Ginkgo (white fruit) eaten too much will be poisoned.

Raw white fruit contains cyanide, leucocholic acid, leucoadipic acid and other components, which can harm the body's nervous system and cause symptoms of excitation followed by inhibition.

If cooked and eaten, can make the leucoacid and leucoadipic acid decomposition, so cooked white fruit is less toxic.

Currently, the medical profession believes that raw white fruits should be controlled at about 10 grains a day, and overconsumption will cause abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, convulsions and other symptoms.

While the toxicity is reduced when cooked, it should not be consumed in excess at one time.

It should be noted that the green embryonic teeth in the white fruit are the most toxic, and should be removed when consumed; avoid eating with fish; pregnant women, young children under the age of 5 should be prohibited from eating white fruit, indigestion, abdominal distension, and fever should not be consumed.

Expanded information:

Taboos for use of the medicine:

1. Avoid taking it if you have solid evil.

2. Excessive raw or fried food can lead to poisoning, poisoning is especially common in children.

3. Adverse reactions or poisoning: white fruit poisoning, ancient records, but also repeatedly reported.

Mostly in the fall of the ripe fruit season, due to fried food or cooking too much. After eating raw fruits, poisoning phenomenon appeared in the service 1 ~ 12 hours, the symptoms of fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, convulsions, respiratory distress, serious cases can be due to respiratory failure and death.

A few people show sensory impairment, lower limb paralysis.

The use of white fruit should not be excessive. This should also be noted when taking food made from white fruits.

Irritation of the skin, the outer seed coat of the white fruit is toxic, can stimulate the skin to cause contact dermatitis, blisters.

Some people may also develop atopic dermatitis on contact. Symptoms develop rapidly, must be treated urgently.

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