The pungent substance in pepper is capsaicin, which is collectively called capsaicin. Capsaicin stimulates cells, forming a feeling of slight stimulation similar to burning in the brain, so in fact, whether it is the tongue or other organs of the body, as long as the nerves can feel it, they can feel spicy.

When cutting peppers, if you are not careful, this capsaicin will stick to your fingers, which will expand the capillaries, lead to redness and fever of the skin, and accelerate the local metabolic rate. What's more, it can also stimulate the pain nerve, which is the reason for "burning hands".

Mitigation method

1, rubbing with alcohol

Capsaicin can be dissolved in alcohol, but it is difficult to dissolve in water. So if you get spicy when cutting Chili, you can take wine or white vinegar from home and apply it to the affected area repeatedly, and then rinse it off with cold water.

2. Toothpaste application

When the toothpaste containing ice cream factor is applied to the affected area, the skin will feel burning after being spicy. The toothpaste contains silicon dioxide, and the temperature is relatively low, which can inhibit the burning feeling and help eliminate redness and swelling.

3. Apply cool oil

Cooling oil has the effects of cooling, relieving itching and relieving pain. If the affected area is red and swollen, but there is no broken skin, you can try to apply cool oil to relieve the feeling of burning hands. After smearing, the feeling of burning hands will disappear immediately, and the effect is more obvious.

Extended data:

After eating spicy food, you will often have tears, runny nose, swollen lips and sometimes feel scalp pins and needles. At this time, our first reaction may be to find a cup of ice to hydrolyze spicy food. In fact, ice water is not a good way to relieve spicy food.

Water can only alleviate the stimulation of spicy taste on the nerve of the tip of the tongue, but can't neutralize capsaicin. Capsaicin is insoluble in water, which can't be washed away, but also make capsaicin spread to the receptor more widely and aggravate the burning sensation.

Milk can quickly and effectively relieve spicy taste. Pure milk contains a lot of casein, a good emulsifier, which can repair the epithelial mucosal cells of digestive tract burned by spicy taste and ease the stimulation of sensory nerves.

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