Back in my early adulthood I was suffering much from hay fever. I had such a terrible headache that I called the emergency room of the local hospital, thinking some awful thing had happened to me, such as a stroke. My father had suffered a terrible stroke when I was 14. The nurse from the emergency room told me to take some aspirin and go to bed. I did that with little relief.
The next day I had lunch in a nearby pub. There were only a couple of people in the pub at that occasion, so the bartender gave me a little extra attention.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
"Terrible," I replied. "I have a splitting headache that I can't get rid of."
"What's that about?" she asked.
"I think it's allergies. I think it's my sinuses. I have tried everything. I even drove up above the tree-line yesterday. That was my only relief. When I got back home, the headache and the sinus pain returned."
She then gave me this advice. "Do you know about cayenne pepper? It works really well to heal sinuses."
"Really?" I answered with a doubting look.
"Seriously," she offered. "It only takes a little, like a quarter teaspoon. It will really clear your sinuses."
I went back to my house, wondering if she could be correct. I checked my spices and I did have some cayenne pepper. I measured out a quarter teaspoon. "How am I supposed to make this work?" I wondered. I didn't want to eat it. That would be too intense. I thought, "Maybe I should sniff it. That would get it where it is needed." So I sniffed it from my hand.
Never has there been before or after such a flood from my nostrils and my eyes. The pain was the most severe I have ever encountered, before or since. The water flowed from my nostrils and my eyes. It took an hour before the pain subsided. The waterworks turned off after about 20 minutes. Amazingly, I no longer had a headache and I could breathe freely. However I don't think the pain was worth it.
The next day I returned to the same pub for lunch. The same bartender was there. She asked, "How are you doing today? Did you try the cayenne pepper?"
"I did and it was the worst experience of my life. It did clear my sinuses," I offered rather emphatically.
"What happened?" she inquired.
I took the quarter teaspoon of pepper and sniffed it. Then flood started. The pain was unbearable. I have never before shed so many tears."
She had a long and deep gut laugh. When she recovered she apologized and clarified her advice: "Well, I certainly didn't mean for you to sniff it. I take a small piece of white bread, pour the pepper on it, roll it up into a ball and swallow it."
— ronnw
The next day I had lunch in a nearby pub. There were only a couple of people in the pub at that occasion, so the bartender gave me a little extra attention.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
"Terrible," I replied. "I have a splitting headache that I can't get rid of."
"What's that about?" she asked.
"I think it's allergies. I think it's my sinuses. I have tried everything. I even drove up above the tree-line yesterday. That was my only relief. When I got back home, the headache and the sinus pain returned."
She then gave me this advice. "Do you know about cayenne pepper? It works really well to heal sinuses."
"Really?" I answered with a doubting look.
"Seriously," she offered. "It only takes a little, like a quarter teaspoon. It will really clear your sinuses."
I went back to my house, wondering if she could be correct. I checked my spices and I did have some cayenne pepper. I measured out a quarter teaspoon. "How am I supposed to make this work?" I wondered. I didn't want to eat it. That would be too intense. I thought, "Maybe I should sniff it. That would get it where it is needed." So I sniffed it from my hand.
Never has there been before or after such a flood from my nostrils and my eyes. The pain was the most severe I have ever encountered, before or since. The water flowed from my nostrils and my eyes. It took an hour before the pain subsided. The waterworks turned off after about 20 minutes. Amazingly, I no longer had a headache and I could breathe freely. However I don't think the pain was worth it.
The next day I returned to the same pub for lunch. The same bartender was there. She asked, "How are you doing today? Did you try the cayenne pepper?"
"I did and it was the worst experience of my life. It did clear my sinuses," I offered rather emphatically.
"What happened?" she inquired.
I took the quarter teaspoon of pepper and sniffed it. Then flood started. The pain was unbearable. I have never before shed so many tears."
She had a long and deep gut laugh. When she recovered she apologized and clarified her advice: "Well, I certainly didn't mean for you to sniff it. I take a small piece of white bread, pour the pepper on it, roll it up into a ball and swallow it."
— ronnw
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