Abrus Praecatorius

Introduction

Family: Leguminosae
Name: Saga Canary, The Roots Saga, Saga Roots, Females Saga, The Roots starfruit
Other Names: Aivoeiro, Arraccu-MITIM, Buddhist Rosary beads, Carolina muida, Crabs eye, Deadly crab's eye, Indian beads, Indian liquorice, Jequirite, Jequirity Bean, Jumble beads, Juquiriti, Lucky bean, Prayer beads, Precatory bean, Rosary beads, Rosary Pea, Ruti, Tentos da America, Tentos dos mundos, Weather plant, Wild liquorice.

Information

This plant is a kind of creeping and climbing. Dark-colored bark. They grow herbs wrapped in a support or a fence. The stem can be spread between 3-6 meters. This plant has small flowers purple in color. The fruit is a flattened form a crust, square and contains nuts.

Usefulness

He reportedly been used to reduce high blood pressure, headache, cough, bronchitis, sore throat, stomach diseases, namely inflammation of the membrane disease conjunctivitis in the eye and malaria.

He also reportedly used to treat wounds, acne, tetanus and as a designer drug for the indigenous people of Africa.

Poisoned

Toxic portion: Seeds
Active ingredient: Abrin, Abrus agglutinin
Other Ingredients: glycyrrhizin and lipolytic enzymes

Impression Poisoning

Early symptoms of poisoning are a burning sensation in the mouth and throat, severe abdominal pain, vomiting, vomiting blood, black stools, such as tar and is followed by symptoms such as drowsiness, weak limbs, less reactivity, convulsions, shock, blue, bleeding in points and the loss of water in the body.

When exposed to the eyes, this plant can cause inflammation and blindness.

Anxiety treatment

Discard the remaining plants in the body, if ingested, the stimulus needs to be done for spit. Stimulation can not be done to the victims of the unconscious. Get medical attention immediately.

If splashed in eyes, do it with clean water for about 10 minutes away