What to do if you accidentally eat loquat kernels

Loquat kernels contain certain toxic ingredients, so it is not that you cannot eat loquat kernels. If you accidentally eat them, you should take certain measures to treat them in time. For example, vomiting and gastric lavage are the most common treatment methods. Loquat kernels have certain medicinal value and cannot be eaten directly. The toxic substance in them is called chlorophyll acid, which can combine with the iron in tissue cells, causing hypoxia in the human body.

Can loquat seeds be eaten? Loquat seeds can be used as medicine, but cannot be eaten directly. Because loquat kernels contain cyanogenic glycosides, which are toxic ingredients. Cyanogenic glycosides are decomposed by saliva to produce a highly toxic substance called hydrogen cyanide. It can combine with the iron-containing respiratory enzymes in human tissue cells, making the cells unable to utilize oxygen, leading to hypoxia in the human body.

What symptoms will occur after swallowing loquat seeds? If the loquat seeds are not chewed, don’t worry too much, as they will be excreted through the body’s metabolism in a few days. It is recommended to drink more water, exercise moderately and maintain a good mood.

If the loquat kernel is chewed and swallowed, the situation is a bit not optimistic. If a small amount is accidentally ingested, dizziness, headache, nausea, and weakness may occur. In more serious cases, it can cause respiratory paralysis and death.

What to do if you eat loquat seeds: 1. Induce vomiting

In an emergency situation where you cannot go to the hospital, you can drink the egg whites of a few raw eggs, then use clean fingers to stimulate the throat to induce vomiting, so that the accidentally ingested loquat seeds can be spit out as soon as possible to reduce the possibility of poisoning! After inducing vomiting, boil half a pound of mung beans in water and drink it. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mung bean water has a detoxifying effect.

2. Gastric lavage

Go to the hospital for gastric lavage, usually with 0.05% potassium permanganate water repeatedly. The main purpose is to expel the stomach contents to eliminate the poison in the loquat kernel. Poisoned patients should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible if conditions permit, regardless of time constraints. This is the safest way.

Precautions for eating loquat seeds : 1. It is best to dry the loquat seeds, grind them into powder, and use them as medicine.

2. Do not take too much loquat kernel internally. Although the toxicity is destroyed after high-temperature boiling when used as medicine, it cannot be completely eliminated, so it still cannot be consumed in large quantities.

3. When eating loquat seeds, remember to eat cooked loquat seeds. Because raw loquat kernels contain cyanogenic glycosides, they are poisonous if eaten raw.

4. When eating loquats, you should develop the habit of spitting out the pits and not chewing them.