Why Cayenne?

[jeannieh99]

This is a question that has been bugging me for a long time.
What is it about Cayenne pepper that red pepper doesn't have? Does it matter what kind of pepper is used? I have different kinds of peppers but the only one that everyone seems to use is cayenne. Just curious.:confused:
Jeannie

[RawVegan4Health]

As a pepper enthusiast, I can tell you that most peppers have their own unique qualities in terms of flavor and heat. Some are sweeter than others, some are hotter than others. Some have other neat little flavor profiles.

Most people have only Paprika and Cayenne in their pantry for dried, ground peppers. Some also have Crushed Red Pepper and some even get some Chipotle powder. That's about as far as they go. The standard Chili Powder people have is a blend of powdered peppers (usually Ancho and/or New Mexico) and other spices like garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, oregano and salt.

Now if you want to substitute Crushed Red Pepper for Cayenne, the fist thing you want to do is grind the Crushed Red Pepper into a powder so the measurements are the same. As for flavor, well, they are both pretty much jsut used for their heat, not so much their flavor. They are not very sweet and their flavor is rather subtle. Their heat kick is typically pretty good though so they are used for spicing things up. Cayenne tends to be hotter, but depending on the kind of cayenne you are used to getting it may not be all that hot and the two can be used interchangably. If you get hot cayenne, like say 60K scoville kind, then you are not going to get as much heat from the crushed red pepper.

ETA - I have lots of various peppers. I do not follow recipes according to their pepper recommendations, but to my own preferences. If a recipe calls for Chili Powder, Paprika and Cayenne to make a Southwestern Tex-Mex sorta dish, then I might instead use a spicy New Mexico powder, sweet Hungarian or California Paprika, Kasmir chile powder, Jalapeno powder, Cumin, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Marjoram, and Black Pepper. I thought I should mention this as there is usually nothing better than having and using your own pepper blends.

[jeannieh99]

As a pepper enthusiast, I can tell you that most peppers have their own unique qualities in terms of flavor and heat. Some are sweeter than others, some are hotter than others. Some have other neat little flavor profiles.

Most people have only Paprika and Cayenne in their pantry for dried, ground peppers. Some also have Crushed Red Pepper and some even get some Chipotle powder. That's about as far as they go. The standard Chili Powder people have is a blend of powdered peppers (usually Ancho and/or New Mexico) and other spices like garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, oregano and salt.

Now if you want to substitute Crushed Red Pepper for Cayenne, the fist thing you want to do is grind the Crushed Red Pepper into a powder so the measurements are the same. As for flavor, well, they are both pretty much jsut used for their heat, not so much their flavor. They are not very sweet and their flavor is rather subtle. Their heat kick is typically pretty good though so they are used for spicing things up. Cayenne tends to be hotter, but depending on the kind of cayenne you are used to getting it may not be all that hot and the two can be used interchangably. If you get hot cayenne, like say 60K scoville kind, then you are not going to get as much heat from the crushed red pepper.

ETA - I have lots of various peppers. I do not follow recipes according to their pepper recommendations, but to my own preferences. If a recipe calls for Chili Powder, Paprika and Cayenne to make a Southwestern Tex-Mex sorta dish, then I might instead use a spicy New Mexico powder, sweet Hungarian or California Paprika, Kasmir chile powder, Jalapeno powder, Cumin, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Marjoram, and Black Pepper. I thought I should mention this as there is usually nothing better than having and using your own pepper blends.

Awesome!!! You see?! Another great example of why I love this group!:)
I am also a pepper lover. I can't resist the aroma of freshly ground black pepper! I love all kinds of peppers. That is why I was wondering why the only pepper I see mentioned in most all posts and recipies is Cayenne. I didn't know if there was a certain property in it that others didn't have.
You rawk!!!
Jeannie

[Naiad]

I'm pretty sure I've read quite a few places that black pepper is toxic to the body.

Cayenne has been used topically and internally for many healing benefits.

[LightLover]

jeannieh99 if you search on "hearth attack cayenne" using the banana function, you will find stories. It also speeds up your metabolism

ll

[jeannieh99]

I'm pretty sure I've read quite a few places that black pepper is toxic to the body.

Cayenne has been used topically and internally for many healing benefits.

