Hot dang, I live in South Louisiana and all I eat is spicy food! I put Tony Chachere's on almost everything. I have boxes of ginger candies (strong ginger, not super sweet) in my cabinets. I'm sure there's jalapeños in the Fridge.
On a side note, I noticed that I was having problems with vapor's tongue and went to get something to drink. I got an orange Sunkist and that seemed to really help with the vapor's tongue also, after just a few sips.
Maybe the citric acid? I don't know but I know it helped.