Capsicum and Infectiom

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Citizen Bob - 18 Sep 2006 16:57 GMT

Capsicum is the substance in chile peppers that produces the heat. It
has preservative qualities for food because it is an antibacterial
agent.

Is there any way that ingesting capsicum can reduce or eliminate tooth
infection?

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Anonymous - 18 Sep 2006 23:06 GMT

> Capsicum is the substance in chile peppers that produces the heat.

It's Capsaicin, not Capsicum.
Actually, Capsicum is the only pepper which doesn't cotain Capsicum.

> It has preservative qualities for food because it is an antibacterial
> agent.
>
> Is there any way that ingesting capsicum can reduce or eliminate tooth
> infection?

I have no idea about dental problems but I used chilly paste(capsaicin)
- for nerve problems.

I used Chilli paste for meralgia parasthetica & the relief is fantastic.
http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/mera.html

Capsaicin kills substance P in the nerves after a few days of
application (3-4 times a day for 5-6 days in my case).
substance P is the thing which transmits pain signals to the
brain & hence the pain stops. But substance P comes back
after 10 days of not applying Capsaicin.
I did 5 days on, 10 off for almost 3 months.

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Anonymous - 18 Sep 2006 23:06 GMT

>> Capsicum is the substance in chile peppers that produces the heat.
>
> It's Capsaicin, not Capsicum.
> Actually, Capsicum is the only pepper which doesn't cotain Capsicum.

which doesn't contain Capsaicin, I mean.

>> It has preservative qualities for food because it is an antibacterial
>> agent.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> after 10 days of not applying Capsaicin.
> I did 5 days on, 10 off for almost 3 months.

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Citizen Bob - 19 Sep 2006 15:50 GMT

>>> Capsicum is the substance in chile peppers that produces the heat.

>> It's Capsaicin, not Capsicum.

Although strictly speaking capsicum, as a secondary definition (see
below) refers to the pepper itself, it can be used as a generic term
for the heat producing agent, which is capsaicin, as you pointed out.

According to Websters Online:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/capsicum

capsicum: 2 : an oleoresin derived from the fruit of some capsicums
that contains capsaicin and related compounds and is used medicinally
especially as a topical pain reliever

From Wikipedia:

The fruit of most species of Capsicum contains capsaicin (methyl
vanillyl nonenamide), a lipophilic chemical that can produce a strong
burning sensation in the mouth (and, if not properly digested, anus)
of the unaccustomed eater.

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