face burning from pepper plant.

[rebeccaC]

I looked it up, and the capsaicin in peppers is an alkali , or base, which explains why vinegar ameliorated the pain. It did say specifically to avoid alcohol (as mentioned by the previous poster), but not all sources are equal, and I can understand why it would make it feel better.

The New Mexico State University has an international institute devoted to the education and research of Capsicum. Isopropyl alcohol, soap and milk is what they recommend and what worked well when i needed it. Alcohol is not something you want to use to relieve the heat in the mouth which may be what you’re writing about. That just dissolves the capsaicin and spreads it around. Drinking milk/eating yogurt helps though.

now drinking 70-proof tequila may work in large quantities ... but then that may not leave you feeling good the next morning.