There has been so much buzz about the use of capsaicin lately that I felt an article dedicated strictly to its benefits was important.  It happens to be one of my favorite homeopathic ingredients, (garlic is my favorite for just about everything else), and so I’d like to dedicate this week’s article to this little gem of a super food.  If you don’t know much about capsaicin, I will fill you in on a few facts just to bring you up to date with this mighty powerful compound. 

Capsaicin is purified extract, unique in chili peppers. (Read what William Storms MD has to say about it in January’s issue of First for Women).  When eaten, it’s the capsaicin that gives the Chile pepper its blistering hot sensation that waters your nose and eyes, and leaves you gasping and wheezing.

 Some people can’t get enough of these peppers whose history dates back before Christopher Columbus.  They’re called chile heads or pepper heads, and they’d probably reach for a habanera pepper, scoring 10 on the Scoville heat scale (I’ll explain this shortly), before they’d think of grabbing a chewy chocolate or decadent dessert.

So what’s the craze all about?

We all know that chile peppers are used in foods to add heat and spice.  Hot peppers are rated on the Scoville scale which measures the piquancy or heat of a pepper.  The scales’ rating starts at 0.0 for a bell pepper and go all the way to 16,000,000, the rating for pure capsaicin.  That packs quite a punch if you’re eating it, but how is that going to help you if you have a migraine headache, or suffer from year round allergies and sinus? 

For years now, capsaicin has been recognized by the medical community for its unique healing properties.  The heat from capsaicin is being used topically as well as through intranasal means for problems such as:

·         Muscle and back pain

·         Pain stemming from arthritis and shingles.  

·         Relief for headaches of all types

·         Sinus, Allergy and Sinusitis relief

Currently there are studies being conducted by the American Association for Cancer Research suggesting capsaicin has the capacity to kill prostate cancer cells.  It seems there’s nothing this little compound can’t do.   

I don’t have to stick a pepper up my nose do I?

As a sinus, allergy and headache sufferer, my prayers were answered because capsaicin comes in a nasal spray formula that clears my symptoms quickly and all naturally.  Thankfully, I’m not spraying 16,000,000 Scoville units of heat up my nose for this relief, because I clearly wouldn’t have one left. 

I get the perfect amount of capsaicin combined with all the right amounts of other unique all natural ingredients like aloe vera and rosemary extract, sea salts and eucalyptus, formulated to clear my headache, sinus and allergy pain instantly so I can get on with my life, free of decongestants and antihistamines.  Sinol allergy nasal spray for headache is the first FDA registered nasal spray on the market, and I don’t leave my house without it.  So when I see articles like the one in First for Women , that promote capsaicin and how beneficial it is, I get excited because I think it’s about time this tiny little compound gets the recognition it deserves. 

As Sinol’s Expert Advisor, I look forward to sharing the latest news and tips on all natural ways to cure your allergy and headache problems as well as various natural remedies that I feel will be helpful to you. Please feel free to email me at: a.pisani@sinolusa.com or learn more about Sinol Nasal Spray by visiting: www.sinolusa.com