Bitter cucurbits are poisonous, not to eat! Every summer and fall, many areas of the country repeatedly eat bitter gourd after food poisoning, in the past, the city also occurred due to the consumption of bitter gourd food poisoning. To this end, the Qingdao Municipal Health Bureau to remind the general public do not buy and eat with bitter gourd, remind the shopping malls, supermarkets, canteens, restaurants and other units do not purchase, distribution, processing with bitter gourd, to prevent accidental consumption of gourd with bitter gourd triggered food poisoning. Gourd gourd scientific name gourd, also known as water melon, put melon, etc., divided into sweet gourd gourd and bitter gourd gourd. Sweet gourd contains a lot of sugar, protein, organic acids and a variety of vitamins, is the summer by the public like to eat vegetables, can be eaten without fear. However, bitter gourd contains a plant toxin - alkali glycoside toxin, and the toxin is not easy to be destroyed after heating, can cause food poisoning after accidental consumption. Misuse of bitter gourd a few hours after mild poisoning will occur dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, drowsiness; severe poisoning manifested as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dehydration, stool with pus and blood, etc., the body temperature is more normal, the poisoned patients are also easily misdiagnosed as bacillary dysentery. Bitter gourd and sweet gourd in appearance is not good to identify, but many bitter gourd shape like an incandescent light bulb, some appearance of bumpy, containing alkali glycoside toxins, with a bitter taste of yellow lotus, therefore, to remind the general public and the relevant units in the purchase of gourd gourd necessary to keep their eyes open, pay attention to identify, do not buy the shape of an incandescent light bulb, shape of the gourd, bumpy, in the processing, before cooking gourd should be the tip of the tongue lick to taste there is no The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it. Once food poisoning occurs, you should immediately go to the nearest hospital for treatment.