OH no!! tell me it aint so! Black pepper toxic to the body?! What else are you going to take away from me? :eek:
LOL....Thanks for the insite. I will read up on it. I just love it so. Ok, so I will learn to have more love for Cayenne.;)

[garden granny]

I love cayenne pepper. I put in my smoothies, soups, chocolate, and on and on.

[Solace]

I use hot peppers or cayenne everyday often mixed with ginger RAW in my juices and salads I SWEAR its a big part of why my chronic neck pain has disappeared !:D

[SchoolOfRAWk]

As a pepper enthusiast

So cute! :)

[Bethanie]

Please tell me how do you use cayanne pepper in your smoothies and other usages of it.
I love cayanne pepper:D
Thanks
Beth

[Mike]

This is a great video by Dr. Richard Schulze who says "Cayenne is the #1 Herb we should have in our kitchens":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH-nLF5AsVw

Below is part of an interview with Dr. Schulze on cayenne. One thing he says is that the herb "Ginkgo Changes from a So-So herb to a Mighty Herb, When You Add Strong HOT Cayenne to It!"

My version of that sentence:
"Green Smoothies Change from a So-So Beverage to a Mighty Superfood, When You Add Strong HOT Cayenne to It!"

Curing With Cayenne - The Untold Story

"If You Master Only One Herb in Your Life, Master Cayenne Pepper.
It is More Powerful, Than Any Other." - Dr. Richard Schulze, Medical Herbalist

If you want to become a powerful healer for yourself and your family, master one herb...cayenne pepper. Knowing cayenne deeply will give you and your family more cures than dabbling in twenty herbs. Learn cayenne deeply before you go on to anything else.

Students always ask Dr. Schultz, "What are the ten most important herbs
to have in the home?" He tells them, "At the top of the list is cayenne pepper,
because it will make the other nine work better."

"There's NO Other Herb that Increases Your Blood Flow Faster than Cayenne!
There are NONE, that Work Faster; NONE that Work Better!"

SCHULZE: There is no other herb stronger or more effective than cayenne to make immediate physiological and metabolic changes in the body. Cayenne moves blood. Without bloodflow to sick areas, how can any herb work?

The whole idea of using any herb is to digest the chemicals in that herb and
then get those chemicals into our bloodstream. That's what digesting is - but if we don't get that blood to the arthritic joint, or to the cancer tumor, or to the brain malignancy, or to the liver - then forget that herb.

You can take all the milk thistle you want, but if you have bad circulation to
your liver, it's not going to do you any good. You can take all the ginkgo you
want, but if you have bad circulation to your brain, the ginkgo is not going to
be able to get up there either. Cayenne turns your circulation on immediately within seconds, more than any other herb, so really it should be in every herbal formula.

You know, a lot of people look at my brain tonic, and they go, "Well, it's hot. "That's because, if you want ginkgo in your brain, well, sit back for three hours and wait. Or, I can get ginkgo into your brain in one second - and that's why I added cayenne to the formula.

"Ginkgo Changes from a So-So herb to a Mighty Herb, When You Add Strong HOT Cayenne to It!"

BISER: How is ginkgo different with cayenne in it?

SCHULZE: I used ginkgo in my clinic and the results with just ginkgo alone
were kind of like, "oh hum." I had one guy with tinnitus who said he felt
betterand the tinnitus went away. I had some people that noticed some better memory; some were not quite as depressed - and it worked a little.

But it wasn't a super herb, and I wanted it to be a super herb. I was sitting
around one day and I thought, "Well, I could put ginkgo in my mouth and chew on the leaves. I can drink an ounce of the ginkgo tincture and I don't see my face go red."

There is only one herb I know where I can visibly, immediately see more
blood going to the head - band that is cayenne.

So I thought, "What about cayenne and ginkgo, that sounds like a dynamic
duo. "I put cayenne with ginkgo, and I added some kola nut and some fresh
rosemary to it. Rosemary is known for taking more blood to the head, and it
also grows right outside my door.

BISER: Okay, so what happened when you added the cayenne?

SCHULZE: Well, this is when the big change happened. I could hear it in the
patients' responses.

A few complained about the heat of the new tonic, but they were all talking
about how it worked better. The people who were depressed became alot less
depressed. The people with tinnitus had it go away in three days instead of
three months.

Once I added the cayenne, I had the opportunity to use the formula witha
lot of people who had brain injuries or strokes. That is when it really stood out. It worked better than just the cayenne or the ginkgo by themselves. Nobody does this, and what could be a better dynamic duo than putting those two together?
"In Six Days, Stroke Patients had Big Changes with Cayenne and Ginkgo, that
Would Have Taken Six Months with Ginkgo Alone!"

