Capsicum annuum
Remedy for homesickness and nostalgia. Burning pains like pepper — burns but does not inflame. Chilly, sluggish, fat persons. Mastoiditis. Ailments of persons who are far from home.
Source
Tincture of the dried pods and seeds of Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Homesickness with sleeplessness, red cheeks, and hot feeling. Burning pains everywhere — burns but is chilly. Fat, sluggish persons who dread open air. Mastoiditis with tenderness over petrous bone. Burning in mouth and throat extending to stomach. Stinging pains in ear. Desire for stimulants (coffee, pepper).
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Homesickness — pining for home with sleeplessness. Nostalgic, wants familiar surroundings. Contrary, obstinate, easily offended. Clumsy. Delirium tremens. Peevish, touchy.
General Symptoms
Burning sensations predominate — like pepper. Burns but patient is chilly. Fat, lazy persons who lack vital heat. Mucous membranes burn. Smarting, burning pains. Relaxed fiber. Sluggish reaction. Wants stimulants but they aggravate. Worse from cold and drafts.
Physical Symptoms
Ears
Mastoiditis — pain and tenderness over mastoid bone. Chronic suppurative otitis media. Burning in ears.
Throat
Burning, smarting in throat as from red pepper. Constriction in throat. Pain extends to ears on coughing.
Mouth
Burning on tongue and palate. Flat taste.
Stomach
Burning in stomach. Craves stimulants. Flatulence with distension.
Rectum
Burning hemorrhoids. Bloody mucus with tenesmus. Piles that burn like pepper. Thirst but drinking causes shuddering.
Urinary
Strangury. Burning at urethral meatus.
Respiratory
Cough explosive, with pain in distant parts — head, bladder, knees. Fetid breath during cough.
Modalities
Better From
Continued motion. Eating. Heat. While eating.
Worse From
Cold air. Drafts. Uncovering. Bathing. Open air. Drinking. After eating.
Constitutional Type
Fat, round, sluggish persons with red cheeks. Lack vital heat yet have burning pains. Homesick. Lazy, averse to exercise. Fond of pepper and stimulants. Light-haired, blue-eyed, fleshy persons.
Clinical Indications
Homesickness. Mastoiditis. Hemorrhoids (burning). Pharyngitis. Alcoholism. Delirium tremens. Cystitis. Stomatitis. Nostalgia.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Phosphoric acid (homesickness with apathy), Ignatia (homesickness with sighing), Arsenicum (burning but relieved by heat). Capsicum burns like pepper everywhere but the patient is chilly and sluggish, not restless like Arsenicum.
Safety Information
Camphor. Cina. China. Calarea carbonica.
Capsaicin causes intense burning of mucous membranes. In large material doses, causes severe gastric irritation, vomiting, and diarrhea. Topical contact can cause skin burns. Mother tincture is intensely hot and irritating.
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