General Information

Capsicum annum, commonly called red pepper, is an annual herbaceous plant grown in warmer parts of the world for its edible oblong fruit. The homeopathic remedy, Capsicum (Caps.), is prepared from this fruit and its seeds.

Capsicum suits people with a heavy build who are prone to nostalgia, sadness, depression, and conditions that affect the mucous membranes.

Common Uses

When the remedy matches the symptom profile, Capsicum has the ability to treat conditions such as alcoholism, colitis, cough, depression, gastritis, hemorrhoids, low back pain, obesity, and urethritis.

From the Old Masters

MIND AND DISPOSITION

• Home-sickness, with redness of the cheeks and sleeplessness.
• Children become clumsy, awkward;, especially with a headache.
• Taciturn and obstinate.
• Haunted by a disposition to suicide.
• Homesickness; with red cheeks and sleeplessness; with hot feeling in feeling in fauces.
• Melancholy or hypochondriasis.
• Peevish, irritable, angry; easily offended.
• Awakens with fright, screams, and remains full of fear.
• After emotions, fever, with red cheeks
• Peevish, easily offended.

GENERALITIES

• Phlegmatic temperament, and relaxed fibers.
• Violent pains at various places; now here, now there; neuralgia of children.
• Superficial drawing pains in different parts of the body.
• Burning, smarting sensations.
• Sensations as if parts would go to sleep.
• Aversion to exercise.

CONDITIONS

• Stiffness and painfulness of all the joints when beginning to move.
• Cracking of all the joints, (finger joints, knee).
• Most complaints are aggravated from eating and drinking; are most severe on beginning to exercise, and are relieved or ameliorated by continued exercise.

TISSUES

Relaxed fiber; obesity.
Glandular swellings.
Joints: crack; stiff, painful on beginning to move; pain, as if paralyzed.

STAGES AND STATES

• Nervous habit.
• Phlegmatic: awkward, easily offended; indolent, melancholic; lack of reaction.
• Lazy, fat, unclean, dreads the open air.
• Children who are always chilly, refractory, clumsy.
• Less frequently indicated in persons of tense fiber.
• Hemorrhoidal constitutions.
• Gouty
• Light hair, blue eyes.

Where do I find it?

Capsicum is available here as a single remedy in a variety of strengths (potency).

Dosage Instructions

Take 3 Pellets of the remedy every 10 minutes to two hours (10 minutes for intense symptoms, 2 hours for milder ones). Once an improvement is noticed, stop dosing and repeat the remedy only if symptoms return. If there is no improvement at all by three doses, choose a different remedy or seek professional guidance.

A Few Words

While the above self-limiting, acute complaints are suitable for home treatment with Capsicum, see your healthcare provider if your symptoms worsen or fail to improve. Capsicum is also useful for a range of chronic or persistent complaints not listed; these are best managed by a qualified homeopath for good results.