How to get pepper in the eye

April 27, 2023
Eating chili peppers in winter can accelerate blood circulation in the body, drive the cold and warm the stomach. Cold winter together table Sichuan spicy hot pot is a very pleasant thing, but because the hot pot juice is more and pull, it is easy to clip the dish when the chili water into the eyes, resulting in eye burning, tears and other discomfort, then the eyes get chili how to deal with it?

Rinse with clean water

Chili peppers contain capsaicin, which is the source of the spicy taste of chili peppers, if capsaicin stains the eyes, it will make the eye blood vessels dilate, causing the eyes to heat up, red and produce a burning sensation. You can lower your head and put your eyes under the tap and rinse your eyes with water to dilute the capsaicin that remains in your eyes. If your eyes do not continue to be red and swollen, and only slightly feel a little spicy, then you can no longer continue to deal with it, and it will be fine after a while. If your eyes still feel very spicy and the skin around your eyes starts to redden and sting, then you need to continue with the following treatment.

Cleaning with alcohol

Capsaicin is insoluble in water, but alcohol can dissolve the capsaicin in chili peppers. You can dilute the alcohol slightly with water to clean and wipe your eyes, and then rinse them with water, and the stinging and swelling of the chili pepper eyes will be much better.

Vinegar cleaning

Vinegar contains acidic ingredients that can dissolve the capsaicin in chili peppers. You can also wash your eyes with vinegar or white vinegar at home, wipe them several times, and then rinse them with water to relieve the burning sensation caused by capsaicin.

Rubbing toothpaste

Toothpaste is weakly alkaline, applied to the parts of the chili pull, can properly dissolve capsaicin, so we can use toothpaste containing mint cool to apply to the red and swollen parts of the eyes to relieve the burning sensation caused by chili pepper spicy to the eyes.

Eye drops

After cleaning the eyes with the above method diluted capsaicin in chili peppers, you can put a few drops of eye drops, put on a hot towel, close your eyes and take a break, try not to touch your eyes with your hands, the pain of your eyes being spicy will get better faster.
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