Set your mouth on fire

 

Fight fire with fire by chowing down on some spicy food, like this spicy fish soup dish. Wash it down with a hot drink too. It might sound counter-intuitive, but doing this raises your internal temperature and your body will try to cool itself by perspiring. When the perspiration evaporates, you are supposed to feel cooler.

How effective? With my burning mouth hanging open and sweat dripping from my forehead, I did not look glamorous. But once the heat subsided and the perspiration evaporated, I did feel a little cooler.