Introduction to the efficacy of sweet potato seeds:

Sweet potato seeds ("Chinese Medicinal Plants")

Dionysus radish seeds ("Collection of Guizhou Folk Prescriptions") 》).

The source is the seeds of the leguminous plant Jicama.

Plant morphology detailed sweet potato strips.

Chemical Seeds contain poisonous fish and insecticide ingredients.

Among these ingredients are isoflavone derivatives rotenone, jicamaone, 12α-hydroxyjicamaone, demethoxyjicamaone, and 12α-hydroxydemethoxyjicamaone, collectively known as rotenoid. Dioscarone, sweet potato ketone, etc., as well as phenylpyranocoumarol compounds jicama ketone and sweet potato lactone.

The newly harvested seeds contain moisture 8.11, ash 4.32, protein 39.50, fat 25.81, and carbohydrate 22.26.

Nature and flavor "Illustrated Book of Chinese Medicinal Plants": Poisonous.

Function and Indications - The efficacy of sweet potato seeds in "Guizhou Folk Prescription Collection": Treat scabies and carbuncles.

Usage and dosage: External use: Grind into powder and apply.

It is advisable not to take it internally.

Poisoned sweet potato seeds are often used by the people to kill insects, but poisoning due to accidental ingestion has also been reported.

Three cases of pediatric patients developed symptoms 2 to 8 hours after eating. All of them experienced vomiting, general weakness and coma, and some were accompanied by urinary incontinence, difficulty breathing, drop in body temperature, or obvious shock. ; In addition to nausea and vomiting, one adult patient also complained of dry mouth and numbness in the limbs.

All recovered after symptomatic treatment and transfusion rescue.

However, one child still could not speak fluently and could not walk independently after regaining consciousness.