What should I do if my hands itch after touching yam

Yam is a food that many people love to eat. Because of its rich nutritional value and medicinal value, yam is regarded as a top-quality food on the table. However, many people will find that they feel itchy after eating yam. What's going on? Today we will look at the solutions and avoidance measures for itchy hands after touching yam.

When peeling yams or taro, your hands will become very itchy.

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

solve:

If your hands are itchy, wash them carefully, then dip them in vinegar, even the gaps between your nails. After a while, the itchy feeling will gradually disappear! (Reason: acid and alkali neutralization) You can also roast your hands over the fire and turn your palms over and over to warm them up. 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!

How to avoid itchy hands

Wear gloves to wash yams

After washing the yam skin, it is best to wear gloves or put a plastic bag on your hands before peeling it. Or you can wash the yam with boiling water and boil it directly in the water. In this way, the yam skin is basically cooked, the original allergens are destroyed, and you will not cause allergies if you come into contact with it again.

Soak your hands in diluted vinegar water before handling yams.

After reading the above method introduction, I wonder if you have gained anything. For friends who have no kitchen experience, it is a strange phenomenon that their hands feel itchy after touching yam. Therefore, we hope that today’s introduction can solve everyone’s doubts and at the same time avoid such phenomena from happening again in future life.