Taxus chinensis may be poisoned by soaking in water and eating too much.

It is true that "paclitaxel" can resist cancer, but soaking or eating Taxus chinensis in water has no effect on preventing and treating cancer, and Taxus chinensis itself has certain toxicity. As early as 22, the former Ministry of Health had included Taxus chinensis in the List of Prohibited Items of Health Food.

Taxus chinensis, also known as yew, is a precious plant on the verge of extinction. It is a first-class protected tree species in China and has important medicinal value. At present, it is mainly used to extract and prepare anticancer drugs. Many people in the folk think that wild yew is a treasure all over the body, saying that the bark and fruit of yew are used to make wine and the leaves of yew are used to make tea; Using the trunk of Taxus chinensis to make drinking cups or Buddha statues and furniture can prevent and treat cancer.

In p>217, Chief Physician Li Peiwen and Professor guangxi university of chinese medicine Maliping from the Department of Oncology of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in China-Japan Hospital refuted the rumor. In fact, the extraction technology of anticancer substance "paclitaxel" contained in Taxus chinensis is very complicated and the processing procedure is very strict. And "paclitaxel" is completely insoluble in solvents such as water and alcohol, so it has no anti-cancer effect to use Taxus chinensis for boiling water and soaking in wine.

Extended information:

In 22, the Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Raw Materials for Health Foods (No.51 of Wei Fa Jian Fa [22]) was issued by the former Ministry of Health, which clearly included Taxus chinensis in the "List of Prohibited Items for Health Foods" and prohibited its use as health foods and food raw materials. Taxus chinensis is very toxic. Without the guidance of a doctor, it may produce the following symptoms after long-term consumption: < P > inhibiting hematopoietic function of bone marrow, leukopenia and other serious toxic and side effects. The poisoning symptoms of people who eat yew by mistake are mainly dizziness, dilated pupils, nausea, vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain, myasthenia, etc. In severe cases, bradycardia, cardiac arrest or death occur, and pathological examination shows pulmonary edema, congestion and bleeding, myocardial hemorrhage and myocarditis.

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