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You can use alcohol cotton balls to wipe your hands in one direction, and then wash your hands with water. You can also wash your hands with a small amount of vinegar to remove the spicy smell and burning sensation.
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Some people rinse with cold water, but this can only relieve the pain slightly, but cannot completely solve the problem. In fact, you can use methods such as applying alcohol, vinegar, and washing hands with hot water to remove the spicy smell.
The substance that produces the spiciness in chili peppers is a type of capsaicin, collectively known as capsaicin. When cutting peppers, capsaicin sticks to the skin, which will dilate the capillaries, causing the skin to become red and hot, and accelerate the local metabolic rate. At the same time, it also stimulates pain nerves, which is why we usually feel our hands burn. It is generally believed that this is caused by capsaicin chemically transforming the nerve endings in the skin.
Capsaicin is soluble in ethanol and alkaline aqueous solutions, but insoluble in cold water. In industry, edible alcohol is used as a leaching agent to extract capsaicin in peppers. Therefore, according to this principle, in daily life, you can use alcohol to dissolve the capsaicin on your hands. After cutting the peppers, you can use an alcohol cotton ball to wipe your hands in one direction, then wash your hands with clean water, dry them again, and wipe them three times until the symptoms are relieved.
In addition, you can also use a small amount of vinegar to wash your hands. This is because vinegar is acidic and can neutralize capsaicin. If you don't have medical alcohol or vinegar, it's also a good idea to wash your hands with hot water, because capsaicin will produce irritating evaporation at high temperatures. Although it is not as good as alcohol and vinegar, it is more effective than cold water.
In fact, when cutting peppers, you can press the peppers with your fingertips instead of pinching the peppers with your nails. This way, your hands will not be burned easily