Cacti often grow in the desert and other dry environment, known as "desert hero flower", and many people raise cacti in their lives. But it's easy to get pricked by cactus once you're not careful. Are cactus prickles poisonous?
What part of cactus's thorn is
The prickles of cactus come from the degradation of leaves. The green body is the stem, which can replace the green leaves for photosynthesis to make nutrients. However, the green leaves that should have made nutrients degenerate into needles, becoming slender and hard. The living environment of cactus is a dry and rainless desert, and the needled leaves reduce the transpiration area to a minimum, and the sharp and hard needling can effectively prevent animals in the desert from eating it.
Is cactus' sting poisonous
The prickles of cacti are generally non-toxic, but some cacti contain alkaloids, which have weak toxicity, and also contain the function of nerve anesthesia. When pricking into the skin, it will cause skin redness and swelling, causing people to feel pain and itching. If not handled well, it will also cause redness and swelling or pyogenic infection. Therefore, we should pay attention not to be stabbed by cacti.
What to do if it's pricked by cactus
1. After being pricked by cactus, it must not be rubbed, which will break the prickle on the surface. Use your mouth or this blower to blow on the pricked part of cactus.
2. Wrap the hot dough around the surface of the pierced palm, gently rotate your fingers, endure a little tingling, and then discard the dough or throw it away after several times.
3. Use a magnifying glass to see if there are any small thorns that have not been removed. If there are no thorns and tingling sensation, stop and observe for five to ten minutes.
4. After being pricked by cactus, there is almost no problem with the above treatment. If there are still the above steps, you can repeat them until the pain disappears, and then apply sesame oil to everything.