Cayenne pepper: Cayenne peppers are moderately hot chili pepper used to flavour dishes. They are a popular spice used in many different regional styles of cooking, and they have been used medicinally for thousands of years.
The capsaicin in cayenne peppers has metabolism-boosting properties. It helps increase the amount of heat your body produces, making you burn more calories per day. It also helps in relieving pain, managing weight, easing itching, reducing inflammation, treating colds and congestion and protecting the nervous system.
It is full of beta carotene and anti-oxidants that support your immune system. It aids in breaking up and moving congested mucus and once this nasty mucus will leave the body, the symptoms of the flu or cold will diminish.
Cayenne pepper may help boost the stomach’s defense against infections, increase digestive fluid production and help deliver enzymes to the stomach, aiding digestion.