Edible method:

Soak in clear water for more than 1 hour, remove the green germ in the pulp, and then heat and cook, which can greatly improve the safety of edible ginkgo.

Taboo:

1. Ginkgo biloba can't be eaten raw. Eat at most 4 ~ 5 pieces a day when it is cooked, and 1 ~ 5 pieces will be in danger of poisoning.

2. Remove the green germ from the kernel when eating, and avoid touching the kernel.

3. Once symptoms of poisoning appear, just take it with 3g of ginkgo shell. Extended information

Note:

Like many nuts, ginkgo contains toxic components such as cyanoside, which can be converted into hydrocyanic acid in human body, which is a highly toxic and deadly substance. Those who are slightly poisoned by ginkgo biloba are characterized by dull expression, slow response and reduced appetite, and those who are better will soon heal themselves.

Patients with severe poisoning usually have nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, and then fidgety, mental fear, sometimes screaming, sometimes dementia, frequent convulsions, and elevated body temperature. In severe cases, the patient may lose consciousness and then turn into coma, with symptoms of dyspnea and weak and chaotic pulse, and in severe cases, he may even be paralyzed in the lower limbs.

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