BISER: What happened with stroke patients when you added cayenne to fresh
ginkgo.

SCHULZE: The paralysis went away and the memory came back. I mean, look at someone when you put cayenne in their mouth and just watch that blood. You can watch it go way back in their head.

Now - imagine being a stroke victim and having an area of your brain that
temporarily died or became numb. You put ginkgo with cayenne together and
you can almost watch the changes happen.

I saw big-time improvements in stroke victims in 24 hours. The doctors had
already predicted, "Well, it's going to be touch and go," and "It could take six
months to a year before Uncle Harry gets better." And Uncle Harry is putting
his clothes on and getting the hell out of the hospital in 24 hours.

How to Use Ginkgo with Cayenne for Curing Alzheimer's.

SCHULZE: I had this one lady with Alzheimer's disease. She ran a business,
but her disease got to where she couldn't remember anyone's name, couldn't
remember who they were, and wondered who were these strangers coming in?

We got her right back to normal in a little over a week, to where she
remembered anything she wanted. Specifically, what we used on her was the
brain tonic we mention in Chapter Five. That has the cayenne in it.

We used it on many many Alzheimer's patients. People told me their whole
memory was fading. It was like a bad hard disk on a computer; they couldn't
bring up any information. But after using the formula for 3, 4 or 10 days, in
the individual cases, people had their memory back.

BISER: What is a good dose of this brain formula for anyone with Alzheimer's
disease?

SCHULZE: If you have Alzheimer's disease, or serious memory loss, the
dosage would be two full dropperfuls, three times a day. This is a dosage of
the brain formula made properly, with organically-grown herbs, and packed
with those herbs to the brim while soaking in alcohol.

BISER: That's enough for Alzheimer's?

SCHULZE: No. This is the dose to start with for a few days. Then you can take it from two dropperfuls to four dropperfuls per dose. On timing, you could go up to every other hour, if you wanted to really crank it up.

BISER: Did this turbo-charging effect happen with other herbal formulas you
created?

SCHULZE: All the time. Putting cayenne in formulas was one thing that my late teacher, Dr. Christopher, did too. For example, everybody used herbs to wash the eyes. That goes back to the beginning of recorded history. I mean, Shakespeare talks about using fennel to wash the eyes to make them brighter. Every one talks about using herbs in the eyes.

But only Dr. Christopher put cayenne pepper with those herbs. He knew it
would increase the blood flow to your eyes, so all those herbs would absorb
better. And his formula did cure eye problems - sometimes. Then I added three hundred times more cayenne than he did, and the formula starting healing eyes in minutes. We'll talk about that later.

BISER: The difference is exciting, but strong cayenne is the one herb people
don't want to use in anything! Imagine this: all the other herbs get their properties into your blood, but that's not enough. Cayenne gets your blood to the area that's sick. It's the truck all these other herbs go into - and then cayenne drives them to the place where they need to be - to get you well.

BISER: So if there is one herb people need to know about, it's cayenne.

SCHULZE: It's very simple. I'll say it this way: One thing I saw in myclinic that
makes people sicker more often than anything else is blockage of blood flow.

When you have a sick area, the blood flow is blocked off. Blood is what
takes nutrition and the healing properties of herbs to those cells. It's also what carries out and removes the crap and waste material. Well, when you have a sick area, the first thing you know is that there is a restriction of blood flow to that area.

Cayenne pepper is like TNT; it's like nitroglycerin; it blasts through all that
blockage to get to that area that's sick, taking with it all the vitamins and
minerals from the food you eat, and all the vital chemicals from the herbs you
take - all the way to the sick area.

I don't know of another herb that does it. It's not like there is a
replacement. I've never seen anybody go, "Oh well, put this other herb in your
mouth and your face turns red."

Sure, there are a few heating herbs like ginger and horseradish, but tell me
another herb that I can put in everybody's mouth and, with five hundred or a
thousand people in a room, all of a sudden it makes their faces look like
cherries. I don't know another herb that will do that, and cayenne does that
through your whole body.

