Cayenne for High Blood Pressure

As a person with POTS, Dysautonomia and more, thanks to Ehlers-Danlos, I use African bird pepper. It is the heat units we want. Having worked for Dr. Schulze at his American Botanical Pharmacy, he adds both cayenne and African bird pepper to all his products, which is why they are so darn strong. That heat makes all other herbs work better. Cayenne/African bird pepper of at least 160,000 heat units is excellent for ridding body of mucusand keeping blood thin. Grocery stores sell weak versions.

Prior to being diagnosed with much, I had the hot powder near my bed, just in case. It can give energy, so experiment before taking at bedtime.

To Ash from India, the buttermilk may be the culprit. If I eat too much fat or bread, even sweets, my heart can feel like it's going to beat out of my chest.

Dr. Schulze was a student of Dr. Christopher, so he carried on the cayenne and/or African bird pepper legacy. The latter is hotter.

Dr. Schulze sells both liquid and powder, both usually rated between 250,000 and 500,000 heat units. At least they were when I worked there. His products are pricey but well worth it.

African Bird pepper however beinga single ingredient can be bought from other reputable herb suppliers. I buy an organic pound at a time.

To all, if the heat doesn't work, diet will. I've learned much thanks to two birth defects.

Put a 1/4 teaspoon in your mouth, it will work in minutes.

Don't use buttermilk

I get heart palpitations all the time. I had all tests run, and they all came back fine. Did you use powdered cayenne or liquid? Do you think this will help with just a fast heart beat?

Do you have panic attacks as well? Meditation on peace, love, and joy are a major plus in self-healing and good health.

Hi Christine,

Greetings from HisJewel

I used hot sauce. I poured about two tablespoons of hot sauce in a half cup of water and stirred in a teaspoon of molasses to regulate my aunt's heart rate. I was in fighting mode because of the stubbornness of her heart rate. Others may want to start with a tablespoon. Please take note of the effect of hot sauce on her blood pressure. Take notice that after drinking the hot sauce drink the top number went up first before it went down. Before blood pressure 130/89 with heart rate 144, After the drink blood pressure 146/84 heart rate 79. By the evening, her blood pressure was 120/66. That is just something to watch for. With all of that said and done balance your electrolytes as well as you can.

Strong coffee gives me heart palpitations; also dehydration can cause heart palpitations. When I used to do extensive fasting (3 days and 3 nights, no food and no water, sometimes I would get heart palpitations from lack of fluids and the electrolytes they bless us with.

Read about electrolytes in the following article:

https://draxe.com/nutrition/what-are-electrolytes/

Dear Tg,

I would personally not suggest quitting your meds cold turkey. I think I would try adding some cayenne and monitoring the results and then begin to wean off meds. Are you able to monitor your BP at home? This way you would be able to try and make your switch over gradually and safely.

Since the goal would be to take 1 teaspoon of cayenne daily, try 1/3 teaspoon in some water or juice once a day for a few days. If it makes your BP go lower, you could perhaps reduce your meds some. However, since Cayenne is normalizing to the circulatory system, it may not actually make your BP too low. If you get up to 1 teaspoon per day with no changes, then go ahead and begin to reduce the meds. Just go gradually. Reduce one medicine by 25 % for a few days, then 50% for a few days, etc.

Also, as you increase the cayenne, I would take it in divided does. Start with 1/3 teaspoon per day. Then 1/3 teaspoon twice a day, then 1/3 teaspoon there times a day. Perhaps for convenience you could move to 1/2 teaspoon twice a day.

Meanwhile, keep reading Earth Clinic stories as to how others have used diet and other things to control and solve BP problems.

I am not a doctor, just going by our own experience with using natural medicines.

Let us know how it goes!

~Mama to Many~

Thank you Mama to Many. I am just a little confused, when you said if I get up to 1 teaspoon per day with no changes to go ahead and begin to reduce the meds. If there are no changes and I reduce my meds wouldn't my bp go higher again? This was probably a dumb question, but I just want to make sure I understand everything.

Hi Tg,

Not a dumb question at all...here is what I was thinking...if you get up to the 1 teaspoon dosage of cayenne with no changes, you won't know until you start weaning from meds if it is contributing to a stable BP number. (Since cayenne is a normalizing herb, it might not lower it further. People respond differently to things....so there isn't a one size fits all solution to most problems.) If you get to 1 teaspoon a day and start weaning from meds and your BP goes up, you will know that cayenne is not the solution for you. At that point, you would just want to continue the meds as you have been and perhaps look in to something else.

If the cayenne does reduce your BP before getting to the full dose, you could go ahead and start weaning. You just want to do all of this slowly (increase cayenne slowly, decrease meds slowly) so you don't have any dramatic changes happening.

I hope that makes sense.

Keep us posted!

