How can I Reduce the Pain After Eating Hot Peppers?

sugar! That will kill the heat. Scoville unit anyone? It's not great for your teeth but will get the heat down in a hurry. (Hint: that's why you see sugar packets everywhere at a hot sauce festival.)

Well I was so stupid. I watched people eating ghost peppers online and found it so funny.

I love my food hot, am 50 years of age, and I ordered 50g of naga jolokia pods, online. I have had the flu for a few days and was feeling like crap, so there I was, making a video like the rest of them. I are three in total, since three is my lucky number.

Trust me, when I ate the first one, I was all right. I just had tears coming from my eyes. Eating the next two together was so stupid. After that, I was sweating all over and the heat was unreal. I was in so much pain. Luckily my daughter told me what to do, and it worked. Melted butter and cheese helped the pain subside, but my butt in the morning was another story. I'll never forget in my life that I had blood coming out and it felt like someone put a blow touch up my butt. Do not try this anyone.

I have been eating hot peppers for a while now. Habaneros give me very little discomfort. I am able to deal with a ghost pepper as well. The pepper that affects me most is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. While the mouth sensations are negligible with mild stomach upset, the painful stomach cramps later are the issue. That is why I am doing a search that led me here.

Regarding things that cut heat, the methods seem to be listed. Breads soak up the oils, sugar cuts the heat (don't drink soda because the carbonation is an irritant), milk encapsulates the capsaicin, and I have heard that salt is effective from a Mexican friend but have not tried it (Thanks for the tip as well anon27939!). I have not tried vinegar but am definitely going to test it out anon308648. For everyone else though, I would suggest, if you are not in shock from the heat, to just tough it out. Typically in fifteen minutes the burn has dissipated. By attempting the cool down, it never allows your endorphins to kick in and you torture yourself over and over again.

Eat butter or fake butter after you eat a hot pepper or raw garlic. It works for me.

I just did a science fair project, and I found that sweet lemonade worked more effectively than milk in reducing the spiciness in your mouth.

Vinegar works really well; it chemically neutralizes the capsaicin. In my experience, it works the best of all the things mentioned. I can take a whole Habanero and grind it into 16oz of some bean soup, add a couple tablespoons of vinegar, and the burning is gone. It's still hot but there's no burning on the tongue or mouth, so it feels like it isn't very hot at all. Also, afterwards, after it's been digested, do some exercise or something strenuous which causes muscle pain. Normally, you'll find it much easier and minus the pain. I realized this since I'm an avid bicycle rider and noticed one day I felt no pain or strain going up hills, which normally cause that. I figured the only thing I had done differently was eat some habaneros the past few days.

So I did an experiment, and it turns out I was right in my suspicion. I don't know how much you need to eat to get that effect, but I ate two habaneros over a day and experienced increased endurance and lack of muscle fatigue or pain while undergoing strenuous bike riding.

I tried an over-night pickled jalapeno and almost died.

Finding myself in great pain after cutting up and eating fresh hot peppers. I tried the milk, then V-8 juice, salt, and finally used sour cream spread over my lips and under my nose. I couldn't believe how much better I felt. Thank you everybody for your comments. It's nice to have home remedies that work!

I had a totally, bad experience with hot peppers just yesterday. My lips were burning; tried ice - that made it worse. I finally drank some milk - that made it start feeling better.

I washed my hands after touching the peppers; but I rubbed my eye and then my eye started burning. I had to rinse that out with cold water.

After that my fingers on my left hand that I cleaned and de-seeded the peppers with started burning. It seemed like it was never going to end; the burning sensation.

Needless to say I will never be eating any more hot peppers - a lesson learned!!!

In case you ever get pepper in your eyes, lick a bit of salt immediately. I didn't believe this, but I tried it once and it actually worked. Instantly!

I have been told that orange juice helps a lot more than milk does, but have not tried it as I enjoy the burning sensation. That is the whole reason I eat peppers.