Posted by Ben (155.91.6.40) on September 28, 1999 at 14:43:23:
In Reply to: Cayenne Pepper Anyone??? posted by slloyd on September 28, 1999 at 00:30:51:
I have had some success with cayenne lessing the severity of the headaches and in some cases actually aborting them. The secret is to snort a small amount into the sinus where the headache is. It does burn but not too bad. Also you don,t have to keep it there too long. After about 5 minutes you can blow your nose and then rinse it with water. The burning goes away pretty quick. For those interested you can check out the medical literature on this. Here are two rferences I found. Clin J Pain, 14(2):97-106 1998 Jun; and Drugs, 53(6):909-14 1997 Jun. Good luck