By Dr. Richard Schulze and Sam Biser

The full interview on Cayenne is on my website at
http://www.therawdiet.com/cayenne.html - scroll down to read. Dr. Schulze's website is www.HerbDoc.com

[jeannieh99]

This is a great video by Dr. Richard Schulze who says "Cayenne is the #1 Herb we should have in our kitchens":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH-nLF5AsVw

Below is part of an interview with Dr. Schulze on cayenne. One thing he says is that the herb "Ginkgo Changes from a So-So herb to a Mighty Herb, When You Add Strong HOT Cayenne to It!"
SCHULZE: I had this one lady with Alzheimer's disease. She ran a business,
but her disease got to where she couldn't remember anyone's name, couldn't
remember who they were, and wondered who were these strangers coming in?

We got her right back to normal in a little over a week, to where she
remembered anything she wanted.

Cayenne pepper is like TNT; it's like nitroglycerin; it blasts through all that
blockage to get to that area that's sick, taking with it all the vitamins and
minerals from the food you eat, and all the vital chemicals from the herbs you
take - all the way to the sick area.

http://www.therawdiet.com/cayenne.html - scroll down to read. Dr. Schulze's website is www.HerbDoc.com


Wow! Thanks! Awesome information!! Yet another reason I love this group! Thanks for the valuable info! I have Cayenne and use it but not as much as I plan to start using it. lol

Jeannie

[LightLover]

Mike, great article. I will add some info from your article to "the synergy thread", which is on this board.
(synergy between cayenne and other herbs)

LL

[garden granny]

Please tell me how do you use cayanne pepper in your smoothies and other usages of it.
I love cayanne pepper:D
Thanks
Beth

When I make a chocolate smoothie I use cayenne in it because it brings out the chocolate flavor or just makes it taste really good. To make a chocolate smoothie just throw in your greens of choice, 1 cup water, handful of strawberries & rasperries (which also go great with chocolate) and then some raw cacoa powder and cayenne, and some ice, may need some agave or honey also. Delicious.:)

[LightLover]

COLOR="Red"]Warning:[/COLOR]


The specialist Dr SChulze advises not to take Cayenne in capsules.

Only as powder or tincture

LL

[RowanC]

Cayenne is a fruit with many wonderful qualities. Black pepper is a flowering vine whose unripened fruit is briefly COOKED to make the enzymes begin turning brown, then dried.

White pepper has the same pungent taste and may be healthier for you. But honestly, to me, the amount of pepper one uses is so miniscule, it's almost a moot point... for me.. for ME... ::laughing::

Do a search on Wikipedia for each to get some interesting information on the differences.

By the way, black pepper DOES have uses.
My grandmother used to make black pepper tea for stomachache. It worked great to settle a stomach or stop the pain.

EDIT: Dang, I didn't see the video link. That's why I hate the way these threads split up... you never know if you've read the latest or the entire thread. ack.

[jeannieh99]

COLOR="Red"]Warning:[/COLOR]


The specialist Dr SChulze advises not to take Cayenne in capsules.

Only as powder or tincture

LL

I enjoyed watching the youtube clip, very informative.

observations: I don't drink alcohol and don't buy products with any in it. I would make mine with out it. Also, He is bigger than I would imagine for someone that speaks on health issues. Just my observations. I am starting a love affair with cayenne!! :p

[RowanC]

I just watched the video. Thanks! GREAT information. Also, there are several other video links for other herbs there. Awesome.

[LightLover]

Also, He is bigger than I would imagine for someone that speaks on health issues. Just my observations. I am starting a love affair with cayenne!!

That is correct, jeannieh99, but I do think he looks healthy, and it is not all
(or: only) about size. Do a babana search on "internal fat", and you see why, and you can also have a good laugh, which we had in that specific thread. :)

ll

[RowanC]

His video on making cayenne tincture was excellent!
I never heard of this guy, but I'm loving him!

[LightLover]

His video on making cayenne tincture was excellent!
I never heard of this guy, but I'm loving him!

You can find him in the "going furter than newstarget" thread, (which is a little over the top...)

I have small criticism on him, but i think he ranks pretty high

ll

[RawVegan4Health]

Interesting about the black pepper. It is unripe. Never thought of that before. Also, white pepper is the same as black pepper but with the outermost black layer removed. So if black pepper is bad, then white pepper would have to be bad as well.

From what I have read about the health benefits of cayenne, it all goes back to the capseicin compounds. All chile peppers have these compunds. Is there anything unique about the cayenne pepper in particular that makes it healthier than every other chile pepper with those same compounds? Just curious. Is it becuase it is stronger in these compunds than most other chiles? Would that make a habanero even better?

