Mian Zao Er 綿棗兒

Restricted and toxic Chinese herbal medicine 澳大利亞禁用之有毒中草藥介紹

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S2 SQUILL except in preparations containing 1 per cent or less of squill

 

Chinese Name：綿棗兒

English Name：Common Squill Bulb

Pharmaceutical Name：Scilla Scilloide

Family Name of Plant：百合科 Liliaceae, 綿棗兒屬 Scilla Scilloide

Chinese Alias：地棗、黏棗、天蒜、地蘭、催生草、獨葉芹、藥狗蒜、天蒜、

              山大蒜、鮮白頭、老鴉蔥、獨葉一枝槍

The whole plant of Scilla Scilloide is toxic, and the main toxic components are proscillaridin A, scallion glycosides, high isoflavones, triterpenes and their glycosides, xanthrones, lignans, and scallions.

 

Scilla Scilloide has a heart-strengthening effect like digitalis, shortness of breath, dilated pupils, prominent eyeballs, and obvious hypoxia.

 

It is similar to the symptoms of oleander poisoning, and it quickly causes suffocation and death. Large amounts of Scilla Scilloide can cause cramps when poisoned, similar to ergot.

 

Ergotism symptoms:

People or livestock eating grains with lysergic acid can cause hallucinations, cramps, confusion, limb pain, and burning of the body. It caused a large-scale unknown plague in Europe in the Middle Ages. As Saint Anthony's fire.