Leaf: In Guyana, a preparation for cleansing the blood is made from leaves steeped in hot water.

Fruit: :in a remedy to treat infection of microfilarial larvae with leaves of Begonia glabra; and in a preparation to soothe furuncles with leaves of Bellucia grossularioides. A well-known "hot" condiment. Green fruit mixed with leaves in an infusion for colds and coughs. In Guyana, the globular fruit of the cultivated form is eaten to stimulate digestion and strengthen the heart. Used for colds and coughs in NW Guyana.

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Origin:
Cultivated as a condiment crop.

Action:
Externally, in painful muscle spasms in areas of shoulder, arm and spine; for treating arthritis, rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago and chilbains. (German Commission E.) The British Pharmacopoeia reported rubefacient and vasostimulant action.
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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Sweet peppers are reported to contain 150 to 180 mgm. of vitamin C per 100 gm. green weight. Hot peppers continue to be used in Jamaica to prepare a gargle for a sore throat. In Maya medicine peppers crushed with salt and the root of Mimosa sp. were used as a throat swab in cases of whooping cough and for the same purpose they were smoked with black tobacco: use was also made of the fruits in the treatment of earache.

1) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

3) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 68.