What to do if you get poisoned by eating wild vegetables?

In fact, people's living conditions are getting better and better now, and they are not interested in delicacies from land and sea. They prefer to eat wild vegetables, because the nutrients contained in wild vegetables are higher than those of chicken, duck, fish and meat in daily life. Therefore, many people like to eat wild vegetables in life, but there are also cases of wild vegetable poisoning. How to solve this problem?

If wild vegetable poisoning is not resolved in time, it will have an adverse effect on our health. Therefore, I hope that everyone will not blindly eat some unknown wild vegetables in life, as that may aggravate the occurrence of poisoning.

Prevention: Don’t eat unfamiliar food

Experts point out that even edible wild vegetables have different ways of being eaten depending on their variety. Some wild vegetables picked seasonally, such as day lily and bracken, can be boiled in boiling water to remove the poison and then dried for long-term preservation due to the short picking time and large quantity.

When eating wild vegetables, you should at least know whether they are poisonous or not. If you encounter wild vegetables that you don’t recognize or are difficult to identify, you must not pick them blindly. Wild vegetables growing on the roadside are easily contaminated by automobile exhaust and domestic sewage and are not suitable for eating. Do not pick wild vegetables growing by the river or near chemical plants because the wastewater discharged by the chemical plants contains high levels of toxic substances. Wild vegetables can absorb dust and suspended solid matter in the air. In addition, spring is the season when insect eggs revive. Therefore, wild vegetables should be thoroughly washed and blanched before eating.

Suggestion: Don’t be greedy even if it tastes good

Eating wild vegetables not only gives you a fresh taste, but their rich nutritional value is also very beneficial to your health. However, health experts also pointed out that most wild vegetables are cold in nature, and those with weak spleen and stomach can easily suffer from indigestion, or even symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. Even people with normal physical constitution should not eat too many wild vegetables. In addition, some wild vegetables contain substances that can cause allergies. People with special body types are prone to allergic reactions after eating them. In mild cases, symptoms such as erythema, papules, and itching may appear on the face, neck, and outer sides of the limbs. In severe cases, blisters, skin ulcers, and erosions may occur.

"Although wild vegetables are good, they should not be eaten for a long time or in large quantities. Just try them when they are fresh." Health experts recommend that when eating wild mountain grass vegetables, try to buy and eat them immediately. If they are stored for too long, not only will they lose their fresh fragrance, but their nutritional content will also be reduced.

Tips: What to do after being poisoned?

According to experts, different wild vegetables will cause different symptoms of poisoning. Generally, the symptoms of wild vegetable poisoning are mild, with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms being the most common. There are also neuropsychiatric symptoms such as headache and dizziness. However, if the poisoning is caused by wild plants, gastric lavage and vomiting induction generally cannot relieve the symptoms, because the toxic substances in wild plants act quickly and are easily absorbed into the blood. Therefore, once a poisoned person is found, he or she should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time.

Although wild vegetables generally have very high nutritional value and are pure natural foods loved by people, if I know too much about this wild vegetable or my physical condition is special, I should use it with caution, so as to reduce the possibility of wild vegetable poisoning.