Nutritional Information: Dahon ng Sili
(Capsicum Frutescens)
Capsicum frutescens is found throughout the Philippines plated here and there about dwellings but also thoroughly established in open, waste places in settles areas.
Its fruit is a popular condiment. The leaves are used as vegetable; an excellent source of calcium and iron, a good source of phosphorus and vitamins A and B.
It is an important gastrointestinal deoxidant and also serves as a stimulant, digestive, rubefacient, stomachic, sialagogue, alterative, antispasmodic, febrifugue and depurative.
Nutritional Value Pungent principle, capsaicin; solanine; vitamin A and B; citric acid; palmitic acid; capsicin; oleoresin; volatile and fixed oils; pentosans, 8.28%; pectin, 3.2%.
The leaves are used as vegetable; an excellent source of calcium and iron, a good source of phosphorus and vitamins A and B.It is an important gastrointestinal deoxidant and also serves as a stimulant, digestive, rubefacient, stomachic, sialagogue, alternative, antispasmodic, febrifugue and depurative.
An excellent source of CALCIUM and IRON, good source of PHOSPORUS and VITAMINS A and B.
ANTI-FATIGUE (laban sa sobrang pagod).
BOOST IMMUNITY (pampalakas ng resistensiya).
Improves METABOLISM.
APHRODISIAC (pampagana sa sex).
Benefits DIGESTION (panunaw).
BLOOD DETOXIFICATION (panglinis ng dugo).
CIRCULATORY STIMULANT (magiging maayos ang daloy ng dugo).
Lowers BLOOD PRESSURE.
Lowers BLOOD SUGAR.
Lowers CHOLESTEROL.
Relieves the pain of PEPTIC ULCER pananakit ng sikmura), ARTHRITIS (pananakit ng muscle), VARICOSE VEINS (sakit sa pamamaga ng ugat), and MENSTRUAL CRAMPS (pananakit ng puson).
ANTI-RHEUMATIC (laban sa rayuma).
Relieves Resperatory condtions (nagpapaginhawa ng paghinga) such as ASTHMA, COUGH AND COLDS (hika, ubo at sipon).
Shrubby perennial plants; branches angular. Leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, usually wrinkled, more or less pubescent. Pedicels slender, usually 2 or more together. Calyx embracing the base of the fruit, usually cup shape. Corolla white or greenish white. Fruit red, ovoid, obtuse or oblong, acuminate.
Chemical properties
The fruit of the capsicum plant contains a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin seems to reduce pain sensations when applied to the skin.
Capsicum is used for various problems with digestion including upset stomach, intestinal gas, stomach pain, diarrhea, and cramps.
It is also used for conditions of the heart and blood vessels including poor circulation, excessive blood clotting, high cholesterol, and preventing heart disease.
Other uses include relief of toothache, seasickness, alcoholism, malaria, and fever. It is also used to help people who have difficulty swallowing.
Some people apply capsicum to the skin for pain caused by shingles, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia.
It is also used topically for nerve pain (neuropathy) associated with diabetes and HIV, other types of nerve pain (neuralgia), and back pain.
Capsicum is also used on the skin to relieve muscle spasms, as a gargle for laryngitis, and to discourage thumb-sucking or nail-biting.
Some people put capsicum inside the nose to treat hay fever, migraineheadache, cluster headache, and sinus infections (sinusitis).