
Aloe vera | You have to use it with caution
It has secretory ducts, located near the epidermis, with anthraquinones, which are powerful laxatives. Anyway, it is a medicinal plant used as a topic for skin burns and as a natural post-natural refresher. You just have to use it with caution, they recommend in the Miguel Lillo Foundation.
Elephant ear | Irritating to the skin
Elephant ear | Irritating to the skin
This plant and another quite similar, the rib of Adam, produce calcium oxalate crystals that are irritating to skin and eyes. If they are consumed they can cause nausea, vomiting and even glottis edema. It should be noted that we must be particularly careful with the fruits of the ivy, which are highly toxic.
Daffodils | Toxic substances in the leaves
Daffodils | Toxic substances in the leaves
They are very popular because of the beauty of their flowers, but the leaves and their bulbs have toxic substances that are a threat to children. They have toxic alkaloids and glycosides (lincorin and galantamine). Symptoms usually appear quickly: vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, anorexia, salivation and pallor of mucous membranes.
Azalea | Vomiting and hypotension
Azalea | Vomiting and hypotension
The leaves and flowers contain diterpenes, which cause hypotension and bradycardia (slow pulse). The symptoms intensify the greater the amount ingested. It generates extreme salivation, vomiting, diarrhea and difficulty breathing.
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