~Mama to Many~

Hello Tg from Tn

From my observation, Cayenne increases the Blood Flow, increasing blood flow is initiated by increasing the blood pressure. IMHO, cayenne is not the right herb or food for High Pressure. There are many reasons for High Pressure Mineral Imbalance, Increased Fat in Body, In many cases the body increases itself the pressure so as to maintain the balance and blood flow. If mineral Imbalance is the cause of your blood pressure then take Prune Water which I mentioned in the HBP page. However, if you want to try Cayenne It won't hurt, try from little 1/4 th tsp in a glass of water one time a day. Simultaneously, monitoring your pressure in Home. Good Health

Cayenne is good for hbp but is best used in conjunction w/ other herbs like Hawthorn, Garlic, and Ginger. There are a number of herbal formulas w/ these in combination for healthy circulation. Raw Celery is also recommended (be sure to wash thoroughly).

Hi, I have high blood pressure and on some meds but feeling I don't want to get off just yet.. Besides I cant cut the pill so much.. Its very small....Anyway; the meds barely work so I have integrated Taurine, Olive Leaf, Beet root and the miracle mineral magnesium... so far its all working okay. There are days though I do add a tablespoon or two of Apple cidar vinegar.. My bp is strange though when I am under stress of course it goes up...

I would to next do the L Argenine ...

Okay My experience with cayenne was interesting ... I was using it one morning before I went to doctors office for bp check and it actually made my bp higher... It def. makes the heart stronger and all because I can feel it when I use it in my heart and pulse.. Okay so now I just do a few sprinkles of it on food during the day but not much..so going to experiment with that.. I like all the suggestions but for me and from experience I would just be a bit vigilant with cayenne and see what happens.. Like I said it did not lower my bp .. it made it higher I am assuming because its quite powerful....Like someone said we are all different and each person has to find their own natural way... I am still trying to find what is best for me.

Personally I think the only way is to keep checking on yourself and genetic testing but that cost money.. Good Luck

Just take it, stop the medications for a day, take it 3X a day with honey and lemon juice and you should be fine cause I do it.

I and everyone in my family carry Cayenne pepper with them at all times. In case of heart attack or stroke, HBP it saves lives.

I have a similar situation with BP. It's hereditary for me. I walk 45 min a day for the bottom number. I drink beet shakes (add fruit to sweeten) for the systolic. U can buy them already peeled and prepped for a couple of bucks, shrink wrapped. I drink lots of water every day. I stay away from added sodium. Hang in there and keep on trying!

I wonder how is your lipids levels. I used to be like you until I took a fight against my cholesterol level and triglycerides, then my blood pressure came down to almost normal 139 over 65. I used to run 189 over 80. Now I take amino acids such as MSM, L taurine, L cysteine. It has helped me a lot.

I ordered COOL CAYENNE online.

this is an amendment to an earlier post i wrote about cayenne pepper lowering my boyfriend's blood pressure. i wrote that he took 2 tblspns a day but i was wrong- he actually takes 1 tsp. a day, spilt up into 1/2 tspn twice a day. the way he does it is by wrapping it in a little tissue paper and swallowing it, and then drinking or eating something that coats the stomach, like milk (before or after...you start to build up more of a tolerance for it after awhile. we were going to buy the gelatin capsules but they seemed sort of expensive.

also while i was at it i wanted to mention that honey (raw is best i think) works well for mosquito bites, cuts, and skin irritations, like skin tabs on the edges of your nails, just put a little bit directly on the skin and its stops the itch and helps it heal faster. i think it also helps for wounds, though doesn't stop the bleedinng like cayenne. thanks and sorry about the mistake earlier!

Need some help please. My husband has extremely high blood pressure. He was hospitalized for it more than 6 times in 2008 and about 4 times in 2009. We changed his diet a couple of years ago so he is eating much healthier and he dropped 25 lbs. His medication has been switched so many times over the past few years that he has probably been given almost every type of BP medication out there. He has also been on diuretics but they had to be stopped because they were draining his system of potassium and water too much and he would cramp up in his legs and arms.

He is 6'3" weighs 225 and his BP is generally 160/100 on his medication. When he goes through periods of skipping medication because he's fed up with it his pressure goes even higher. We have tried the ACV 2 tbsp with 12 oz water twice a day and it is not working for him. His high blood pressure is hereditary both of his parents had it. It also has to do with salt because whenever he's not home and eats something processed which usually has high sodium content his pressure goes even higher. I don't believe salt is the only problem though otherwise when we changed his diet it should have helped more. He eats plenty of salads eats mostly chicken or fish. Drinks plenty of water. He is lactose intolerant so we use rice milk. He loves vegetables raw and steamed.

I am going to try the Cayenne Pepper but I have a question. Can you use the Cayenne Pepper seasoning that you buy in the supermarket in the baking aisle or does it have to be fresh? My supermarket does not have fresh cayenne pepper. Are the capsules better or does it make a difference? If anyone has anything else that they think might help, I'm open to suggestions.

I use the cheap cayenne from the spice isle and the effects are efficacious.. But with regards to high blood pressure... Seven cloves of garlic the first night six the second and so on down till two if you maintain at two cloves, the blood pressure should be normal along with the other health benifits this herb gives.. Sprinkle the chopped herb over food.. Take parsley for garlic breath!

Does anyone know how much baking soda to distilled water? Thanks.