How to peel chestnuts? What to do if you are pricked by chestnuts?

Everyone must have eaten chestnuts. They are delicious and nutritious. However, the chestnuts people usually buy in the market are processed raw chestnuts. If you can see the chestnut tree, you will see that the surface of the raw chestnut is covered with a layer of hard thorns. If you are not careful, you will be pricked by the thorns. So how do you remove the thorns on the chestnut? What should you do if you are accidentally pricked by thorns?

How to remove the thorns from chestnuts

1. After picking fresh chestnuts from the chestnut tree, put on gloves on both hands, then step on one with your foot, and then step on the other side with the other hand. This will cause the thorn ball wrapped around the chestnut to crack, and the chestnut inside will fall out naturally. You can just pick it up with your hands, but this requires certain skills, and you can only fully master it through many experiments.

2. There are scissors specially used for peeling chestnut thorns sold online. You can buy one directly online, and then use the scissors to easily remove all the thorns on the surface of the chestnut. However, you should also wear gloves when removing them, otherwise your hands will easily be pricked by the thorns on the surface of the chestnut.

What to do if you are stabbed by a chestnut

1. Many people will get their hands pricked by the thorns on the surface of chestnuts when removing them. At this time, you can take a piece of adhesive tape and stick it on the punctured part, then quickly peel off the adhesive tape. Repeat this several times to remove the remaining thorns in the skin, then rinse with clean water and disinfect with iodine.

2. If people are pricked by chestnut thorns, if they prick their feet, they can disinfect the needle and slowly pick out the remaining thorns in the skin. After picking them out, they should apply an appropriate amount of iodine or alcohol for disinfection. If the chestnut thorns prick the feet, they need to go to the hospital and ask the doctor for professional treatment. Only by taking out the thorns inside can the wound be prevented from festering and the pain after the injury can be quickly relieved.

Through the above introduction, everyone can understand how to peel the thorns on the outside of chestnuts, and also know what to do after your hands are pricked by chestnut thorns. This way, when you face fresh chestnuts in the future, you will know how to deal with them and will no longer be helpless.