Pouring Hot Sauce on Your Wound How Capsaicin is Changing Pain Relief

Title:
Pouring Hot Sauce on Your Wound: How Capsaicin is Changing Pain Relief
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606

Summary:
Capsaicin, a phytochemical in chili peppers, is currently being studied by scientists who beli

Keywords:
surgery, endorphins, side effects, opioid

Article Body:
It might sound like a terrible thing to do, but scientists both in Europe and the United State

Chili peppers have traditionally been used as a topical painkiller, with capsaicin creams avai

Capsaicin or 8-methyl N-vanillyl 6nonamide is one of the six capsaicinoid compounds in chili p

works by activating the chemical terminals of sensory neurons which increases membrane permeab

The brain responds to the burning sensation by releasing endorphins, the body’s natural painki


Endorphins are a class of neurotransmitters produced by the body to respond to any kind of pai

But it is the feeling of numbness that scientists would like to explore further. By bathing su

Although the application for chili peppers for pain relief after surgery is yet to be approved

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