Advice from Ms. J.

As I was telling yet another woman what the best cure for cramps is, I decided that maybe I should blog about it - get the word out!

Cayenne Pepper!

Strange, eh? But it works! You can buy it in pill form - found at the same place as all the vitamins and supplements in the store. I recommend taking them with milk. The dairy deludes the hot spice.

The first time I tried this was when I was taking doctor prescribed pills for cramps. Even those didn't subside the pain. After waiting and waiting for those pills to take effect, which they never did, I decided to try this remedy - something I had seen on a tv program about alternative medicines. This was midnight at my parents house, though. So all I had was the actual ground up pepper. A teaspoon of that stirred up in a big glass of water. I held my breath and drank. It worked! And it works fairly fast, too.

And it's not just for cramps. Any abdominal pain.

I have a mysterious abdominal pain that put me in the E.R. the first time I had it, it was so painful. This was over ten years ago. It only happens about four times a year or so and the doctors don't know what it is. So now anytime I feel a slight twinge of this pain coming on, I immediately take two cayenne pepper pills and have never had to deal with the pain since!