Information about Cayenne pepper

A large red cayenne


Heat: Hot (SR: 40,000-90,000)

The Cayenne is a hot red chili pepper used to flavor dishes, and for medicinal purposes. Named for the city of Cayenne in French Guiana, it is a cultivar of Capsicum annuum related to bell peppers, jalapeños, and others. The capsicum genus is in the nightshade family (Solanaceae).

The fruits are generally dried and ground, or pulped and baked into cakes, which are then ground and sifted to make the powder, Cayenne pepper.

Cayenne is used in cooking spicy hot dishes, as a powder or in its whole form (such as in Szechuan cuisine) or in a thin, vinegar-based sauce. 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.

Medicinal Purpose

The potent, hot fruit of cayenne has been used as medicine for centuries. It has endorphin-stimulating properties.

In addition, it has been used for the following problems:

Gastrointestinal tract: including stomachaches, cramping pains, and gas.
Diseases of the circulatory system: It is still traditionally used in herbal medicine as a circulatory tonic.
Rheumatic and arthritic pains: Rubbed on the skin it causes a counterirritant effect. A counterirritant is something which causes irritation to the area to which it is applied. This makes it distract the nerves from the original irritation (such as joint pain in the case of arthritis).
Sore throat: If gargled with water it can work as an effective treatment for sore throats.
Styptic: Application of cayenne powder has traditionally been considered to have a powerful coagulating ability.

Active components

Cayenne peppers used during the marination of chicken.

Cayenne contains a pungent resin-like substance known as capsaicin. This chemical relieves pain and itching by affecting sensory nerves. Capsaicin temporarily causes various neurotransmitters to release from these nerves, leading to their depletion. Without the neurotransmitters, pain signals can no longer be sent. The effect is temporary.

Capsaicin and other constituents in cayenne have been shown to have several other actions, including reducing platelet stickiness and acting as antioxidants.

Cultivation

Cayenne pepper is considered to be misnomer by the American Spice Trade Association, which prefers the more generic term red pepper. Generally speaking any of a number of peppers are called cayenne. Capsicum frutescens can be grown in a variety of locations and needs approximately 100 days to mature. Peppers prefer warm, moist, nutrient-rich soil in a warm climate. The plants grow to about 2-4 feet of height and should be spaced three feet apart.^[1]

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SHU.]] The Scoville scale is a measure of the "hotness", or more correctly, piquancy, of a chili pepper. These fruits of the Capsicum genus contain capsaicin, a chemical compound which stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucus
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The chili pepper, or more simply just "chili", is the fruit of the plants from the Genus Capsicum and the nightshade family, Solanaceae.

The name, which is spelled differently in many regions (chili, chile or chilli
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Commune of
Cayenne

Town hall of Cayenne

Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana

Administration
Country France
Arrondissement Cayenne
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Région Guyane

(Region flag) (Region logo)

Location

Administration
Capital Cayenne
Regional President Antoine Karam
(PSG) (since 1992)
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cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because it has desirable characteristics (decorative or useful) that distinguish it from otherwise similar plants of the same species. When propagated it retains those characteristics.
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C. annuum

Binomial name
Capsicum annuum
L.

Capsicum annuum is a domesticated species of the plant genus Capsicum native to Mexico, .
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C. annuum

Binomial name
Capsicum annuum
L.

For green peppercorns, see .

Bell pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum.
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C. annuum

Binomial name
Capsicum annuum

Heat: Medium (SR: 2,500-8,000) The jalapeño is a medium to large size chili pepper which is prized for the warm, burning sensation when eaten.
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Capsicum
L.

Species

C. annuum
(incl. bell pepper, paprika, pimento, jalapeño, cascabel)
C. frutescens
(incl.

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Solanaceae
Juss.

Genera

Acnistus
Alona
Anisodus
Anthocercis
Atropa (deadly nightshade)
Browallia
Brugmansia (angel's trumpet)
Brunfelsia
Calibrachoa
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SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. It is a powerful program that is used in IC and board-level design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior.
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Szechuan cuisine, Szechwan cuisine, or Sichuan cuisine (Chinese: 四川菜 or 川菜) is a style of Chinese cuisine originating in Sichuan Province of southwestern China which has an international
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gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), also called the digestive tract, or the alimentary canal, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
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Circulatory System is a psychedelic rock musical ensemble formed by musician/painter Will Cullen Hart, and featuring Hannah Jones, Derek Almstead, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, and Heather McIntosh.
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Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine and pediatrics is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. The term originates from the Greek rheuma, meaning "that which flows as a river or stream" and the suffix -ology
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A counterirritant is a substance which creates inflammation in one location with the goal of lessening the inflammation in another location.^[1] They can be used as antipruritics.

Capsaicin is an example of a counterirritant.
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A styptic or hemostatic pencil is a short stick of medication, usually anhydrous aluminum sulfate (a type of alum) or titanium dioxide, which is used for stanching blood by causing blood vessels to contract at the site of the wound.
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Resin or Rosin (Oxford dictionary) is a hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees, valued for its chemical constituents and uses such as varnishes, adhesives, as an important source of raw materials for organic synthesis, or for incense and
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Capsaicin /ˌkæpˈseˌɪ.sɪn/ (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is the active component of chilli peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum.
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Sensory nerves are nerves that receive sensory stimuli, such as how something feels and if it is painful.

They are made up of nerve fibers, called sensory fibers (mechanoreceptor fibers sense body movement and pressure placed against the body, and nociceptor fibers sense
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Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are used to relay, amplify and modulate signals between a neuron and another cell. According to the prevailing beliefs of the 1960s, a chemical can be classified as a neurotransmitter if it meets the following conditions:

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Depletion may refer to:

Depletion region
Depletion width
Grain boundary depletion
Oil depletion
Ozone depletion
Resource depletion
Sustainability depletion
Tax depletion

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Antioxidant is a molecule capable of slowing or preventing the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that transfers electrons from a substance to an oxidizing agent.
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A herb with sialagogue action stimulates the secretion of saliva from the salivary glands.

Herbs with sialagogue action include:

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
Cayenne pepper (Capsicum minimum)

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Herbs (IPA: hə(ɹ)b, or əɹb; see pronunciation differences) are seed-bearing plants without woody stems, which die down to the ground after flowering.
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Cayenne Pepper

Medicinal Purpose

Active components

Cultivation

References and notes

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