Soak the chiles in salted ice water. If making a sauce calling for green chiles, add pureed bell peppers to dilute the heat. When buying crushed red chile. avoid products with yellow flakes. Starchy foods such as bread or potatoes tend to absorb or dilute capsaicin. Various cultures have their own cures.
Cayenne pepper is the best-known or most popular subtance.
The pharmacology of hot peppers centers on its capsaicin content. The carotene molecules of hot peppers exerts powerful antioxidant effects. Cardiovascular effects Hot peppers exert a number of beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Cultures consuming large amounts of hot peppers have much lower rates of cardiovascular disease. Topical effects When topically applied to the skin or mucous membranes, capsaicin is known to stimulate and then block small-diameter pain fibers by depleting them of a neurotransmitter called substance P. Substance P is thought to be the principal chemomediator on pain impulses from the periphery.