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    Be careful of poisoning

    • Last Update: 2016-01-18
    • Source: Internet
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    Three students of a vocational college in Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, picked a bunch of fresh honeysuckle on the way to climb the mountain and drank it with water Nine students were poisoned, one of them died Finally, it was found that the honeysuckle they used to soak in water was actually a highly poisonous heartbreaking herb Yesterday, the reporter visited several large flower markets in Xi'an, and found no sale of heartbroken grass Most people said they had not seen the plant when they took out pictures of heartbreak grass for merchants and customers to identify In Zhuque road flower market, a businessman surnamed Ren recognized it as heartbroken grass as soon as he saw the picture He said that this kind of Southern plant was sold in Wanshou Road flower market several years ago Because the name is not pleasant, the merchants would not sell it But he did not know that this plant is highly poisonous Because it is a perennial plant, the operators said that there is still the possibility of this kind of poisonous grass in the public's home Qiu Xiaodong, assistant experimenter of Xi'an Botanical Garden, said that there was no heartbroken grass in the botanical garden and he had not seen it in the Xi'an market This highly poisonous plant is commonly known as big tea medicine, also known as Pueraria, gelsemium, humancao and mangcao Its roots, stems, leaves and buds are highly poisonous, especially the buds Although both of them are lianas and have similar flower forms, there are still differences between them The branches and leaves of the herb are smooth, the leaves are oval or oval lanceolate, the flowers are terminal or axillary, yellow, and the flowering period is from May to August; the flower tube of honeysuckle is slender, and the flowers are smaller than that of the herb, moreover, the honeysuckle is white when it first opens, it will turn yellow after 1-3 days, and the flowers are axillary, generally in pairs, and the flowering period is from May to July This kind of flower once appeared in Xi'an market Here, we remind the public that if there is heartbreak grass in the home, it must be placed in a place beyond the reach of children, let alone taken orally, so as to avoid tragedy.
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