Below learn how an Earth Clinic reader from New Zealand used two forms of red pepper, African Bird Pepper and Bird's Eye Pepper, to stop profuse bleeding of a duodenal hemorrhage after surgery, flu, and migraines.
Bird's eye chilis are commonly found in Southeast Asian cuisine. They are frequently used in curries, sauces, and salads.
Bird's eye chilis are not the same as cayenne pepper. Though quite similar in appearance, birds eye chili's heat level is considerably higher than cayenne pepper.
African Bird Pepper
In the post below, John from New Zealand first mentions African bird chili to stop profuse bleeding of a duodenal hemorrhage after surgery.
African Bird Pepper is a hot chili that grows wild in parts of northwest Africa. With a scorching 150,000 to 350,000 Scoville heat units, African Bird Pepper is one of the hottest peppers around.
Piri Piri contains carotene molecules, which have potent antioxidant elements.
Over the centuries, herbalists have traditionally used African chili to treat arthritis, psoriasis, migraines, amputation pain, and cardiovascular disease.
Piri Piri is an almost identical hot pepper in heat level, and appearance to Bird's Eye Chile Peppers found in Southeast Asian cuisines. Bird's eye chilis are frequently used in curries, sauces, and salads.
Generally, you can use the two peppers interchangeably in recipes. For health purposes though, you should experiment slowly with capsules of varying heat units. Some people cannot tolerate hot peppers, even when taken by capsule form.
Please note that bird's eye peppers are not the same as cayenne chili pepper.
In terms of heat, cayenne pepper ranks between 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville heat units (SHU). This is the unit by which most hot peppers are ranked. Cayenne is hot enough to add spice to a dish but not so hot as to turn sensitive people away.
On the other hand, Bird's Eye Chili heat level is a good deal higher than cayenne pepper, depending on the region in which it is grown. It ranges from 50,000 - 300,000 SHU.
