Recently, there is indeed a student at a university in Hunan, because he listened to the mandala seeds can solve the pimples on his face, and then directly bought half a pound of the amount online, the focus is that the child ate a bite. Sure enough, before waiting, there were obvious symptoms of poisoning such as skin redness and dizziness. Subsequently, the college student was directly admitted to the ICU because of acute mandala poisoning, but fortunately, he has now been transferred to the general ward from danger.
Mandala is actually different from the general poisonous plants, at least many of the film and television works that our generation watched when they were children have "popularized" the whole mandala plant, and the mandala swallowed by college students is the most poisonous. If it is a child who eats by mistake, the main thing is that the parents supervise and place drugs carelessly, but college students already have the ability to take care of themselves, so while we pay attention to academics, we still need to know some basic common sense, especially the entrance of things.
Mandalas are distributed in all provinces and regions of China:
Mandala can be said to be a plant that is not delicate at all, it grows on all continents of the world, and it is also distributed in various provinces and regions of our country, usually growing naturally on grass, on the side of the road and around the house. Because the flowers of the mandala have a certain ornamental value, the small gardens and large courtyards of some people's homes may be planted with the plant of mandala.
In general, the mandala can grow to 0.5 to 1.5 meters tall, it is an annual solanaceae mandala plant, some places also called it drunken flower, dog walnut and other nicknames. For mandala, as long as the sun is more abundant, there is a growth basis, although it can grow better on calcareous and organic soil, but this plant will not have special requirements for the soil, has a particularly strong adaptability, but need to avoid mandala growth of the land there are too many other weeds, each mandala is also best to maintain a relatively sparse distance between each mandala, so as not to grow out of the mandala plant is too thin.
Many people have seen the flowers of the mandala, it does look very beautiful, every time the flower blooms, I can see it in many garden scenic spots in Chengdu, but the average person is just a photo in the past, and I have not seen anyone eating the mandala. However, the value of the mandala is not only ornamental, it also has medicinal value and economic value, for example, it can be used to make insecticides, and it can also play an effective role in the treatment of some diseases, but it does not include the elimination of acne marks on the face.
What are the main toxic ingredients of mandala?
As mentioned earlier, mandalas are poisonous to whole grasses, including young leaves, dried leaves, and mandala flowers, and the most toxic part is mandala seeds. The main toxic ingredients contained in mandala are alkaloids, such as: scopolamine, scopolamine and atropine, different alkaloids have different half-lives, some need 8 hours, some only need two or three hours. If a person is poisoned by mandala, it is not only necessary to clean the stomach, but also to cooperate with other drugs to promote the elimination of toxic substances.
Mandala must not be taken for granted, because only 3 capsules of mandala seeds can cause a person to be poisoned, and no matter how uncomfortable the body will be after poisoning, if the treatment is not timely, it will also lead to the possibility of death. Mandala seeds generally do not ripen until summer and autumn, such as Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang are relatively common places for white mandalas, while wild hairy mandalas are mainly grown in Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu and Henan.
In fact, friends who grew up in rural Sichuan like me should not be unfamiliar with mandalas, because they do grow in many places, but the vegetation in the countryside is relatively lush, and it is generally difficult to see a large mandala, often three or five plants appear in one place. Although I didn't know why the mandala could not be easily touched when I was a child, I would follow the instructions of adults not to pick the flowers of the mandala, and I would not eat the mandala seeds.