Capsicum (Red Pepper)

Question 1

Is capsicum fatal?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

What does the capsicum seeds resemble with?

Answer 2

Dhatura
# LOOK CHILLI SEEDS AND DHATURA SEEDS DIFFERENCES TABLE IN PARIKH (pg 590)

Question 3

What’s the active principle of capsicum poison?

Answer 3

Capsaicin
Or capsicin

Question 4

What’s the nature of capsicum poison?

Answer 4

Acrid
Volatile
Non alkaloidal
Non fatal

Question 5

What are the signs and symptoms of capsicum poisoning?

Answer 5

Skin (irritant, vesicant)
Eyes (burning, lacrimation, redness)
Ingestion (irritant)

Question 6

Ow to treat a person who’s poisoned with capsicum?

Answer 6

If on Skin
(Wash with water
Irritation should be treated symptomatically)

If in eyes
(Wash with saline water
Topical antibiotics
Topical glucocorticoids given)

If ingested
(Tongue scraped with a blunt object
Ice should be given to suck to relieve the burning)

Question 7

What’s the medicolegal importance of capsicum poisoning?

Answer 7

Used for torture in prison cells (powder in eyes and nostrils)
Robbery (into the eyes of victim to make them temporarily blind)
Fumes (irritates thw eyes and respiratory tract)