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Dr. John Christopher's wisdom and experience will be mainly drawn upon.
Dr. Christopher was a Master Herbalist and Naturopathic Doctor of great
renown here in America and even abroad. His teachings wre learned by so
many and his influence was so great, that most woould agree that he stood
out amongst the three largest promoters of natural healing in the latter
half of the 20th Century.
1. HEART ATTACKS: In 35 years of practice, and working
with the people and teaching, I have never on house calls lost one heart
attack patient and the reason is, whenever I go in--if they are still
breathing--I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne
in a cup of hot water, and within minutes they are up and around). This
is one of the fastest acting aids we could ever give for the heart, because
it feeds that heart immediately. Most hearts are suffering from malnutrition
because of processed food we are eating, but here it gets a good powerful
dose of real food and it's something that has brought people in time after
time. This is something that everyone should know how great it is, because
a heart attack can come to your friends or loved ones any time. And even
yourself. The warm tea is faster working than tablets, capsules, cold
tea, because the warm tea opens up the cell structure--makes it expand
and accept the cayenne that much faster, and it goes directly to the heart,
through the artery system, and feeds it in powerful food. [Dr. Christopher¹s
Newsletter 1-12]
2. STERILIZE AND STOP BLEEDING: The old herbalists
claimed that cayenne pepper (Capsicum or red pepper) should be poured
directly into a fresh wound, to sterilize and stop the bleeding. [Herbal
Home Health Care p.61]
3. MENSTRUAL CRAMPS: If a young woman has menstrual
problems, she can suspect that her female organs might not be in good
condition. Although it should be needless to say, we should avoid drugs
in managing our menstrual cramps. In order to treat the symptoms, some
people favor red raspberry tea, peppermint tea, camomile tea, or catnip
tea. You can take a capsule of cayenne with any of these to help warm
the internal organs. If the cramps are really severe, you can use cayenne
ointment externally on the abdomen to act as a counter-irritant, but be
sure to cover the application with gauze, as it can stain your underthings.
[Every Woman's Herbal p.13]
5. TINCTURE OF CAYENNE: Heals wounds, cuts through
mucus, good for sore throats, and tonsillitis; milder solutions can be
used in the nose, eyes, and ears for cleaning up microscopic "lounge
lizards" in infections. Has been successfullyused for resuscitation
of newborn infants; a few drops administered orally. The best and safest
stimulant known to man. [Dr. Christopher¹s Newsletter 3-2]
6. CAYENNE SALVE: It is excellent for stiff necks,
sore muscles, headaches, pain, stiff joints, arthritis, etc. The salve
ingredients are Olive Oil, African Birdpepper (Cayenne), Oil of Wintergreen,
pure distilled mint crystals and beeswax. [Herbal Home Health Care p.196]
Dosages
1. STOP BLEEDING: A wound, external or internal, will
stop bleeding if the individual will drink a cup of water (preferably
hot) with a teaspoon of cayenne pepper (red pepper) stirred into it. The
bleeding will stop generally by the time a person can count up to ten
after drinking the cayenne tea. The cayenne equalizes the blood pressure
from the top of the head to the feet. This keeps the pressure from the
hemorrhage area so it will clot naturally, which it cannot do with heavy
blood pressure pumping the blood rapidly at the hemorrhage area. [Herbal
Home Health Care p.61]
2. NOSEBLEEDS: A teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of water
(hot preferred) taken internally will stop most nosebleeds quickly. In
an emergency such as this we use cayenne. As mentioned a teaspoon of cayenne
pepper in a glass of water and drunk right down will stop a nosebleed
in nearly every instance, by the time you can count to ten. This is not
a miracle; it is the principle of the cell stimulant cayenne traveling
through the entire blood stream and regulating the pressure so the pressure
of the flow is the same in the feet as in the head or any other part of
the body. This takes the heavy pressure off the hemorrhaging area and
allowing a quick coagulation. [Herbal Home Health Care p.110]
3. SALVE: As needed topically.
Ingredients: Pure cayenne is the only ingredient in the powdered cayenne.
Salve ingredients are Olive Oil, African Birdpepper (Cayenne), Oil of
Wintergreen, pure distilled mint crystals and beeswax.
The tincture consists of cayenne and alcohol.
[Spirit of Health Editor¹s note: See Herbal First Aid Salve and
Muscle & Joint Repair Oil from Southern Botanicals. These contain
the herbal ingredients of the Christopher salve. Herbal First Aid Salve
has a beeswax base, and Muscle & Joint Repair Oil has an olive oil
base and is stronger than the Salve.]
