How does yam relieve itching?

Yam is a nutritious food and is also quite common in our daily life. Many people like to eat yam, but when cutting or washing yam, their hands will itch. The skin will become particularly itchy where the yam is touched. This causes great trouble to friends. Many people want to eat it, but are afraid that their hands will itch. Today, let’s take a look at how to relieve the itching after cutting yam.

Reasons for itching when cutting or washing yam:

The mucus of yam contains plant alkaloids, which will cause itching when it comes into contact with the skin. The saponin in the yam peel makes my hands very itchy.

Solution:

If your hands are itchy, wash them carefully, then dip them in vinegar, even the gaps between your nails. After a while, the itching will gradually disappear! (Reason: acid and alkali neutralization) You can also roast them over fire, turning your palms over repeatedly to heat them. This will break down any saponin that has seeped into your hands.

Method 1: It is recommended to wear gloves when cleaning the yam and peeling the skin

Method 2: (For taro) Peeling the skin is easy and simple, and it won’t make your hands itchy! The method is very simple:

Prepare a pot of boiling water, wash the taro skin, remove the dirt and impurities, and throw it directly into the boiling water to boil. After taking it out of the pot, just use a kitchen knife to gently cut from top to bottom, and you can easily remove the skin!

You can pour a small amount of vinegar into the wash basin, soak your hands for 5 minutes, and then roast your hands over fire. This can destroy the soapberry on the yam skin that causes itchy hands. Or you can cut the yam into sections, soak it in boiling water for 30 minutes and then take it out to remove the mucus on the yam skin, and then peel it, which is easy to peel and not easy to itch your hands.

If you feel extremely itchy, rinse with clean water first, then wipe off the water stains, apply a little medicated oil and wipe gently, and the itching will be gone.

After reading the introduction in the above article, everyone now knows what to do when your hands itch after cutting yam. After cutting the yam, you can use the method I introduced above to relieve the itching. Now you don’t have to be afraid of itchy hands when you want to eat yam. The editor recommends that you wear gloves when washing yam, which can reduce the itchy hands.