Capsicum

{kapf -sik-twi) [caps a, a box]. Cayenne pepper. The fruit of C fastigiatum, native to tropic Africa and America. Its odor and hot taste are due to a volatile oil, capsicin, C9Hu02, which is irritant to the skin and mucous membranes. Internal y, it is a stomachic, tonic, diuretic, and aphrodisiac. It is useful in atonic dyspepsia, flatulent colic, and in intermittent fever. C, Emplastrum, prepared from the oleoresin and resin plaster. C, Ext., Fid. Dose TT\vf^j (0.32-4.0). C, Lin i mentum, 1 in 10, for chest-affections, rheumatism, etc. C, Oleoresin, Ethereal. Dose TT\j-v (0.065- 0.32). C, Tinct., contains 5 per cent, of capsicum. Dose TT^x-fgj (0.65-4.0). 172