Capsicum
(Capsicum annuum · Cayenne pepper)
The remedy of homesickness and burning. In the materia medica, Capsicum is associated with chilly, sluggish people who miss home, and with burning, smarting pains like cayenne pepper in the throat and elsewhere.
Source
The pods of the cayenne pepper plant
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Caps.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Homesick, with red cheeks and trouble sleeping
Burning, smarting pain, as if from pepper, in the throat, stomach or bladder
Chilly, sensitive to the slightest draft, and slow to react or bounce back
Explosive cough that brings pain in distant parts such as the ears, bladder or legs
Tends to feel better
Heat
While eating
Tends to feel worse
Open air
Drafts
Uncovering
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Capsicum)
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Pulsatilla
(Pulsatilla pratensis)
Pulsatilla's longing is for comfort and company; Capsicum's homesickness comes with chilly sluggishness and burning.
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Arsenicum album
(Arsenicum album)
Arsenicum's burning pains are also better for heat, but with anxious restlessness rather than sluggish homesickness.
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From the classic texts
“Older people who have exhausted their vitality, especially by mental work, and poor living; blear-eyed appearance; who do not react. Fear of slightest draught.”
“Every stool is followed by thirst and every drink by shuddering. As the coldness of the body increases, so also does the ill-humor.”
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