Chilli Plasters

Hot Toddy
Hot Toddy is a traditional drink made from hot water, lemon juice and honey. We have added a little root ginger and a few drops of whisky to aid sleep.

Give yourself a daily boost with a tasty cleansing drink made from a spoonful or two of our chilli honey below in a cup of hot water and drink each morning before breakfast.

Next time you go to the gym, have a spoonful of our chilli honey beforehand. Honey is a source of natural unrefined sugars and carbohydrates, which are easily absorbed by the body, providing an instant energy boost.

£2.50

Chilli Honey

The Aztecs used a drink in a thick atole with yellow chilli and honey. We have used it in our family for many years. This is a relatively strong chilli drink and is to be added to a hot or warm water drink. If you are accustomed to hot chilli you can use it on a teaspoon 2 to 3 times a day. Active ingredients are Honey and a high strength cayenne chilli capsaicin. Chilli Honey is great to have in the kitchen as a treat or to use in marinades, dips, salad dressings or as a hot drink.

220g Jar clear honey infused with chilli £3.50

Ginger Chilli Honey

The Aztecs in a thick atole with yellow chilli and honey. We have used it in our family for many years. This is a relatively strong chilli drink and is to be added to a hot or warm water drink. If you are accustomed to hot chilli you can use it on a teaspoon 2 to 3 times a day. Active ingredients are Honey and a high strength cayenne chilli capsaicin. Chilli Honey is great to have in the kitchen as a treat or to use in marinades, dips, salad dressings or as a hot drink.

220g Jar set honey infused with ginger and a hint of chilli £3.50

Russian Nastoyka

Russian Nastoyka is a traditional Russian drink, Russian Vodka infused with Pure Chilli Extract and African Birds Eye Chillies.

100ml £3.50

Birds Eye Chilli

Birds Eye Chilli African Birds Eye Whole Dried Chilli,150,000-200,000 SHU, Heat Level 8++ These are found all over Africa, where they are also called, African Devil, Congo, Mombassa, Pequin, Uganda and Zanzibar chillies. They are very small conical chillis ranging from 1-1.6 cm long. They grow wild or semi-wild and are bright scarlet red. Used a lot in Asian and Thai cooking. Ideal chilli for using dry and as chilli powder. Also ideal infusing with olive oil for a salad dressing with some kick.

Birds Eye Whole Dried Chilli £1.95

Chilli Muscle Rub

Could Chilli Pepper Relieve Pain?

Dr Paddy Clarke, who’s a Pain Consultant at the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Royal Hospitals uses Chilli Muscle Cream as his secret weapon.

Currently King’s College, London is carrying out a research project on harnessing the heat in chilli peppers and adapting it to combat inflammation in arthritis.

Their hope is that it will lead to a drug being manufactured, incorporating the established pain relieving effects of capsaicin creams in a tablet form.  A spokesperson for the Arthritis Research Campaign, which is funding the research said: "We welcome any new initiatives to help reduce the pain of arthritis. "We know that Chilli Peppers (capsaicin) has a pain relieving effect when used in a cream form, so it makes sense to try and harness its anti-inflammatory properties into a tablet.

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New research to harness the effectiveness of chilli peppers to treat arthritis – without the burning sensation

A team of researchers in London are to investigate how capsaicin, the hot substance found in chilli peppers, works in combating inflammation in arthritis.

Researchers at the King’s College, London, led by Professor Susan Brain, awarded funding over two years of £127,000 from the Arthritis Research Campaign, are hoping to harness the effects of capsaicin to relieve arthritic pain - without the burning side effects of chilli peppers.

The ultimate aim is to develop a new type of anti-inflammatory painkiller for people with arthritis, who face serious side effects from long-term use of existing drugs.

“Pain from arthritic joints has serious effects on quality of life, and the use of anti-inflammatory pain killers can be associated with adverse side effects,” explained Professor Brain, Professor of Pharmocology at Guy’s Campus. “We know that the activation of a mechanism called TRPV1 on pain-sensitive nerves is involved in arthritis models. However, little is known of mechanisms that link the inflammatory and pain-sensitive components.

“TRPV1 is stimulated by capsaicin, which is found in extracts from chilli peppers. Capsaicin has been used for many treatments including rheumatism, in folk medicine. There are also creams available that include capsaicin and are applied to the skin to treat the aches and pains, but they are associated with a burning sensation.

“This project  is designed to learn more precisely how capsaicin works to combat the effects of one of the best-known inflammatory substances, TNF-alpha, and in turn work towards the possibility that agents without the burning side effects of chilli peppers may be useful in the treatment of arthritis.”

Although the research is still in its early stages, the team at the Vascular Biology and Inflammation Group in KCL’s Cardiovascular Division, are hopeful that their work could lead to new targets for anti-inflammatory drug development.

Try our Chilli Muscle Rub or Chilli Plasters

30g £4.11

Capsicum (Chilli) Plaster

This is a capsicum sticking plaster that has been treated with extract of Capsici. You should wear them as a whole plaster where needed and left for two - three days.

Pack of chilli plasters 5.75 cm x 4.5 cm per piece Capsicum Chilli Plaster, Pack of 10 £1.65

Tiger Balm

Tiger Balm's unique formulation contains camphor, menthol, cajuput oil and clove oil. Tiger Balm white with a higher concentration of mint oil. This size jar will last a long time, it would normally do neck and shoulders about 50 times.

Tiger Balm White 19.4g £4.25

Tiger Balm red with its comforting aroma of cinnamon.
Tiger Balm Red 19.4g £4.50.