captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:can we just grind up the birds eye chilli in the back yard or does it have to be pharmacy financed
Honestly, i had wondered that myself.
You could do us, and popular medical science, a great service if you’re willing to conduct the experiment.
Of course, you’d have to try whatever concoction you come up with in a variety of strengths, so as to establish lower and upper parameters of effectiveness.
As my contribution, i suggest that you start with a minimal amount of chili in the mix, and work up from there, rather than starting from the 100% end. I believe that this is more likely to produce more data points before the experiment reaches its termination.
I have made my own chilli cream but it’s hit and miss as to how much capsaicin it contains.
When I chop up chillis for cooking with no gloves on, I rub my chilli juice laden hands on my dodgy shoulder and neck for the nice burn. My chillies are middle of the road hot, no blisters from them.
When I asked my physio friend about using chilli cream or juice for achey joints several years ago, he said the effect of capsaicin doesn’t fix the problem, it provides a distraction. But now he adds that it also blocks pain receptors as well. So no cure, but relief from pain without pills is worthwhile. And he also adds that increased blood flow from applying plus the burn effect is a Good Thing.
Time to make a new batch of chilli cream I think.