Testimonials
1. EYES: Cayenne is also used for eyes, however extreme
that might sound. Dr. Christopher recalled a student of his standing in
front of a lecture and throwing a pinch of cayenne into one eye. Dr. Christopher
was sure the student had lost his senses! But in a few moments the eye
stopped watering, and it became clear, bright and healthy-looking. [This
is why Dr. Christopher has Cayenne in his Herbal Eyebright formula]. [Every
Woman's Herbal p.131]
2. DEEP CUT: A person in our audience told how he had
cut deeply with a sharp instrument the inside of his hand, fingers and
palm. The blood spurted out in streams. He poured a large amount of cayenne
pepper into the wound, and within seconds the blood flow slowed down to
congealed dripping and the bleeding stopped entirely before many seconds
had passed. With a goodly amount of cayenne covering the wound, he then
wrapped it. He was so excited about the rapid results he could hardly
wait for the regular herb meeting. But, as he said, the "punch line"
was lost, because instead of a nasty ragged scar to show how severely
he had been hurt, the area was healed and there was no scar. [Dr. Christopher¹s
Newsletter 1-12]
3. ULCERS: A lady had been attending our herbal lecture
series for some time.
One day she told us about her husband's severe case of stomach ulcers.
The recommendation from their doctor was to have part of his stomach removed,
but he said he would rather suffer the pain than risk such an operation.
He also refused his wife's suggestion to try cayenne, ridiculing her studies.
When he would see me in town, he would bellow, "Hello, Doc! Killed
anybody with cayenne, today?" He became so obnoxious, I avoided him
when I could. Months went by and one day I saw him coming down the street
toward me. I tried to avoid him but he came "head on." This
time I was amazed because there were no cutting remarks or sarcasm. In
fact, he was very apologetic and asked if he could talk to me for a minute,
and then told me this story: He had come home from work one night, "sick
enough to die," with stomach ulcers. His wife was not home. He was
in such pain he wanted to commit suicide. He went to the medicine cabinet
to find some kind of medicine poisonous and deadly enough to kill him.
But he discovered his wife had thrown out all the old bottles of pharmaceutical
medicine. All that was left in the medicine cabinet were some herbs and
a large container of cayenne pepper. He was so angry that, upon seeing
the cayenne, he figured it in a large dose would kill him by burning him
up. He took a heaping tablespoon of cayenne in a glass of hot water, gulped
it down and rushed into the bedroom. He fell upon the bed and covered
his head with a pillow so the neighbors couldn't hear his "dying
screams." The next thing he knew, his wife was shaking him awake
the next morning. She told him he had slept all night (instead of being
up every half-hour for anti-acid tablets). To his amazement he discovered
that the pain was gone, for the first time in months. He continued using
cayenne three times a day faithfully. [Dr. Christopher¹s Newsletter
1-12]
4. BLOOD PRESSURE: Dr. Christopher's Own Story: I had
hardening of the arteries, during my 20 and 30 year span, to a point that
it was very severe. No insurance company at this time, would even take
me for a $1,000 policy. So you can tell how bad of a condition I was in.
I was quite concerned about it, and started using cayenne. I worked up
to a teaspoon three times a day, and I continued on from the time I was
thirty-five and am still using it. It was amazing! By the time I was forty-five
years of age, ten years after I had started using cayenne, a group wanted
me to have a $100,000 policy to insure them on a business deal we were
working out. I went for the examination. Being this large a policy, the
insurance company required two medical doctors, each to give two physicals
at various times (being four times to have physicals with these two doctors).
I took the examination and one medical doctor when he got through, said,
"Well, this is astounding. I see your age is forty-five years, but
you have the venous structure of a teenage boy." He said, "This
is excellent," and he gave me a clean bill of health. I went to the
other doctor and on his second examination he did the blood pressure test
on my arm. He pumped his equipment up five different times and my arm
was getting irritated by it, and I was getting a little perturbed, and
I said, "What's the matter, doesn't your equipment work?" "Oh
yes, it always has up till now, but I keep looking at your chart and it
says you are 45 years of age and yet your systolic over your diastolic
is absolutely perfect. I cannot comprehend it." I said, "That's
correct. It is perfect." And he also gave me a clean bill of health.
So I passed at 45 years of age for a $100,000 policy with a good blood
pressure showing, thanks to the cayenne.
I have been told by medical doctors, that because of my arthritis, hardening
of arteries, stomach ulcers and some auto accidents that banged me up
pretty badly, that I couldn't live past my 40th year. Yet, at 45 years
I was pronounced in good condition. This, to me, was one of my biggest
sales points on cayenne. If it could help me, it could help anybody. I
have seen it used so many times over the years with such success, that
I feel that it is one of our great herbs. [Dr. Christopher¹s Newsletter
1-12]
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The preceding excerpts of his writings are reproduced with written permission of the Publisher, Christopher Publications, PO Box 412, Springville, UT 84663 1-800-372-8255.
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