Chilies are plants that originate from America, and belong to the same nightshade family as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants. Before 9000 years Indians were using them as food and medicine.
According to many researches this plant has been proven to have many health and medicinal benefits, some of them being prevention of heart attack and cold. But beside these it can be also used to prevent bleeding. And that is the reason why Cayenne paper is a plant that everyone should have at home as part of emergency first aid. In this article we will focus on how to use this plant in emergency situation in order to stop external bleeding.
Instructions of how to use Cayenne for external wounds:
Put a little hot powder directly to the bleeding cut or laceration and wait 10-15 seconds the bleeding to stop. You should use it this way only for small cuts and scrapes, but if the wound is larger disperse a teaspoon of red powder in a glass of warm water and drink it.
Since cayenne is a powerful styptic it makes a quick equalization to the blood pressure and the blood starts to coagulate. One more positive thing is that at the same time it disinfects the cut, so there is no place for infections.
According to Dr. Schulze red paper is number one for first aid. She recommends the use of Cayenne always when there is a problem with blood-blood loss or illness clots. Cayenne will help you a lot, it can even increase the immune system because it contains vitamins (A and C) , carotenoids and antioxidants.
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