Identify plants that can be deadly when soaked in alcohol
Pear Flower•March 14, 2018 12:00
(Baonghean.vn) - In traditional medicine, au tau tubers, poppy, bear bile... have very good medicinal effects when having professional knowledge and using the right dosage and method. However, if people do not know clearly the effects of each type, they absolutely should not use them to soak in wine to drink because they can contain toxins, which can lead to death.
(Baonghean.vn) - After drinking medicinal wine soaked in forest plants together, 3 people in a family died. Another person is in critical condition and is being treated at the hospital. The incident happened in Cha Lan village, Huu Lap commune, Ky Son district (Nghe An) on the afternoon of March 12, 2018.
Chinese clematis root: The main chemical component of aconite is aconitin, which is highly toxic and belongs to the group A poison. Just a dose of 0.02 - 0.05 mg per 1 kg of body weight can be fatal. Widely used in traditional Vietnamese and Chinese medicine, aconite has two types: aconite (commonly called mother root) and aconite (child root). In oriental medicine, aconite is less used than aconite because it is more toxic. Photo: Internet
According to folk experience, au tau root soaked in wine is used for massage to treat muscle and joint pain. However, many people think that it is possible to drink a little au tau wine. This concept is wrong, because au tau is highly toxic, after drinking it will cause respiratory spasms, respiratory failure that can lead to death. The poisoning case due to drinking au tau wine that occurred in Yen Hoa commune (Na Hang, Tuyen Quang) in 2014, which caused 2 deaths, is a warning for people to be careful when using au tau root. Photo: Internet
Hemlock(also known as the co ngon plant, ruot gut, hoang dang, ho man dang, doan truong thao) is quite common in the mountainous regions of our country. The components that can kill people in this plant are alkaloids contained in the whole plant, the toxicity decreases in the order of roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and stems. Just eat three leaves of the poison or use it with a little alcohol, you will lose your life immediately. Photo: Internet
According to ancient documents, the aconite is a climbing vine with hairless stems and branches, and slightly longitudinal grooves on the stem. The leaves grow opposite, elongated, slightly lanceolate, and pointed. Flowers grow in clusters at the ends of branches or in leaf axils. The petals are yellow. The fruit is a long, slender, brown capsule. The seeds are small, with a thin, light brown, kidney-shaped border around the edges. Experts note that the aconite is not only very similar but also grows near many medicinal plants and vegetables, so it is easy to confuse and cause fatal consequences. Photo: Internet
Poppy (Also known as Papaver somniferum L., the Tay people call it the fairy plant, is a plant with the scientific name Papaver somniferum L., belonging to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is considered a precious medicinal plant. In medicine, it is used as the best pain reliever among both Eastern and Western medicinal herbs. The extract of this plant is highly addictive. Photo: Internet
When using wine soaked with flowers, fruits, and opium plants, users are likely to become addicted. Continuous use of this type of wine over a long period of time will cause users to be paralyzed and lose memory. For those who use wine soaked with opium plants, when tested, the results will be positive for drugs. In addition, if using wine soaked with opium plants with high concentration and overdose can cause poisoning leading to death. Photo: Internet
Bear bile plant:Bear bile plant is also known as the Black locust plant or the wild horse plant, often called the bitter leaf plant in many places. Its scientific name is Vernonia amygdalina Del. or Gymnanthemum amygdalinum of the Asteraceae family. Bear bile plant contains many ingredients with different effects. Alkaloids, saponins, tannins, glycosides cause the bitter taste of the leaves. In addition, it also has compounds with anti-cancer effects such as terpenes, steroids, coumarins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, xanthone... Although the toxicity of bear bile plant has not been recorded in experiments, long-term use of bear bile plant at high doses can also cause unwanted effects. Common side effects include low blood pressure, constipation, poisoning... According to Traditional Medicine Practitioner Dinh Cong Bay, General Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Medicinal Herbs Association: "It is a medicinal plant, but it cannot be used arbitrarily if you do not want to suffer from circulatory collapse" - which can be understood in a common way as the blood vessels will be disrupted, mild cases can be hemiplegia, severe cases can be paralysis of the whole body. Photo: Internet
On March 12, in Huu Lap commune, Ky Son district (Nghe An), a particularly serious case of alcohol poisoning occurred, causing 3 people in a family to die and 1 person to be in critical condition. The cause was that these people drank "healthy wine" that they had soaked themselves with wild plants. The police are currently sealing the wine bottles to investigate the cause of the incident.
(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the case of 3 deaths and 1 critical condition after drinking wine soaked with forest plants in Ky Son, Ky Son District Police (Nghe An) has sealed the bottle of wine soaked with forest plants believed to be the cause of the death of 3 Khmu victims in Cha Lan village, Huu Lap commune to serve the investigation.
