Benzocaine in Kwik Stop styptic powder

[KayTee]

Blood stop powder  available in many brands found in farm stores contains ammonia alum or potassium alum, and works well to stop bleeding.  Flour also works in a pinch.  I haven't tried the pepper, but it sounds like it might be worth a try.  I think it is supposed to be mixed in a paste in a link I read.

You don't need to make a paste - just apply it directly to the wound. It absorbs the blood and crusts over. I hadn't thought about flour - I suppose that anything that dries up the blood and solidifies will do the job.