Is wild celery water celery? How to tell the difference?

Wild celery is also known as hemlock, pulsatilla, poisonous ginseng, celery leaf hook kiss, spot hemlock, walking horse parsley, because the appearance of wild celery is similar to the water celery and celery we eat, it is easy to be poisoned by accidental ingestion. So is wild celery water celery? How can you tell the difference?

Is wild celery water celery?

Wild celery is not water celery. Wild celery is born in plains, wetlands or ditches. It is mainly distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Russia's far East, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. Hemlock is one of the highly toxic plants, and its toxic ingredient, apigenin, is a neutral resin-like substance, which is easily soluble in alcohol and alkaline solution, mainly in roots, and also in other parts. Poisonous apigenin is easily absorbed and poisoned within a few minutes of human consumption. The lips are often blistered (and even blood vesicles). The main toxicity is in the central nervous system. It has a very significant spasmodic effect. After poisoning, there were dizziness, vomiting, spasms, red skin, blue complexion, and finally paralysis and died of respiratory failure. In animal experiments, a very small amount can inhibit the central nervous system, have a sedative effect, slightly lower blood pressure, slightly increase urine volume; large amounts lead to spasms, elevated blood pressure, accelerated breathing, and finally stop breathing. It has a certain awakening effect on hypnotic (barbital) poisoning, but does not antagonize its lethal effect, and the antagonism between them is not selective. The lethal dose of intravenous injection was 5.36 mg / kg in cats and 48.3 μ g / g in mice. Poisoning deaths have been reported all over the world. It has been reported that a small number of people can be poisoned by dry skin. The toxin was stable to heat and its toxicity remained unchanged for 8 months at 0-5 ℃. Poisoning relief includes gastric lavage, artificial respiration, oxygen and barbital (as the case may be). European folk use this plant as an ointment or extract for external use to treat some skin diseases and painkillers such as gout or rheumatism and neuralgia.

Second, how to distinguish wild celery from celery?

Water celery is non-toxic and can be eaten. Wild celery is highly toxic and can not be eaten. The toxic ingredients are celery, methyl celery and hemlock toxin. The effect of celery is similar to curare, which can paralyze the motor nerve and inhibit the medulla oblongata center. Most of the water celery grows on the edge of the water, tasteless and odorless, and the stem is smooth. Wild celery mostly grows on the ground and smells foul, with white hairs on the stems and thorns to the touch.

The leaf tooth of water celery is slender and the stem is also slender, which is similar to celery in effect. Wild celery, whose leaves are wider and shorter, are more like parsley and are not edible. They are used as herbs to treat snakebites, osteomyelitis, certain skin diseases and painkillers such as gout or rheumatism and neuralgia.