What to do if the chili pepper gets on your hands and it's very spicy

In our lives, most people will find one thing when cutting peppers: peppers not only sting the eyes, but also the hands. In fact, this is because there is some capsaicin in the peppers. If we often touch it with our skin, it will naturally stick to the surface of our skin. When our skin is more fragile, or when we always touch one place, we will naturally feel the spiciness. So what should we do if the peppers touch our hands and they are very spicy?

1. Capsaicin is soluble in ethanol and alkaline aqueous solutions, but insoluble in cold water. In industry, capsaicin is extracted from chili peppers using edible alcohol as an extractant. Therefore, based on this principle, in life, you can apply alcohol to dissolve the capsaicin on your hands. After cutting peppers, you can wipe your hands in one direction with an alcohol cotton ball, then wash your hands with clean water, and then dry them. Do this three times until the symptoms are relieved.

2. You can wash your hands with a small amount of vinegar or white vinegar. This is because vinegar is acidic and can neutralize capsaicin.

3. If there is no medical alcohol or vinegar, it is also a good idea to wash your hands with hot water, because capsaicin will produce irritating evaporation under high temperature. Although it is not as effective as alcohol and vinegar, it is worse than cold water.

4. You can rub the tea leaves in your hands, which can help remove the spiciness. Soaking in herbal tea leaves for 2 minutes can relieve the burning sensation.

5. Apply the cooled coal on your hands and rub it repeatedly several times. Rinse with clean water and then wash with soap to remove the spicy taste.

6. Wash your hands with toothpaste.

7. Wash your hands with soap first, then soak them in milk, ice milk is best. Because the protein in milk or yogurt can mitigate capsaicin.

8. Wash it clean with soap and then soak it in rice washing water for a while.

9 Don’t wash your hands first. Rub them with dry flour first, rub them for a while and then wash them. The effect is very good.

10. Rub your hands with orange peel.

11. Soak your hands in salt water.

12. Apply sugar on your hands, scrub them with clean water, and then wash them again with soap.