[jeannieh99]

Interesting about the black pepper. It is unripe. Never thought of that before. Also, white pepper is the same as black pepper but with the outermost black layer removed. So if black pepper is bad, then white pepper would have to be bad as well.

From what I have read about the health benefits of cayenne, it all goes back to the capseicin compounds. All chile peppers have these compunds. Is there anything unique about the cayenne pepper in particular that makes it healthier than every other chile pepper with those same compounds? Just curious. Is it becuase it is stronger in these compunds than most other chiles? Would that make a habanero even better?

I am very curious about these things as well. I guess I don't want to hear that black pepper is bad for you because I love fresh cracked black pepper on foods. lol I do enjoy other peppers but have always had black pepper on hand for everything.
I have begun to add cayenne to everything and pushed my beloved black pepper to the back of the shelf.:(
Jeannie

[Naiad]

I was inspired by the cayenne in the smoothie post and made a Mexican Cocoa smoothie for breakfast! :p

2 frozen bananas
1 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup swiss chard
1/2 cup baby romaine greens
Agave nectar
1/4th of a cup raw cocoa powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon
A few dashes of cayenne
Coconut water

It is hands down the best smoothie I've ever made. Tastes like the exotic drinks and candies from Vosages Chocolates I used to love. I think next time I'll use hemp mylk to make it even creamier :cool: :D

[Solace]

THANKS for the VIDEO Mike !:D

[RowanC]

Well, I think if we gave up EVERYTHING that was bad for us, we'd suffocate because the air we breathe and the water we drink isn't exaactly pure.

Do what you can.
Do all else in moderation.

That's my motto.:D

[jeannieh99]

Well, I think if we gave up EVERYTHING that was bad for us, we'd suffocate because the air we breathe and the water we drink isn't exaactly pure.

Do what you can.
Do all else in moderation.

That's my motto.:D

Great point RowanC! LOL... One could get a little fanatical about all this. I am happy with my raw-ness style. It seems to be working for me. I am learning everyday. So If I indulge in a little black pepper, a few olives, here and there. I could always do worse and have a little junk sad here and a little there. I DON"T want to go that route. lol
Jeannie

[LightLover]

I am still curious to know why cayennepepper is always mentioned for good bloodcirculation, and not chilipepper. The mastercleanse also uses the first mentioned.

ll

[tvillemom]

OK...is ANY HOT red pepper cayenne?? He also mentions other hot peppers...habanero being DH's favorite. NOW, I would love to grow these, I think DH actually bought some habanero plants for the summer. Can you dehydrate these and grind to make your own pepper. It seems like the pepper would get into the air and cause difficulty breathing??? Is cayenne powder ok? I have ALOT of that in the cabinet. The youtube video was great, but ended before he was finished with the tincture (I watched the one with him making the tincture also!) Was he just going to strain it?? How do you store the strained tincture (in the fridge??) I think the tincture would be great added to juice or a smoothie!
By the way, Alissa has a drink in her book with lemon, ginger, cayenne (I think it's called that...Lemon ginger cayenne shot (maybe) and when I was fasting, I loved this concoction. I even put a wedge of lemon, minced fresh ginger, and a sprinkle of cayenne in a baggie and took it to resaurants and added it to hot water....YUM!

Thanks for the great info. I emailed the youtube video to some a friend and my dad who suffers from gout on occasion, and I think this will help with circulation.

Thanks again,
Wendi

[RawVegan4Health]

OK...is ANY HOT red pepper cayenne?? He also mentions other hot peppers...habanero being DH's favorite. NOW, I would love to grow these, I think DH actually bought some habanero plants for the summer. Can you dehydrate these and grind to make your own pepper. It seems like the pepper would get into the air and cause difficulty breathing??? Is cayenne powder ok? I have ALOT of that in the cabinet. The youtube video was great, but ended before he was finished with the tincture (I watched the one with him making the tincture also!) Was he just going to strain it?? How do you store the strained tincture (in the fridge??) I think the tincture would be great added to juice or a smoothie!
By the way, Alissa has a drink in her book with lemon, ginger, cayenne (I think it's called that...Lemon ginger cayenne shot (maybe) and when I was fasting, I loved this concoction. I even put a wedge of lemon, minced fresh ginger, and a sprinkle of cayenne in a baggie and took it to resaurants and added it to hot water....YUM!

