According to several accounts give by contributors to online sites such as the People's Pharmacy, cayenne pepper benefits are nearly limitless. Ongoing medical research projects support some of the claims. Packed with Vitamin C and other nutrients, cayenne pepper is a member of the capsaicin family, the ingredient that makes hot peppers hot.

Capsaicin from cayenne added to salves often relieves muscle and joint pain. Capsaicin works by reducing substances in the skin that send pain sensors to the brain. Any number of websites report that a daily cup of cayenne pepper tea or cayenne pepper capsules relieves arthritis, reduces high blood pressure, stops heart attacks, cures and other diseases. In 2006 The American Association for Cancer Research reported on its findings using capsaicin in prostate cancer research.

A number of cayenne pepper users have discovered that eating foods containing capsaicin at the onset of a migraine can halt cluster headaches. Others claim making a paste of cayenne pepper to stop a cut from bleeding works just as well as using the black pepper paste home remedy.