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Questions Re Combining Garlic (Promotes Bleeding) and Cayenne (Clots Blood)

Posted By Kt (Usa) on 05/19/2016

I had been combining cayenne pepper and ginger. Then I started to take the ginger separately before taking a combination of cayenne pepper and garlic powder. (I also take turmeric with either).

Because garlic promotes bleeding but is reported to replace the inner lining of the gastrointestinal tract, and cayenne is reported to restore peristaltic action but clots blood, does anyone know if this combination would do more harm because of the conflicting action?

I know it's impossible for studies to be done for every combination of food, spices or other ingredients. What seems logical may not be...would this community please give me some feedback?

Thanking you so much, in advance.

Replied by Briangreen1984 (Dallas, Tx) on 05/31/2016

I would start by asking about your ailments and goals. What is your condition right now and what would you like to do about it?

The conflicting action is likely to reduce effects of those substances, they will cancel each other out.

But I really have to know more about your situation, and then I can do some research.

Replied by Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn.) on 05/31/2016

HI U KT,,,,,,,,,, who told you that cayenne clots blood? It thins blood and that's the reason you take it when you have a stroke or a heart attack. Like I keep telling folks... they have the right string, but the wrong yo-yo. You are out in left field on cayenne.

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Replied by KT (Usa) on 06/01/2016

Dear ORH,

Here are some of what I was reading before I used the cayenne for both issues.

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/NaturalFood/Cayenne

Cayenne is used in midwifery and in other instances when needed to stop hemorrhaging, and has the ability to correct and balance both ends of many circulation issues. It will assist in dissolving clots as well as stopping bleeding, and it will -- over time -- correct both high and low blood pressure.

Replied by Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn.) on 06/01/2016

HI U KT,,,,,,,,,,, read your post and URL and got sent to school. I thank you for your nice response. As all know I shoot from the hip.

Now cayenne can not be a blood thinner and clot blood in the same application. That makes no sense. I have carried Cayenne in my gun bag for about 20 years and only recently had to use it when I got into A Fib. It worked.

Does the clotting aspect work when it is used externally or as a paste? That is what your URL seemed to say. Clearing this up will help me and lots of others on EC.

Sorry, about being so curt, but the two aspects did not make sense. I pictured you as a blonde with that statement. I was wrong.

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Replied by Mama To Many (Tennessee) on 06/01/2016
Dear ORH and Kt,

If you all don't mind my intruding into this fascinating conversation...

I have read, as Kt, says above that "cayenne has the ability to correct and balance both ends..." I have searched half a dozen of my herb books and cannot find a reference that I feel I have read, but anyway, I believe that cayenne helps processes to work as they are supposed to. It has a normalizing effect.

The article Kt references doesn't exactly say that it causes the blood to clot. It says, "and the clotting action of the blood becomes more rapid." Cayenne is a stimulant. It is making the blood "do its thing" faster.

I have used cayenne for uterine hemorrhage and it worked amazingly well. I have also used cayenne to increase my circulation.

Really crazy, isn't it! I wish I understood it better, but meanwhile, I love cayenne. It is a beloved remedy of mine!

And, by the way, Kt, traditional Cajun cooking would have lots of cayenne and garlic together, I think. In all of my reading I have never seen that combining them would be contraindicated. In fact, Philip Fritchey, one of my favorite herbalists indicates using them together for a few different conditions.

Of course, every person is different and there is no one size fits all. Some people have side effects from cayenne and some from garlic.

Just my 2 cents.

~Mama to Many~

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