Thanks for the great info. I emailed the youtube video to some a friend and my dad who suffers from gout on occasion, and I think this will help with circulation.

Thanks again,
Wendi
No, Cayenne is a specific kind of chile pepper. http://www.thechileman.org/results.php?chile=1&find=cayenne&heat=Any&origin=Any&genus=Any

I have some ground habanero pepper, it is great! Yes, when you grind your own peppers, dust will get in the air. When working with hot peppers like cayenne this is could be very dangerous. Wear a mask. Or buy them online. When buying online you do not know if they were heated however. Additionally, just drying them in your home is risky. Those little bad boys are dangerous to get airborne! As for growing them, lot's of people do. Just be careful not to mow over them.

As for cayenne pepper being OK, again, you may not be sure how they dried them, so may not be raw. This goes back to using spices. If spices not being raw is OK with you, then any dried ground chile pepper is OK IMHO.

[tvillemom]

I use alot of dried herbs :( I know others might not agree, but it just keeps things simpler for me. I am also working on growing an herb garden. The 2 herb plants that I had in my windowsill suddenly died. I had parsley and basil....and I don't know if it's the sudden spring "heat", but they shrivelled up. I need more...maybe grown in pots outdoors until summer is over, and bring them in in the winter later this year.
I guess I'll keep using my cayenne powder, until we grow our own, but I don't think I'll be drying any.;) What about hanging them outside?? We live in a really humid part of the country, would they mold??

Wendi

[GHOST27M]

I grow hydroponic herbs !
built my own hydro system for like 60 bucks my herbs are out of controle!
I have to give my basil away it grows toooo fast I have a 2 POUND bag or it dried aready. I just use the walmart 9 dollar flouressent? lights from walmart (3 of them) and it is unbelievable! hydroponics is so easy !

[RawVegan4Health]

I've never hung chile's to dry them becuase I've never grown them myself!

I let myself use dried spices mostly so I can use all of the spices I have left. I have LOTS of spices because I used to make my own seasonings and stuff for competition BBQ. That was the old SAD me however. I think if we abandon spices, then we are really stuck with just fresh fruit/veggies/nuts/seeds and smoothies. Any other "preperation" normally requires something, be it vinegar, salt, other spices or what have you. If you are going to allow that, then you may as well allow yourself the freedom to use all of them (again IMHO).

Once I run out of my chile peppers and powders I plan to search online for chile farms in the southwest. They tend to dry their peppers in the desert air, so as long as they are organic growners, then that should be ideal. For the other spices, the best I can reasonalby hope for is organic. Even the supposed "raw" manufacturers are not too reliable from what I understand about ensuring the products truly adhere to the definition of raw. At least form what I have gathered from the various psotings on a few boards (cacao for example).

[LightLover]

Source: www.wikipedia/wiki/chili_pepper
Source: www.wikipedia/wiki/cayenne_pepper


Chili pepper
Species and cultivars


The most common species of chili peppers are:

Capsicum annuum, which includes many common varieties such as bell peppers, paprika, jalapeños, and the chiltepin
Capsicum frutescens, which includes the cayenne and tabasco peppers
Capsicum chinense, which includes the hottest peppers such as the naga, habanero and Scotch bonnet
Capsicum pubescens, which includes the South American rocoto peppers
Capsicum baccatum, which includes the South American aji peppers

*** So: cayennepepper is a species of chili pepper;

[edit] Intensity
Further information: Capsaicin, Scoville scale
The substances that gives chili peppers their intensity when ingested or applied topically is capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) and several related chemicals, collectively called capsaicinoids. Capsaicin is the primary ingredient in pepper spray. The "heat" of chili peppers is measured in Scoville units (SHU). Bell peppers rank at 0 (SHU), New Mexico green chilis at about 1,500 SHU, jalapeños at 3,000–6,000 SHU, and habaneros at 300,000 SHU. The record for the hottest chili pepper was assigned by the Guinness Book of Records to the Naga Jolokia, measuring over 1,000,000 SHU.


Cayenne is used in cooking spicy hot dishes, as a powder or in its whole form (such as in Szechuan cuisine). It is generally rated at 40,000 to 90,000 Scoville Units. It is also used as a herbal supplement, and was mentioned by Nicholas Culpeper in his Complete Herbal

*** So cayenne is definitely not the hottest chilipepper.
Can someone tell why cayennepepper is used in the mastercleanse for circulation , and not another kind of chilipepper? Maybe the general chili's on the market are less hot than 40,000 Scoville Units?

