take your peppers home. You need to dry them. There is a fast method, and a more natural slow method. The fast method is to bake the peppers at low temperature, in an oven. I've used 200 degree (farenheit) for about 4 hours with success. The slower method I've used is string the peppers together so they can then be hung up to dry. I use a regular needle and thread to sew together a string of peppers, then hang them from the celiing fan in the kitchen. Hang drying generally takes several weeks before the peppers are dry enough that they will crumble when put into a blender. The oven-dry method is much quicker. Just be sure to not be in too big of a hurry and use to high of a heat setting. After the peppers are dry, put them in a blender. If you don't have a blender, crush them by hand using a Morter and Pestil OR a reasonable substitute; rolling pin; a bowl and a spoon; whatever. Once you have the pepper crushed into something that resembles a powder (it does not have to be completely 100% powder, a few big chunks left over is okay), you can then begin taking this pepper, by mouth. Some people are very sensitive to what they consider "eeeewww, spicey hot!". This may be a good reason to get powdered pepper in capsule form, but, now you are back to purchasing a product provided by somebody else.

There are other possibilities too. You could make your own tincture. This is more involved than making a powder. I don't want to bore you or confuse OR overwhelm you with information, I'm just hoping to give enough information that you may find some of it helpful. Good luck!

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