According to relevant professionals, gourd is also known as water melon, pugua, gourd melon and so on. , and divided into sweet gourd and bitter gourd. Sweet gourd contains a lot of sugar, protein, organic acids and vitamins. It is a favorite vegetable of the people in summer and can be eaten with confidence. However, bitter gourd contains a kind of plant toxin-alkaloid glycoside toxin, which is not easy to be destroyed after heating. Gourd with high content of alkaloid glycoside toxin may lead to food poisoning. After eating bitter gourd for a few hours, there will be dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, fatigue and drowsiness. Severe poisoning is characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dehydration, bloody stool and purulent blood, and most of the body temperature is normal. At this time, patients are easily misdiagnosed as bacillary dysentery, which delays symptomatic treatment. At present, there is no specific therapeutic drug for alkalosis, which is mainly relieved by inducing vomiting, diuresis, symptomatic treatment or drinking more strong tea. There have been many such poisoning incidents in Guangxi.

Bitter gourd and sweet gourd are not easy to distinguish from each other in appearance, but many bitter melons are shaped like incandescent bulbs, which are thinner than sweet gourd, and some of them have uneven appearance and Huang Lian-like bitterness. So, before eating gourd, lick it with the tip of your tongue to see if it is bitter. If it is bitter, you can't eat it.

Go to the hospital if you don't feel well.