Pepper Pots: Hope may be on the way for arthritis sufferers in the form of hot peppers. Capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot peppers, is already available as a cream. A few years ago it was all the rage, but its clinical performance has been disappointing.

This, however, sounds daring:

In fact there's a hot pepper nasal spray actually being sold throughout the nation by the name of Sinus Buster. It's an all natural nasal spray (the world's 1st hot pepper nasal spray), and it's been solidly embraced by the medical community as a true breakthrough for relieving inflammation and pain associated with chronic headaches, sinus, and allergy conditions.

I think I'll stick with Vick's Vapo-Rub.

UPDATE: Some advice from a reader on how to relieve an overdose of pepper cream:

You might want to post a short note saying that the remedy for getting Capsasian or any form of capsicum in the wrong place is to rub the area gently with sour cream. You may think that's pretty far out, but after using it for 40+ years, my family swears by it. It's not suitable for use on the eyes, but anywhere else, it works.