“A chemical called capsaicin in the peppers binds to your taste buds and feels like they are burning the hell out of your mouth. Water does nothing, really, but dillute it momentarily, and sugary juices make it worse by opening up your taste buds and allowing more capsaicin in. Milk, on the other hand, binds to capsaicin more tightly than capsaicin binds to your taste buds. When you drink the milk down, the capsaicin goes down with it.”
“Milk that has been made into yogurt is the best cooling liquid for spicy foods.In South India where spicy food is eaten at evey meal,yogurt or buttermilk is drunk after every spicy meal to cool the effects of chilly and spice.”
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