This species is a poisonous plant included in the Botanical Atlas Database of China. Its toxicity is that the pericarp and seed coat are poisonous, and its water extract has stinging, swelling and blistering when it comes into contact with the skin. Eating by mistake can cause tongue tingling and abdominal pain. Intravenous injection of water and alcohol extracts from skin can lower the blood pressure of anesthetized cats, which is highly toxic to small fish.

Cashew nuts contain a variety of allergens, and people with allergies may have certain allergic reactions. Cashews are rich in oil, but this oil is toxic.

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Cashew nuts are delicious and have a certain therapeutic effect. Many people like to eat them. But eating too much often leads to some allergic symptoms, such as abdominal pain, nausea, edema of lips and eyelids, itchy throat, itchy eyes, ears and nose, sneezing, runny nose, dizziness and palpitation; In severe cases, children have systemic wheezing and adults have anaphylactic shock; The most dangerous is respiratory edema.

If the larynx is edema, it will cause wheezing and suffocation, and failure in rescue will lead to death. Especially for people with original bronchial asthma, the condition will be more serious. When asthma attacks, bronchial sensitivity to irritants increases. Some components in cashew nuts can cause type I allergic reaction in asthma patients, and then a series of clinical allergic symptoms appear.

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