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Current uses
Medically, today chillis are known for improving circulation and digestion.
They are antispasmodic and diaphoretic. They are well known to stimulate the circulatory system and are carinative (relieves wind) and increase stomach acid.
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Traditional Uses
Capsicum minimum chilli peppers, were native to South and Central America and date back to 7000BC. It was probably the Spanish in their Conquest that spread them to the rest of the world.
Chilli peppers are no relation to the piper genus, the source of black and white papper.
Capsicum minimum is however, synonymous with capsicum frutescens, and is also called cayenne pepper and tabasco papper.