Taro is a good food, and there are many ways to do it. It can also be used as a staple food, but what if one's fingers itch when processing taro? 1, because the skin of taro is highly alkaline, called oxalic acid and alkali, which has a strong stimulating effect on the skin. 2. Saponins in taro skin make hands itch. The preventive method is to wash your hands with vinegar before peeling taro. The acidity of vinegar can neutralize alkali.
If you already feel itchy, you can wash it with warm water or bake it on the fire for a while, and the itching will disappear. You can also wipe your hands with lemon, citrus and other skin. In fact, you can wash your hands with detergent, or with vinegar and pickling hands. If your hands itch, you can wash them carefully, then cover them with vinegar or even touch the fingernails. After a while, this itching will gradually disappear! (Reason: Neutralize with acid and alkali) You can also bake it on the fire and turn your palm repeatedly to make it hot. This can break down the saponins that penetrate into the hands.
You can pour a small amount of vinegar into the washbasin, soak your hands for 5 minutes, and then bake the soaked hands with fire, which will destroy the soapy cutin on the yam skin and cause itchy hands. Or cut the yam into sections, soak it in boiling water for 30 minutes, and then take it out, so that the yam skin can be removed and then peeled again, which is easy to peel and not easy to itch. Skin contains plant alkaloids, which can cause itching when it comes into contact with skin. Saponins in yam skin make hands itch.