No amount of antacid could calm the fire in one Chinese man's stomach after eating a notoriously spicy soup.

According to Asian News International, the traditional Chinese dish that means "numbing hot", burned a hole right through the stomach of the 26-year-old man.

The man ordered the spiciest version of the mala soup at a restaurant in Wuhan in central China, and was rushed to a local hospital after experiencing sharp pains and vomiting blood.

Doctors found a hole in the wall of his stomach, and declared the soup was to blame.

AAP