Capsicum (the "active" ingredient in peppers) has numerous medicinal properties. It not only relieves a sore throat, but it boosts your immune system causing you to heal better and faster.

For me, it is an allergy triggered sinus infection that brings me down. At even the slightest sniffle (which happens more in summer than winter) I do one of two things:

I either order several quarts of thai or chinese hot & sour soup...or I make my own concotion which is basically onions, garlic, chicken stock, cayenne pepper, hungarian hot paprika, red pepper flakes & crystal hot sauce....I'll throw in mushrooms, rice, beans, etc...to give it a bit of solid nourishment, but primarily I need the broth....

Capsicum (the "active" ingredient in peppers) has numerous medicinal properties. It not only relieves a sore throat, but it boosts your immune system causing you to heal better and faster.

For me, it is an allergy triggered sinus infection that brings me down. At even the slightest sniffle (which happens more in summer than winter) I do one of two things:

I either order several quarts of thai or chinese hot & sour soup...or I make my own concotion which is basically onions, garlic, chicken stock, cayenne pepper, hungarian hot paprika, red pepper flakes & crystal hot sauce....I'll throw in mushrooms, rice, beans, etc...to give it a bit of solid nourishment, but primarily I need the broth....

I make it as hot as I can stand it....and always at least 4 quarts....I then force feed myself the soup/broth until it is gone...usually it takes about 24 hours of steady eating....

Kills the sinus infection, sore throat, body aches, cramps, soreness & headaches.

I also recommend that you alternate between red wine, water & orange juice in between each 2 cup portion...You can be dead to the world on friday and by monday you're back in business....works for the flu, colds & allergies...

I'll post tomorrow on my findings.

Bignosemousie - the site seems to be working. But here are the ingredients from the article

"My Recipe
I don’t think there is really a science to this thing as if you read around there are tons of different recipes and all seem to have very good results. So here is what I did to make my cayenne sore throat elixir.

1 standard drinking glass of hot to warm water
1 teaspoon of cayenne powder
a couple pinches of salt for good measure (most people say its not necessary but it won’t hurt)
That’s it! Just simply take a mouthful and gargle away. There are two things that I want to point out though. One you will need to constantly stir the elixir ri...

I'll post tomorrow on my findings.

Bignosemousie - the site seems to be working. But here are the ingredients from the article

"My Recipe
I don’t think there is really a science to this thing as if you read around there are tons of different recipes and all seem to have very good results. So here is what I did to make my cayenne sore throat elixir.

1 standard drinking glass of hot to warm water
1 teaspoon of cayenne powder
a couple pinches of salt for good measure (most people say its not necessary but it won’t hurt)
That’s it! Just simply take a mouthful and gargle away. There are two things that I want to point out though. One you will need to constantly stir the elixir right before you gargle as the cayenne likes to settle at the bottom and two you may want to gargle with your eyes closed as maybe I’m just a bad gargler, but one time I did gargle some of the mixture into my eye (note: cayenne pepper in the eye burns)"

Alright, my results.

Last night I filled a large plastic cup with hottish water. I mixed in one teaspoon of cayenne pepper. I then threw in a tiny bit of salt (because it said so).

I had all sorts of nostalgia from my childhood. Who knew my mom was not actually punishing me by making me hold a spoonfull of cayenne pepper in my mouth. She was just trying to make me healthier.

Anyway so my results were not spectacular. I'm not saying this doesn't work, it just didn't for me.

A few thoughts on why.

It may be that I tried this a bit too late in my sore throat/sick cycle. While i did feel a bit of the edge removed from my sore throat. I cant say it was horribly tangible. Plus I on...

Alright, my results.

Last night I filled a large plastic cup with hottish water. I mixed in one teaspoon of cayenne pepper. I then threw in a tiny bit of salt (because it said so).

I had all sorts of nostalgia from my childhood. Who knew my mom was not actually punishing me by making me hold a spoonfull of cayenne pepper in my mouth. She was just trying to make me healthier.

Anyway so my results were not spectacular. I'm not saying this doesn't work, it just didn't for me.

A few thoughts on why.

It may be that I tried this a bit too late in my sore throat/sick cycle. While i did feel a bit of the edge removed from my sore throat. I cant say it was horribly tangible. Plus I only did this once. I'm not sick enough to choke on cayenne pepper again.

I'll try this next time I get sick. That is assuming I remember this. And again, if I remember, i'll update with comments.