Water celery is a very healthy food in our daily diet, and many families will eat some water celery from time to time to adjust their appetite. Recently, however, someone was poisoned after eating cress. So, is cress poisonous?

Cress can be seen in many vegetable markets or large supermarkets. In short, it is a common food, but why do people suffer from water cress poisoning?

Oenanthe javanica is a perennial aquatic herb belonging to Oenanthe genus of Umbelliferae. Its alias is also called Xibenshan celery, cattle grass, knife celery and so on. Oenanthe javanica tastes slightly sweet and bitter, and enters the lung, stomach and liver meridians. It is a cold food, but Oenanthe javanica itself is not toxic. Cress is not only non-toxic, but also an expert in detoxification. After eating Oenanthe javanica, some harmful toxins in the body can be quickly excreted in time to avoid damaging our health.

Then, since water celery is not toxic, why do people get poisoned when they eat water celery? It turns out that those people are not eating water celery, but a poisonous "water celery". This celery looks like water celery, but it is poisonous. If you accidentally mix it up and eat this poisonous celery by mistake, poisoning will occur.

So be sure to observe carefully when buying water celery. It is best to go to a regular food market or supermarket to buy water cress, so as not to buy toxic water cress by mistake and make yourself poisoned. In that case, it will do great harm to yourself.