LL :confused:



chilipepper

[zenpawn]

Probably just aiming for a balance between effectiveness and palatability.

[RawVegan4Health]

If I were to guess, it is becuase of availability. Cayenne is pretty universal, can be found at any grocery store. Outside of cayenne and paprika, the availability of ground chile (with an e) peppers is pretty hit or miss. At my local grocers, I have the following available in powdered form in the spice aisles, but at different stores; New Mexico, Chipotle, Kashmir (from ethnic Indian market labeled as Chilli, note the two l's and an i), Jalapeno. That's it. Now I can order many different kinds from online sources. At a certain store here in town, they sell a huge variety of dried chile (with an e) peppers, and I usually just buy those and grind my own powders from those. From talking with people across the USA in my BBQ days, some areas don't have any other kinds of ground chile (with an e) powder outside of cayenne and paprika. They have Chili (with an i) Powder, but this is the stuff used to make chili (with an i) and is ground chiles (with an e) along with other spices.

[LightLover]

RawVegan4Health, is in indeed maybe about availability.
I will have a look today at my store and watch what the Latin Name on
the grounded Chilipepper is. And than I will look this name up in Wikipedia (see below) :)

I do find it strange that so many people do the Mastercleanse, and nobody
knows exactly why Cayenne was choosen...:rolleyes:

LL

[LightLover]

Wikipedia Rocks!

LL :p


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale
of Scoville ratings
Pungency values for any pepper, stated in "Scoville units," are imprecise, due to expected variation within a species—easily by a factor of 10 or more—depending on seed lineage, climate and even soil (this is especially true of habaneros). The inaccuracies described in the measurement methods above also contribute to the imprecision of these values. When interpreting Scoville ratings, this should be kept in mind.[2][3]

Scoville rating Type of pepper
15,000,000–16,000,000 Pure capsaicin[4]
9,100,000 Nordihydrocapsaicin
2,000,000–5,300,000 Standard US Grade pepper spray [5]
855,000–1,041,427 Naga Jolokia [6][7][8][9]
876,000–970,000 Dorset Naga [10][5]
350,000–577,000 Red Savina Habanero[11]
100,000–350,000 Habanero Chile [12]
100,000–350,000 Scotch Bonnet [12]
100,000–200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper [5]
50,000–100,000 Thai Pepper, Malagueta Pepper, Chiltepin Pepper
30,000–50,000 Cayenne Pepper, Ají pepper [12], Tabasco pepper
10,000–23,000 Serrano Pepper
7,000–8,000 Tabasco Sauce (Habanero)[13]
5,000–10,000 Wax Pepper
2,500–8,000 Jalapeño Pepper
2,500–5,000 Tabasco Sauce (Tabasco pepper) [13]
1,500–2,500 Rocotillo Pepper
1,000–1,500 Poblano Pepper
600–800 Tabasco Sauce (Green Pepper) [13]
500–1000 Anaheim pepper
100–500 Pimento [5], Pepperoncini
0 No heat, Bell pepper [5]

[LightLover]

In amsterdam you can buy this. Anyone familiar?
Mastercleanse with Madam Jeanette!

(There is a story why this pepper is called Madam Jeanette, but I am not gonna tell you here...:D )

LL
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Home » Capsicum chinense
Surinam, Yellow (Madam Jeanette)


Capsicum chinense
Pod's color:
green to reddish-yellow
Heat:
10
Heat text:
very hot
Origin:
Surinam
Originally from Surinam. Fairly small plant that dislikes cool growing sites. Will grow indoors. Fruits are shaped like small bell peppers but with Habanero like heat. Ripens to reddish-yellow but they are larger and not quite as misshapen, as Habaneros. When raw, the taste is of a hot burning, without any sweetness or fruitiness. May be related to the Surinam Red (as this pepper is also known as 'Surinam Yellow'). Very prolific.

[LightLover]

Problem solved I think.

Cayenne powder can be made of very hot peppers
like habanero. But for the same price your cayenne is less hot
and made from the "normal" cayenne pepper
(30,000–50,000 heat units: Cayenne Pepper, Ají pepper [12], Tabasco pepper )

Conclusion: YES, I think, for circulation benefits, you can use the hottest pepper you can get/find (well, as hot as you can handle, of course). The word Cayennepepper is used both for the cayennepepper on itself , and (also) for the much hotter pepper blends (including habanero etc..) .

