Herbal remedies are all the rage these days. People are bypassing the chemicals found in many prescription medications for natural cures. These cures may be in the form of an herb that can be used in either a pill or a lotion. Many foods also offer healing properties and if you add these foods to your diet you can help stave off some serious health problems. Cayenne pepper is one of these foods.
The art of herbal therapy has been used for centuries. Many commonly used herbs and spices have been used for years for their healing powers. Most ancient cultures have utilized natural remedies for centuries. The men and women that learned which plants and herbs were used for which ailments passed the knowledge down from one generation to the next. Most of what they learned was through trial and error. Unlike modern pharmaceutical research the healers in the past experimented on themselves as well as their patients. There are many natural remedies that are available on the market today, and some of them are as close as the spice rack.
One spice that we are hearing more about in regards to its healing abilities is cayenne pepper. This spice is proven to help people with heart conditions as well as high blood pressure. I always have cayenne pepper in the spice rack to use in chili as well as other southwest recipes. I was very surprised to hear a radio show with a physician stating that using cayenne pepper can prevent heart disease as well as reverse damage done to the heart by a heart attack. My understanding in listening to the radio show is that the cayenne pepper is taken in pill form. The physician stated that including the spice in your diet also has the same benefits, however you would need to ingest larger quantities than people usually include in their recipes.
I found this information very interesting and began doing some research into other commonly used herbs and spices that are being used in modern medicine. My research has opened my eyes to many things. The use of alternative medicine is greatly discouraged in our country. We are forced to pay high premiums for medical insurance that does not cover alternative forms of medicines even if there is research to prove that they are effective. Homeopathic medicine is looked upon as unreliable and something that only uneducated people would use, even though it has been around longer than the modern medical solutions.
My husband and I have decided that we are going to turn to our spice rack more often than our medicine cabinet to cure common ailments. For the health of our hearts we are going to include more cayenne pepper in our diets. It is a great spice that perks up most recipes. A little goes a long ways so it needs to be used sparingly; otherwise instead of helping your heart you are going to cause heart burn
more cayenne pepper in our diets
