"The most fascinating is the most dangerous".
The mandala flower is a plant that is highly toxic in almost every part, including leaves, flowers, seeds and roots, so it is listed as one of the top ten dangerous plants in the world.
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There was once a case in Which, in Germany, an 18-year-old high school student drank a cup of tea made from two mandala flowers at noon one day.
Shortly after drinking, he spent the afternoon with his mother and family outside in the garden. For the next two or three hours, the family did not notice any abnormalities in the young man's behavior or physical activity.
The man then felt tired and spent about two hours alone in the room, during which time no one was with him.
Two hours later, his mother saw him enter the toilet in the garden. About 20 minutes later, he came out, bleeding profusely.
The family found that the young man had not only cut off his own tintin in the toilet, but also cut off his own tongue. So he was rushed to the hospital for rescue.
After experiencing self-harm, the young man was examined by a hospital psychiatrist. He told the doctor that he had completely lost his memory from the time he went to bed until he woke up after the surgery.
Don't say cut the tongue, that is, usually we accidentally bite the tongue will hurt to the death, and all this, this young man actually has no pain, completely do not remember what happened.
This beautiful flower with the name of an angel and the poison of the devil is very dangerous.
Today, there are still many young people who challenge it out of curiosity.
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It is reported that in foreign countries, there are more and more young people who will consume this so-called "natural medicine", they think that this "natural medicine" is harmless, but the truth is just the opposite.
Below is the abnormal state of a young woman when she had a seizure after taking it.
In small towns near the Mojave Desert in the United States, these plants grow on the side of the road. Every few years, local young people dry the leaves and flowers of the plant, then smoke it and make it into flower tea for sale.
After this plant brews tea and drinks it, some strange things will happen.
Someone finished drinking tea and "swam" naked in the yard of a neighbor's house. According to the swimming lad, he really thought he was swimming in the water because the illusion was so real.
There was also intimate contact with the tree at 4 a.m. until the police showed up and were arrested.
The point is when people are awake and have no idea what's going on.
In South America, this plant is still used in some tribal rituals. This has also sparked another dark industry, where young backpackers from abroad often travel there to experience this novelty.
There were once two young people in Britain who died after drinking.
Criminal gangs have also perfectly exploited the unique toxicity of this plant to commit crimes.
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There was once a documentary that reported how criminal gangs in Colombia extracted alkaloids from the plant to commit crimes.
The toxin can be absorbed by the body through the skin and mucous membranes, and the criminal can simply blow the powder containing the toxin into the face of the target person.
The drug makes people not know what they are doing at all, and the victim is like a zombie, although they are still able to move and speak, but will not refuse orders.
In Colombia, criminals blow it in the face of tourists and follow them until the effects take effect. They then take the tourists to the ATMs and instruct them to withdraw all the money they can withdraw. When the victims wake up, they know nothing about what happened.
In Paris, three criminal gangs used the plant-derived toxin to lure victims home, where they stole money and jewelry. A total of dozens of victims are reported to have been manipulated by criminals.
This drug is well suited for modern kidnapping and robbery. From sexual assault to accompanying victims to snatching their cash from ATMs, victims are completely helpless.
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Why is this plant so harmful that it can turn people into "zombies"?
The "Angel's Little Trumpet" is a mandala flower that originated in South America and is one of the most toxic ornamental plants.
They are listed as extinct species in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The existing plants are all inherited from human cultivation.
Because they are so beautiful, their beauty masks their toxicity.
In Europe, mandala flowers were widely spread as ornaments for gardens. At present, the mandala flower is widely distributed in the temperate to tropical regions of the world, and it is distributed throughout China.
Not long ago, a foreign blogger found a rhubarb flower on their way to a party at a friend's house in Los Angeles that they couldn't resist.
The anchor, who had no idea of the harm of the flower, beckoned a friend to smell it with her.
When they finished smelling the flowers and went to a friend's house, they felt that something was wrong, and they began to feel unbalanced, so the two returned home.
After waking up, the blogger shared this terrible experience with netizens:
She said she experienced a terrible sleep paralysis (commonly known as a "ghost press"). She was so conscious that she seemed to see a man dressed in black enter her room and sit next to her to inject her, but she could not speak, scream or move. It could only lie there and make a quiet moan.
Afterwards, they learned that they smelled the flower as a mandala flower.
However, the blogger said that he was from Canada and did not know the flowers. It was only when they passed by that time that they saw these flowers growing on a tree in front of them, and they were so huge, so intoxicating, that they could not control themselves to pick one and smell it.
Although the hand is low, it is fortunate that it does not cause serious harm.
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Mandala flowers contain alkaloids, which include scopolamine, atropine, and other alkaloids, among others. When taken, the patient will experience hallucinations, irritability, excessive speech, convulsions and other symptoms.
Some foreign netizens recorded their feelings after taking it:
After his first experience, he was deaf for about 12 hours and could only see black and white.
In the days that followed, he would have repeated visual impairments, and when he took the bus to check the timetable, he didn't understand it, and he felt tired and his eyes were completely defocused.
When some netizens were cutting trees in the garden, a tree trunk accidentally flew into his eyes. Despite immediate treatment, the plant's toxins caused him mild hallucinations and lasted for several hours, causing him to have balance problems walking.
Mandala flowers contain the highest concentrations of scopolamine, which makes people completely lose awareness of what they are hallucinating, disconnected from reality, and completely amnesiac about what is happening.
Scopolamine was first isolated by Dr. Albert Ladenburg in 1880.
This drug is not completely without benefits, it is used in drugs to treat motion sickness and nausea. In medical terms, they are also used as a part of plasters, tinctures, ointments, can treat pain, dermatitis, arthritis, rheumatism, etc., as well as anti-inflammatory agents.
However, it also has a history of terrible use in history.
It was used as a truth-telling agent by the Nazi physician Joseph Mengele, specializing in interrogating prisoners. This practice continues into World War II, the Cold War and today's kidnappings.
Earlier, in South America, where it originated, the species mandala served as an inducer in religious and spiritual rituals.
Wizards use it for initiation, divination, and black magic rituals. When the chief was buried after his death, his wife and slaves were also drugged and buried alive.
Scopolamine is described as "the most terrible drug in the world".
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Of course, there are many dangerous plants in nature, so next time you do a good job before touching or smelling them, don't be sure to search for them.