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Dr. Richard Schulze
Patient's Handbook
CureZone > Dr.Schulze > Patient Handbook > Table of Contents Herbal Formulae Incurables Program Index of Ailments


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Cayenne Powder

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Formulae:
A special blend of California, Florida and Mexican Habanero Peppers, African Birdeye Peppers, Chinese Hot Reds, Korean Aji, Thai Red, Japanese Red, California Jalapeno's and Serrano's.

This formula is a serious blend of the hottest cayenne peppers in the world. The peppers I use range in heat units from 90,000 to 575,000. You read it right, 575,000! No one else uses peppers in this heat range, if they could even find them. When I mix it I have to wear a special gas mask I bought from the German Special Forces. I am NOT kidding.


LL :)

[LightLover]

* Chilipowder is a blend of different chilipeppers, many times cayennepepper, which belongs to the chiligroup, is involved in this blend.
(see list below with different kinds of chilipeppers and their different heat).

* Most of the times a chilipowder will be less hot than cayennepepper on itself, unless there is habaneropepper involved in the chilipowder.
Most chilipowders don't show a list with the different chilipeppers that are used.

* that's the reason that we use cayennepepper in the mastercleanse; most chilipowders sold in the stores are less hot, using "cold" peppers like Jalapeno I think, although it is possible to make very hot ones, using habanero or another very hot pepper.

* I think Dr Schulze (see below) should have named his tincture
"chili tincture" and not "cayennetincture", because many different kinds of chilipeppers are involved, just one of these has the name cayenne.

I hope I am finished now...:p

LL :)

[Stina]

Why not LightLover? Was that Madam Jeanette of the Red Hot Chili Brothel!

[LightLover]

Why not LightLover? Was that Madam Jeanette of the Red Hot Chili Brothel!

* Yes Stina, the storie goes that she was scoring quite high on the scale.
I think I once tried to google it, but I didn't find out.

* By the way, I bought one today, and did get it for free....:)
What a brave white guy must they have taught in the shop.

* Next week I AM gonna tease the guy of the juice shop, who is making
juices with (normal) spanish peppers.
i am gonna say: if you REALLY are I guy, you have to make a juice with Madame Jeanette pepper...I will let know!


http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&q=madame-jeanette&btnG=Zoeken&lr=lang_nl&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

[LightLover]

Why not LightLover? Was that Madam Jeanette of the Red Hot Chili Brothel!



** Today I have bought strawberry ice with habanero peppers! (in fact with madame Jeanette peppers , it was Vegan and very good, not to sharp...)


LL

[LightLover]

Question for the forum:

If it is indeed like Dr schulze and many others think, (see other part of this thread) that cayennepepper in the body acts like a kind of nitroglycerine,
, or like an icebreaker, in order to open the way into the tiniest vains for other nutrients ( a reason why every herb or spice greatly benefits when taken together with cayenne..without cayenne NO transport)

can it also be that:

* a bodyoil greatly benefits when one of the ingredients is cayenne?
I think there will be a similiar kind of benefit, guessing that cayenne will help
transport the other nutrients of the oil into the skin..?:confused:


LL

[LightLover]

SPECIES
These are the most important species; C. annuum is the "coldest";
C.Chinense are the hottest. What in my country is sold as "Spanish Pepper"
belongs to the C. annuum species. Pimento is found stuffed in Olives.
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LL :)
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Species
C. annuum
(incl. bell pepper, paprika, pimento, jalapeño, cascabel)
C. frutescens
(incl. cayenne, African birdseye)
C. chinense
(incl. habanero, scotch bonnet, Naga Jolokia)
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source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/capsicum
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[LightLover]

Today I did eat some fresh bought "Madame Jeanette Pepper"
(see below in this thread) :

* It is indeed very hot, I only took a part of the pepper;
* It also has a kind of fruity taste, highly recommended!


LL

[girl81]

When I make a chocolate smoothie I use cayenne in it because it brings out the chocolate flavor or just makes it taste really good. To make a chocolate smoothie just throw in your greens of choice, 1 cup water, handful of strawberries & rasperries (which also go great with chocolate) and then some raw cacoa powder and cayenne, and some ice, may need some agave or honey also. Delicious.:)

Do you mean cocoa powder?