Deadly wolfberry - take care of children

For modern inhabitants of a megacity the walk on a wood is an incomparable rest and pleasure. Fresh air, the pungent smell of sun-warmed leaves creates a special mood, restores energy and vitality.

And it's also so interesting to arrange a "quiet hunt" for mushrooms and berries! With mushrooms it is more or less clear: we are regularly informed and reminded of dangerous species. But with berries is more difficult. They all seem harmless, and at first glance it is very difficult to distinguish between poisonous berries. Therefore, very often in the summer you can read in the news about poisoning with compote from forest berries or about severe intestinal disorders after consuming fresh ones.

Let's see what poisonous and inedible berries are in our strip.

Wolfberry (wolfberry)

This is a low shrub that blooms white or light pink flowers that look like lilacs. Fruits appear directly on the stem, ripen in July. Outwardly the wolfberry is very attractive: bright red, shiny, juicy. Children and are drawn to try these beautiful fruits. This is not difficult, because the bush is grown as an ornamental plant around houses, in urban parks and gardens.

However, the wolfberry is completely poisonous - and leaves, and bark, and fruits are dangerous, because they contain the toxic substance of daphnin. If you touch the bark or rub the leaves, then on the skin can occur red itchy spots and blisters. In more severe lesions, necrosis of individual skin areas occurs.

The wolfberry leads to severe food poisoning - for this it is enough to eat only a dozen fruits. There is a strong secretion of saliva, pain in the stomach, vomiting and convulsions, high fever rises. Violated the work of the intestines and kidneys. Recovery even with timely care takes a long time.

Belladonna

It is a beautiful shrub with dark green leaves, which blooms single large purple or purple flowers. Fruits - black, slightly flattened, in size and shape like a small cherry. The taste is sweet and juicy.

Berries of belladonna take first place in toxicity, because they contain just three kinds of poison: atropine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Even a small number of fruits can lead to a slow and painful death.

Snowberry

It is a decorative, extremely frost-resistant plant. It blooms all summer with pink trim inflorescences, and in September-October begins to bear fruit with white succulent balls about a centimeter in diameter. Berries very long decorate the bush - until the middle of winter.

The fruits of snow leopard are very toxic and can lead to death.

Crusher (sorochi berries)

This shrub blossoms in small greenish-white flowers, on the spot which later appear small berries. The unripe fruits are light red, and the mature ones are black. The use of berries flavors is not fatal, but leads to quite severe nausea and vomiting.

Vorony Eye

Low bushes of this plant are found only in the forest, they can be confused with blueberries or blueberries. But to distinguish a poisonous plant is not difficult: the berry grows alone, in the middle of the four-leafed corolla has a very unpleasant smell. One or two berries do not pose a great danger, but more can lead to vomiting and diarrhea.

Both the cucumber and the crow eye act only on the gastrointestinal tract. To such toxic, but non-lethal berries is also the well-known black elderberry and honeysuckle.

Adult people tend to be cautious and do not try unfamiliar wild specimens. But children can be tempted by beautiful colorful fruits.

What if the child has had time to try the poisonous berries?

First, you need to cause vomiting as soon as possible. Before this, give the child a little bit of a weak solution of potassium permanganate to oxidize the toxic substances in the stomach.

After the stomach has cleared, it is necessary to water the child with a mixture of crushed activated carbon and water.

If possible, an enema should be made to cleanse the intestines.

If the skin is inflamed, then rinse the damaged areas with a solution of potassium permanganate.

After first aid, always contact the hospital.