Spring is the season for eating wild vegetables. But! If you don't know clearly, you are likely to treat 'poisonous grass' as wild vegetables! Which wild vegetables can't be eaten? Do you know which wild vegetables can't be eaten? Is there any skill in choosing wild vegetables in spring?
Eat a wild vegetable face unexpectedly swollen into 'pig head'!
Three days ago, Ms. Chen and her friends in Wuhan went for a outing and had two plates of seasonal wild vegetables at noon. In the evening, Ms. Chen felt hot and itchy on her face. When she woke up the next day, she couldn't open her eyes. Looking in the mirror, she found that her face was swollen like a pig's head. There was only one slit left in her eyes, and there were red rashes in the exposed places such as the front of her chest, neck and back of her hand. The doctor said it was dermatitis caused by sunlight after eating wild vegetables. Shepherd's purse, celery, Chinese toon, purslane and other wild vegetables are photosensitive foods, which will increase the absorption of ultraviolet rays by the human body. After eating, they will be exposed to the sun, which is very easy to induce sun dermatitis. People with "photosensitive constitution" are more likely to be recruited.
How to identify poisonous wild vegetables
1. Qu Cai Niangzi: the root will not die in winter, sprout in spring and grow seedlings. The leaves are long, narrow, thick and hard, with serrated edges. Most of the leaves grow close to the ground. After autumn, they stalk. They are more than 0.5 to 1 foot high. The seeds are small and white. The seedlings are easy to mix with the curd seedlings, but the leaves are wide and soft, and the sawtooth is not obvious. The woman's face will swell after eating Qu CAI.
Husband silver: also known as snake bed and wild carrot. The roots are gray when they are young and light yellow when they grow up, like carrots. Petiole yellow. The smell of husband's silver is very bad. Both leaves and roots are highly poisonous. It can cause death after eating.
3. Xanthium sibiricum: also known as ear tree. It grows in fields, roadsides and depressions. In March and April, the seedlings grow up like bean sprouts, and sunflower seedlings in the sunny places. In adulthood, the leaves are thick, heart-shaped, surrounded by sawteeth, and the seeds with hard thorns in autumn. The whole plant is poisonous, the most toxic is the buds and seeds, which can cause death after eating.
4. Poison celery: also known as wild celery, Pulsatilla and poison ginseng. Grow in wet places. The leaves are like celery leaves, blooming in summer, and the whole tree stinks. The whole tree is poisonous, and the flower is the most toxic. After eating, nausea, vomiting, cold hands and feet, and paralysis of limbs can cause death.
5. Wild land: also known as mother pig and old man drinking. In spring, there are purplish red flowers, some of which are yellow. The shape of the flowers is like lips of sesame. Yellow root, hairy leaves, bitter taste. Vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and coma after eating.
Learning to choose wild vegetables
1. Do not eat wild vegetables near the factory. In the vicinity of garbage dumps or polluted rivers, the wild vegetables polluted by air are easy to absorb lead, and the wild vegetables growing near the waste water often contain toxins, which are not suitable for eating.
2. Don't eat wild vegetables that you don't know. To eat wild vegetables, you should at least know that they are poisonous and non-toxic. You'd better not eat wild vegetables you don't know. Some wild plants are highly toxic. If eaten by mistake, the lighter ones will feel chest tightness, abdominal distention and vomiting, while the heavier ones will endanger their lives.
3. It's better to eat wild vegetables fresh. The long-term wild vegetables are not only not fresh, but also greatly reduced in nutrients and taste bad. To preserve, it's best to marinate. However, the taste and nutrition will be much worse than before, and the production and side dishes of wild vegetables will be limited. Therefore, it's better to eat wild vegetables at present. Long-term wild vegetables can't be eaten. Long-term wild vegetables are not only not fresh, but also have less nutrients and bad taste. The preservation can be frozen or pickled.
4. Don't eat bitter wild vegetables. Bitter wild vegetables are bitter and cold, and have the effect of detoxification and fire control, but excessive consumption can damage the spleen and stomach.
Remind people with weak spleen and stomach not to eat more wild vegetables
Although eating wild vegetables is good for human body, it varies from person to person. People with different physique have different digestion and absorption abilities for wild vegetables. According to Yin Zuoming, wild vegetables are mostly cold. Eating them with weak spleen and stomach can easily cause indigestion, even abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Even people with normal physical fitness should not eat more wild vegetables. In addition, some wild vegetables also contain substances that can cause allergies. People with special physique are prone to allergic reactions after eating. In light people, erythema, papule, pruritus and other symptoms appear on the face, neck and the outside of limbs, and in serious people, blisters, skin ulcers and erosion can occur. It is suggested that the public should first understand the relevant knowledge, grasp the food consumption, and not easily eat the wild vegetables that they do not know or have not eaten, and do not randomly pick wild vegetables to eat in the field.