Well, I won't go so far as to say I really believed pulling with Ben and Jerry's and cayenne was a successful contribution to my ongoing OP experiments. But I did feel like crap every day after I ate the ice cream. Which tells me at the minimum that I never put enough cayenne in the mix...
I do wonder why I never have the tons of mucous and gunk and junk coming up and out like so many people do. (I mean, with regular OP, not B&JP.) You have said that having all the stuff come out is proof that the immune system is still functioning. Maybe mine has given up due to years of smoking.
I've reverted to oil only. Some cayenne during the day in a smoothie with the harmless banana and some other goodies.