As the weather warms up, many Shanghainese are obsessed with "playing wild", and all kinds of wild vegetables and various ways to eat make people's mouths water. In addition to eating some plants directly, some people make wine and share happiness with family and friends.
But Xiaofang wants to give everyone a reminder.
Ms. Huang, who lives in Chongming, usually likes to have a few drinks, and recently, a colleague in the unit brought a bottle of homemade medicinal wine, saying that the wine was soaked in chestnuts, and she wanted to have a drink and taste it with Ms. Huang.
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When the cap was opened, Ms. Huang and her colleagues tasted it with anticipation, but when they entered the wine, it was not the rich sweetness of chestnuts, but an indescribable strange taste. Ms. Huang drank one or two halves, while the colleague who brought the wine only tasted a little, one or two halves was nothing for Ms. Huang, who had a good amount of alcohol, but a few hours later, she lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital by her family.
Doctor: Do you feel that your hands and feet are difficult and you are in a cold sweat?
Ms. Huang: I don't know when I lost consciousness and got here.
Ms. Huang recalled that at noon on the day of the incident, her colleague gave her a bottle of medicinal wine, saying that it was soaked in chestnuts.
Ms. Huang: I was at work, and my colleague gave me a bottle of wine, and he said it was chestnut wine, and let me try it, and I drank it in half and he got wet on the skin of his lips.
After drinking a half or two, after the so-called chestnut wine, Ms. Huang immediately felt dizzy and went home early, and it didn't take long for her son to notice that she was behaving abnormally.
Ms. Huang: My son asked my mother what's wrong with you? Why is someone wrong? At this time, I was already thinking sluggishly, and he asked me, and my answer was that it was not the right one.
Subsequently, Ms. Huang's family immediately sent her from Chongming to Huashan Hospital's Baoshan Campus for emergency treatment, and also brought the bottle of so-called chestnut wine to the doctor for identification.
Cao Jun, deputy director of the emergency department of Huashan Hospital Baoshan Branch: The family provided a plastic bottle of wine, which contained wine and some plant fruits, which were round. We judged that it was mandala fruit poisoning, which would contain substances such as atropine and scopolamine, which were harmful to the human cardiovascular system and nervous system.
After 12 hours of rescue, Ms. Huang finally escaped, and after she woke up, she still had palpitations. According to Ms. Huang's recollection, she was already doing gastric lavage when she woke up.
Cao Jun, deputy director of the emergency department of Huashan Hospital Baoshan Branch: Ingesting mandala by mistake may cause respiratory failure and even death if it is severe.
The "love flower" in the TV series "The Condor Heroes" is actually a mandala. In ancient times, mandala was often used as the main ingredient in the medicine of Mengkang.
As for the toxicity of Chinese herbal medicine, in fact, we ordinary people may not understand it very well, if it is dissolved in wine, how much concentration will it have, and whether the liver and kidney function of the user is good?
Poisoning by mistake with mandala occurs from time to time
Ms. Huang is by no means alone in poisoning caused by ingesting mandala by mistake.
Some members of the public wanted to "skillfully use" the mandala medicine and wine, but accidentally ingested it and went to the hospital.
Yu Bo from Zhejiang accidentally took the mandala wine given by his neighbor for external use, mainly to smear and wipe him to treat joint pain, and as a result, the mandala was poisoned and had to go to the hospital for gastric lavage.
Not long ago, an old man in Jinshan District, Shanghai, was also poisoned because he accidentally drank the medicinal wine made from mandala, but thanks to the timely treatment of the surgical intensive care unit of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, he was saved from danger.
The fruit of the mandala is very similar to the chestnut, and it is very confusing, so you must pay attention to distinguish it in your daily life.
Ma Ke, Deputy Director of the Emergency Department of Baoshan Branch of Huashan Hospital: There are some places in Shanghai where mandala is planted, and sometimes there are even some in the community.
Not only that, but the seeds of mandala are also easy to be confused with sesame seeds, and it is also easy to cause accidental ingestion.
On March 25, 2016, several villagers in Songjiang District, Shanghai, ate homemade "sesame cakes" at a dinner party, and the next day they developed symptoms of poisoning, and several villagers were rushed to the hospital for treatment. After investigation, the "sesame cakes" eaten by the villagers were mixed with poisonous "mandala seeds" that resemble sesame seeds.
These patients all showed symptoms consistent with Ms. Huang's, confusion, dizziness, nausea, and rapid heartbeat.
These plants are also very deceptive
In fact, in addition to the fruit of the mandala is similar to the chestnut, there have also been many "high imitation" versions of chestnuts in Shanghai!
Do not eat it casually!!
Iron tree fruit
The chestnut-like fruit in the picture is the fruit of the iron tree, called cycad fruit. Containing a variety of toxic ingredients such as cycadin, eating cycad seeds can induce liver and kidney tumors and cause spinal cord atrophy, and may even lead to permanent organ damage and death!
This fruit has been found in the parks and green spaces of Shanghai!
Horse chestnut fruit
This chestnut-like fruit is a horse chestnut fruit (also known as horse chestnut), which is actually poisonous. Accidental ingestion by humans and animals may cause poisoning and death, and the appearance is too deceptive.
Don't touch these plants!
Some "tempting" plants are not only inedible
You can't even touch it
Be sure to remember!
Nightshade
Solanum is an herbaceous plant with spherical fruits that are black-brown, orange-red, or yellow-green. It can be used medicinally, but because the leaves contain a large amount of alkaloids, they can only be detoxified after cooking, otherwise it will cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and even shock.
See blood seal the throat
Also known as poison arrowwood, it is a highly poisonous plant and medicinal plant. The milky white juice of poison arrow wood is highly poisonous, and once it comes into contact with human and animal wounds, it can paralyze the heart of the poisoned person (caused by arrhythmia), seal the blood vessels, coagulate the blood, and even suffocate to death.
Shanglu
There are two kinds of Shanglu, the green-stemmed Shanglu seedling is a kind of high-quality wild forest vegetables, if it is a purple-red stem, it is highly poisonous, it can only be used externally, and it must not be used for food!
oleander
Oleander is a well-known "femme fatale", it contains a variety of toxins, is one of the most poisonous plants, after accidental consumption will cause nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea symptoms, severe bradycardia, ectopic heart rate and other heart reactions, serious will be life-threatening.
However, because of its strong resistance to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and strong adsorption of dust and soot, it is called "green vacuum cleaner" and is often planted in the park. Children like to use it as chopsticks and drink stirring sticks and cause poisoning. It is important to note that the gases from the burning of oleander branches and leaves are highly toxic.
Salt-skinned wood
Also known as salt bran, it is a deciduous shrub of the sumac family. The sap of the leaves and stems contains urushiol. Accidental ingestion can cause strong irritation, causing stomatitis, vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe cases, toxic nephropathy. People with allergies should also try not to come into contact with this plant, which may cause redness and swelling, rash, itching and other symptoms.
Xiaofang once again reminds that there are many species in the plant world, which seem cute but are actually poisonous, and should not be eaten easily without understanding the characteristics and ingredients of plants!
(The original title was "Shanghai Woman Strange Coma!Huashan Hospital Found After First Aid...) Vigilance: Serious can be fatal, many people are →")
(Source: The Paper)
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