Rohan McLeod wrote:
..... of course Wikipedia doesn't really have much to say about the " hot chilli enema therapy" ether ;
Dunno about capsaicin, but WP says coffee enemas are bad juju: There is no medical scientific evidence to support any anti-cancer effect of coffee enemas. [...] Coffee enemas can cause numerous side effects, including infections, sepsis (including campylobacter sepsis), severe electrolyte imbalance, colitis, polymicrobial enteric septicemia, proctocolitis, salmonella brain abscess and heart failure. [...] -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_enema WP goes on to say that: WebMD is the only news source whose coverage of chemical risk is regarded as accurate by a majority (56 percent) of toxicologists, closely followed by Wikipedia's 45 percent accuracy rating. By contrast, only 15 percent describe as accurate the portrayals of chemical risk found in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia ...so it MUST be true.