Snake berry, also known as the snake bubble grass, dragon spit pearl, three-clawed wind, three skin wind, etc., for the Rosaceae snake berry perennial herbaceous plants, flowering June to August, fruiting period of 8 to October, more wild in the mountain slopes, meadows, roadsides, ditches, or ridges of weeds, all over the country are distributed, the appearance of the look and strawberry is very similar to the following, let's look at the snake berry is not edible, it is!

Snakeberry can not eat?

Snakeberries can not be eaten. Snakeberry is a slight toxin, but because the snakeberry toxin is relatively small, so it does not pose any threat to our lives, so this toxin can be ignored, but do not eat a lot of food, because the accumulation of the toxin in the snakeberry will still cause damage to the human body, when the accumulation of a certain amount may cause poisoning symptoms, manifested as dizziness, vomiting or diarrhea, and so on.

Is snakeberry toxic?

Snakeberries are toxic. Snakeberry and edible strawberries belong to the Rosaceae family, but the snakeberry is a little toxic, but a small amount of consumption will not lead to poisoning, if a large amount of consumption will be poisonous, may lead to food poisoning and diarrhea and other phenomena. However, compared to its toxicity, its medicinal value is higher, after the snakeberry can be used to clear heat and detoxification, dissipate blood stasis and swelling, cancer prevention and anti-cancer effects, commonly used in the treatment of colds and fever, cough, sore throat, diphtheria and other diseases, but also be able to treat snake bites.

Snakeberry medicinal value

1, the treatment of snake bites: I believe many people know that snakeberry is snake food, although this claim has not been confirmed, but snake bites can indeed be treated with snakeberry, which is documented in ancient medical books.

2, swelling and cough: snakeberries are cold, so when the throat is swollen and sore, you can use snakeberries to reduce swelling and eliminate cough and other throat discomfort.

3, clearing heat and cooling blood: snakeberry has the effect of clearing heat and disinfecting, can treat fever, folk people use it to treat fire.

4, the treatment of fire injuries bruises: in the "Compendium" in the records of the snake berry "dressing soup fire injuries," and the "Herbal Medicinal Preparations," said the snake berry "treatment of bruises, swelling and pain, to remove the stasis of the new, soaked in wine to strengthen the muscles and bones."

5, the treatment of colds and asthma: in the "Min Dong Materia Medica" recorded snakeberry "phlegm, cough, dispel wind, blood. Cold and flu, cough, asthma, wind and fire toothache, mouth and tongue sores." And in the "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Journal" also has "cool blood, menstruation. Treatment of epilepsy, cold and fever, treatment of sore throat." The record.