Pure CAPSAICIN is supposed to be around 16 mil SHU, each of the other capsaicinoids have different (lower) SHU in their pure form. So a pure extract from any pepper with a different composition of capsaicinoids would have a different SHU. PeriPeri said something about it, I dont know where he got the numbers but for the sake of argument lets assume its true...
If we want to pretend that the average chile has about the % composition that PeriPeri put up, you could probably estimate SHU of a pure capsaicinoid resin (ie a pure mix of ALL the capsaicinoids from the pepper) by a weighted average of the SHU's attributed to each. [(69%x16mil + 22%x15mil + 7%x9.1mil + 2%x8.6mil) = 15.15 mil SHU]
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Just to substantiate lol I got those figures from Wikipedia. This was their break down of what a typical chilli might be composed of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin. Not that there ever is one chilli that is the same, nor that Wikipedia is correct in this instance I suppose. It does however point out that all the different components in our beloved chillies have different SHU. I am presuming that milder chillies are composed more of H2O and have lower concentrations of Capsaicinoids.
Dairy seems to be a big flag in this conversation - be it cream, milk, cheese, or Ice cream. Yoghurt too seems to come up. I find alcohol makes things ten times worse, but in my mind it does make sense as it would dissolve oils. If one had a mix of all the ingredients that seem to work... alcohol, vegetable oil, sugar, soap, and Casein... it would probably cause you to vom on the spot(lol)... but might it not work? I think I am going to do some tests this weekend.
Cucumber too is used in Indian cuisine as it is said to have cooling properties. Mint and aloe vera are said to have cooling properties too.
Even the sublimely ridiculous myth about toothpaste seems to have a little credibility. As toothpaste contains polyethylene glycol... which is a documented oily compound that washes off Capsaicin.
From what AJ is saying, it sounds to me like Casein bonding to the Capsaicin is not unlike soaps action on oil/fat... they bond like a fat trapper, encasing the capsaicin and not allowing it to attach itself to the pain receptors in the mouth.
I remember a few years ago there was a hangover remmedy where you had to take a tablet before and after. I imagine a remedy for Capsaicin would have this kind of an approach. One tab to line the mouth, preventing the Capsaicinoids from attaching themselves to the pain receptors in the mouth. And one tablet after the meal that would flush the mouth from all the oils that line the mouth. Not sure... something like that. In any case what the ingredient is... is another question. Alcohol... what alcohol? Sugar... What sugar? etc etc
In any case, there has to be some mix that could significantly reduce the effects of capsaicin on the human body. As for the stomach... I think that is a little easier to control as one just has to eat and line the stomach properly.. no?