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Serious beaker
«——【Preamble】】 ——»
In China, plant resources are very abundant, and there are many poisonous plants. One of the most well-known poisonous plants, one of them is the Broken Gut Grass.
Why is the Broken Intestine Grass so famous, and it is still poisoned every year? How can the Broken Intestine Grass be camouflaged? And how can it be identified and ensure safety?
«——【·神秘断肠草·】——»
What is the source of the toxicity of the Broken Intestine Grass? What should we do if we take it by mistake? In fact, it does not refer to a certain plant, but is a collective term for more than 40 poisonous plants. Among them, the most famous is Tripterygium wilfordii, but it is not the most toxic.
The most poisonous intestinal grass is called hook kiss by scientific name. In the current widely circulated version, the broken intestine grass mainly refers to those highly toxic plants that can cause adverse reactions after ingestion, and these plants will have adverse reactions after being ingested, and in severe cases, they will be life-threatening.
Due to the lack of knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine at that time, the folk collectively referred to these plants as Broken Intestine Grass, so due to the different growth environments, different regions also have different Broken Intestine Grass.
At present, there are about 40 species of plants that can be classified as the species of Broken Intestine grass found in the mainland. The hook kiss is not only the most toxic broken intestine grass, but also the most easy to ingest, and the biggest cause of poisoning is actually because of two plants. Honeysuckle and five-fingered peach are two plants that Chinese people often drink, and it is because of their similar appearance that many people are attracted to it.
Among the more than 40 species of broken intestine grass, the highest proportion is in the family Violaceae, and the hook is in the genus Nux Nux family. The reason why hooknose is the most toxic is because the plant contains a unique toxic substance that botanists call hooknose.
Hookenine is an alkaloid, how violent is the toxicity of hookenatine? Potassium cyanide is a well-known poison, and the toxicity of hookenine is about equal to the level of potassium nearcyanide. It only takes 3-5 grams to easily poison a strong adult, and when converted into leaves, 5-8 tablets can extract enough lethal toxins.
Once this highly toxic substance is purified, its toxicity is multiplied. I think this is also the reason why the main raw material of the broken intestine was scattered in ancient times. The whole plant is poisonous, but there are certain differences in toxicity depending on the location. The root of the hook snout contains the most hook snout components, such as hook snout A, Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao and so on.
The roots of the hook kiss release a faint smell when they are excavated and leave the soil. This smell can cause a certain feeling of dizziness in the person who smells it. Because the smell of the roots is fragrant, there will be no obvious reaction if you don't smell it directly for a long time, so it is often ignored by pickers.
The main components contained in the leaves of the hook are hook kiss alkali A, Chen, etc. Because the most toxic component of hooknose is the most toxic, the toxicity of the root of the hook is higher than that of the hook nose leaves. Moreover, the nectar of the hook kiss is as toxic as the pollen, and if a person mistakenly ingests honey containing hook kiss line, it can also cause poisoning.
Since the nectar of the crocoun is poisonous, the bee farmers who keep the bee colony from being poisoned by the crocode. Before breeding, the surrounding nectar sources will be carefully cleaned, and everyone can buy with confidence. The source of toxicity is hook kiss line, an alkaloid that can cause gastrointestinal discomfort because the main action of this alkaloid is in the body's nervous system.
Since the hook is highly toxic, why not completely eradicate it? In fact, it is because although the hook is highly toxic, the leaves with relatively weak toxicity can be used as medicine to cure diseases. In fact, many medicines now contain trace amounts of hook and kiss ingredients. Although the broken intestine grass is feared by many people because of the mythical story of Shennong's accidental eating and death, it actually has a long history in the process of using traditional Chinese medicine.
Why does the broken intestine grass have a long history in China, and why do people get poisoned by it every year? In fact, this is because the appearance of the hook kiss is too deceptive, and he is a famous "master of cross-dressing" in nature.
«——【Why are some people frequently poisoned·】——»
Hook kiss has a common name in Guangdong and other places, and is known as the big tea medicine. Why is this highly poisonous plant completely undrinkable, but the name is another "tea" word. It is because the flowers of the hook kiss are very similar to honeysuckle, and every year people are poisoned by accidental ingestion.
The main flowering period of the hook is very long, starting to bloom in May every year and slowly withering until November, it is precisely because of the long flowering period that the flowering period of the hook kiss coincides perfectly with the flowering period of honeysuckle. This kind of flowering has a confusing effect, so that some people who want to pick wild honeysuckle but do not know about honeysuckle are repeatedly tricked.
Generally speaking. The flowers of honeysuckle will bloom at the joints of the branches, and the number is relatively small, only one or two small flowers. The hooked flowers also bloom at the top, although they also grow at the joints of the branches. At the same time, the flowers are clustered and the number of flowers is relatively large.
The origin of the name of honeysuckle is also one of the major ways to distinguish honeysuckle, before the honeysuckle is in full bloom, the buds of the honeysuckle appear normal white, and only after the bloom will slowly turn yellow.
Due to the different times when the buds grow and bloom, the honeysuckle is basically yellow and white, and the hooked flowers are obviously yellow regardless of the bud stage and full bloom.
In addition to the Broken Intestine Grass, there are other poisonous plants that seal their throats with blood. For example, the poison arrow wood, which is also widely known in some places, is also known as poison arrow wood, which is also one of the most poisonous plants in the world according to current statistics.
The sap of the arrow poison wood contains a variety of toxic substances, such as crossbow arrow glycosides. This phytotoxin, like hookenin, acts on the nervous system. However, poison dart wood has a special appearance, and most people will take the initiative to keep their distance. In addition to honeysuckle, there is another plant that is also very similar. This plant is called the five-fingered peach.
«——[How to distinguish between broken intestine grass and five-fingered peach]——»
The five-fingered hairy peach is a mulberry plant, and the five-fingered hairy peach will grow from the two-fingered hairy peach to the seven-fingered hairy peach according to the different years. Considering the economic benefits and other issues, it is generally picked when it reaches five fingers.
The five-fingered peach is a plant that can be harvested all year round, and is used by washing the rhizomes and cutting them off and drying them while they are fresh. This plant is rich in nutritional value and can bring a strong coconut milk flavor as a soup ingredient, so it is called "Cantonese ginseng" by Cantonese people.
Whether it is stewed chicken or stewed pork ribs, Cantonese people often use it. The base of this five-fingered peach is distinctly cylindrical, and it is usually sold in small pieces. The whole has fine longitudinal wrinkles, and the most obvious is that the five-fingered peach has a faint coconut fragrance.
This natural light coconut fragrance is not found in other tree roots, so it is also one of the criteria to distinguish whether it is a good five-finger peach. The pith of the hooked snout is hollow, and obvious radioactive textures can be seen after breaking the roots, and the root section of the five-fingered peach is concentric rings.
If you smell the root smell of the hook kiss for a long time, you will feel dizzy, and the five-fingered peach is completely misunderstood. The reason why it is so easy to be misidentified is because the main growing area of hook kiss is in the mountains.
The plants in the mountainous areas are generally tall, and it is easy to ignore the hook kiss wrapped around these plants, and the roots are similar to the five-fingered peach, and the flowers and honeysuckle are almost indistinguishable from the fake, and the poisoning after accidental picking and accidental ingestion is always high.
«——【·Conclusion·】——»
Although there have been antidote methods since ancient times, this method is slow to work and has high risks. In case of poisoning, it is still necessary to go to the hospital for first aid as soon as possible.