Have you ever felt your hands suddenly very sore and hot after cutting chili? Or your lips and tongue like burning after eating chili? Various types of chili such as jalapeo, cayenne, and habanero contain capsaicin which is the main component in making pepper spray. Capsaicin is a natural oil found in all types of chili peppers. Although it can enrich the taste and aroma of food, capsaicin can trigger a hot and spicy sensation that can last for a few minutes or even hours. Don't worry, relieving the hot and spicy effects of consuming chilies is not a difficult matter. Read on below to discover an easy, practical, and quick way to free yourself from capsaicin attacks!
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Step 1. Drink milk
Milk protein (also known as casein) is able to work as well as detergents to "wash" capsaicin and keep its compounds away from the receptor cells in your mouth. Prepare half a glass of milk or more, then gargle with the milk. After using it for gargling, you can throw it away or swallow it. But remember, the spicy sensation also attacks your throat, so you better swallow it.
- The colder the milk you use, the more effective it will be.
- If the capsaicin hits the skin on your hands (after cutting or touching the chili seeds), soak your hands in a bowl of milk that has been iced. Undoubtedly the stinging and heat in your hands will be reduced. Make sure the milk is cold and always renew the milk if the effects start to wear off.
- If you don't have milk at home, try sucking in cottage cheese, cold plain yogurt, sour cream (sour cream), or ice cream. These dairy products should also contain casein.
Step 2. Drink sugar water
Gargle with a glass of water that has been mixed with 1 tbsp. sugar or more. Cold sugar water (at 20°C/68°F) works almost as effectively as fresh milk at 5°C/41°F. But remember, the spicy taste will only disappear when the sugar water is still in your mouth. Therefore, continue gargling activities until the spicy taste is completely gone.
Step 3. Drink alcohol
Since capsaicin is alcohol-soluble, try drinking a pint of beer to relieve the burning sensation in your mouth. However, keep in mind that milk still works much more effectively than alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is a solvent, not an antidote to capsaicin. Therefore, the capsaicin compound will only break down and decompose, but not completely disappear.
Step 4. Gargle with oil
Capsaicin is also soluble in vegetable oil. Therefore, gargling with vegetable oil may help relieve the burning sensation you are feeling. But basically, oil only works slightly more effectively than water. Use this method only if you don't have other more effective ingredients, such as milk or alcohol, in your home.
Step 5. Apply petroleum jelly or Vaseline to the burned skin
Don't try to put it in your mouth!
Method 1 of 1: Unscientific Untested Traditional Medicine
Step 1. Relieve the effects of chili peppers with some of the 'natural and traditional remedies' listed below
Remember, the effectiveness of all the methods below has not been scientifically tested.
- Eat a few slices of cucumber. Basically, eating cucumber is commonly done by the people of Indonesia and Thailand to compensate for the spicy effect of chili sauce.
- Glue the soft corn tortilla to the 'burnt' part (lips, tongue, etc.).
- In India, curries and other spicy foods are always served with a large plate of rice. Why is that? Apparently flour-based foods are able to work effectively to fight the burning sensation caused by eating spicy food. If you are reluctant to eat rice, try eating spicy food with potatoes or bread. Chew your food well so that your tongue is covered with bread, potatoes, or rice.
- Use salt. Eat savory-salty chips or add a portion of salt to your meal.
- Try consuming honey or mixing it into cooking. Although not commonly paired with spicy dishes, honey works very well to balance the spicy taste in dishes.
- Pepto Bismol® can stop the burning sensation you feel.
- Try eating raw carrots. No need to process it first; just eat it and feel the change.
- Applying white toothpaste on the skin, lips, or oral cavity can also help relieve the effects of chili peppers.
- Consuming coconut milk also works equally well to reduce the hot and spicy taste in your mouth.
- Eat ice cream that contains fat and sugar.
- Eat bananas – the texture and natural sugar content in bananas can help reduce the effects of capsaicin.
- Eat a few pieces of chocolate. The capsaicin in chilies is more soluble in fat than watery liquids (such as beer, water, or low-fat milk). Choose milk chocolate, which is richer in fat and casein than dark chocolate.
- Eat apples.
- Eat lemons. The acid content in lemons can break down the chili oil and reduce the spicy sensation.
Tips
- Capsaicin is poorly soluble in water. Drinking water will actually spread the capsaicin compound throughout the oral cavity and worsen the burning sensation you feel.
- Eat savory-salty biscuits and drink sugar water afterward. The savory-salty taste of the biscuits is usually able to absorb water and capsaicin so as to relieve the burning sensation you feel.
- To avoid a burning sensation on the skin after processing chilies, coat your hands with vegetable oil or wear latex, nitrile, or vinyl gloves.
- Eat soy sauce or tomato juice to reduce the burning sensation after consuming chilies.
- Eating a few slices of bread will work just as well.
- To protect your eyes, wear special glasses when cooking. Don't forget to always wash your hands and nails after touching chilies. * Gradually, the burning sensation due to chili will disappear by itself.
- Instead, if the chili with other ingredients that contain natural sugar (such as grated carrots, sauteed onions, etc..). Sugar has the ability to reduce the spiciness of chilies without compromising the deliciousness of the dish-they will still be spicy, but much safer for you to eat.
- The best way to get rid of the hot and spicy taste is to drink milk; Use the milk to gargle for a while before swallowing it.
- Avoid drinking water when it is spicy.
Warning
- Do not touch your eyes immediately after handling chilies. Even after washing your hands with soap, the effects of capsaicin do not necessarily disappear completely. If you wear contact lenses, it's a good idea to use plastic gloves when handling chili peppers.
- Keep chilies away from open wounds.
- Keep chilies away from your nose, eyes, or other exposed body parts. Believe me, the effects will be very detrimental to you. Pepper spray containing 100% chili seeds (or sometimes mixed with a little water and pepper) is very effective as a self-defense weapon because its effect is very lethal.
