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Tips to get rid of Spice Mouth Burn: People immediately drink water when chili is applied, but it should not be done. Drinking water can increase the irritation of chili. Eating sweet to calm chili irritation is a better option.

Drinking milk on chili can provide instant relief.
Highlights
- Drinking water can increase the irritation of chili, because capsicin is oily.
- Sweet food can also reduce irritation and it is considered better than water.
- Not only this, you can get immediate relief by eating milk and curd when it applies chili.
According to health experts, the element called capsicin found in chili stimulates the veins of our mouth, which causes irritation. In this situation, people often drink water to get immediate relief. Drinking water often does not provide instant relief, because capsicin does not dissolve in water. Capsaycin is of oily nature and drinking water can spread that chili oil inside your mouth, which can increase irritation. Many times drinking cold water provides cool for some time, but water is not effective in eliminating the effect of capsicin. Therefore, people should not drink water when they apply chili.
Apart from eating water and sweet, people also have some options to reduce chili irritation. Drinking milk or curd can also calm the irritation of chili immediately. Actually, protein called casein found in milk is tied and helps in removing it from the mouth. This is the reason that it is advisable to drink curd or cold milk when chili is applied. This reduces the irritation immediately and the mouth also gets cold. The best way to prevent chili is to consume chili in balanced quantity during eating and take milk or curd after eating. If chili is more, then drinking milk after eating sweet can also prove to be helpful. Such measures not only reduce irritation, but you can also enjoy your food comfortably.

Amit Upadhyay is working as a senior sub-editor in the lifestyle team of News18 Hindi. He has about 8 years of experience in print and digital media. He writes stories on the topic related to health and lifestyle. ,Read more
Amit Upadhyay is working as a senior sub-editor in the lifestyle team of News18 Hindi. He has about 8 years of experience in print and digital media. He writes stories on the topic related to health and lifestyle. , Read more