taro is a kind of food that many people like to eat. It is rich in nutrients and can increase appetite, help digestion and improve the body's disease resistance. But when many people deal with taro, for example, peeling often causes itchy hands, so why does taro cause itchy hands? How to deal with it? Let’s understand together.
Why does taro cause itchy hands?
The reason for itchy hands is because taro skin contains a very alkaline mucus called oxalic acid, which has a strong stimulating effect on the skin. The saponin in the taro skin makes the hands very itchy. A very small amount of saponins will enter the blood and have a hemolytic effect, which will cause the decomposition of red blood cells, disintegrate the blood cells and lose their ability to aggregate.
How to peel taro without itchy hands?
1, cook and peel. Wash the taro and steam or boil it until it is cooked. The cooked taro will not cause skin itching. You can peel off the skin directly by hand, but the peeled taro can only be eaten as a staple food.
2, friction peeling. Put a lot of taro in a bag, don't put it too full, pick up the bag and shake it up and down, rub the taro inside the bag to remove the skin.
3, peeling under running water. Peel the raw taro directly with your hands and a steel wire ball under running water. Most of the juice of the taro will flow away with the running water, and it will rarely remain on your hands. The effect of causing skin itching is not very strong.
4, peel with gloves. You can wear plastic gloves when peeling the taro, so that the mucus of the taro cannot directly touch the skin on the hands and it will not cause skin itching.
5, hot water. Prepare a pot of hot water. After the water is boiled, put the taro in the pot and boil it for 2 minutes. Remove and let cool before peeling. The purpose is to remove the saponin and oxalic acid in the taro skin. Alkali is destroyed and it will not cause itchy hands.
How to deal with itchy hands caused by taro?
1, white vinegar
Pour the white vinegar into a bowl, and apply it repeatedly on the itchy parts of the hand. If it is slightly red and swollen, you can apply more. If it is a very serious condition, you can soak it in water for a long time, and soak for about 2 minutes to relieve the irritation.
2, bake the fire
Put your hands directly on the fire for a while, so that the alkaloids and fine hairs on the hand skin can be quickly eliminated or volatilized, and the symptoms of hand itching can be quickly reduced.
3. Wash your hands with ginger
. When dry, cut the ginger into slices and gently rub your hands with ginger slices. When the taro is cut, it is better to use ginger to rub your hands.
Taro is a must-have nourishing product for autumn and winter. It tastes sweet and glutinous, and has the effects of appetizing and promoting fluid, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, tonifying qi and kidney. However, in order to avoid discomfort when eating taro, we must pay attention to preventing itchy hands when peeling.
