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Periwinkle alias day new, Calendula, etc., is a kind of common flower variety in our life, its flowering period is long, almost all year round can see it bloom, family breeding usually adopts potted cultivation, but many people mention that periwinkle is poisonous, do not keep it at home. Is there any basis for this statement? The following pro-agricultural network to tell you whether there is poison periwinkle, and periwinkle can be placed indoors.

1. Is periwinkle poisonous?

Usually we care whether a plant is poisonous before we grow it in our homes. As everyone says, periwinkle is a poisonous plant. Periwinkle belongs to Apocynaceae plant, and most Apocynaceae plants, periwinkle juice toxic, of which flower toxicity is the strongest.

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However, under normal circumstances, poisoning would only occur if the wound touched the sap or if the sap was ingested by mistake. A slight touch of periwinkle leaves and leaves will not cause harm to the human body, as long as we usually pay attention to some, do not casually break the branches and leaves will be fine. If eaten by mistake, periwinkle will cause leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, muscle weakness, quadriplegia and other symptoms.

2. Can periwinkle be kept at home?

So since periwinkle is poisonous, can't it be kept indoors at home? The answer is no, the above pro-agricultural network has already introduced for everyone, periwinkle juice is toxic, if not the wound touched the juice or eat by mistake, there will be no poisoning situation, so do not over-stress because this plant is toxic, in fact, there are many plants are also toxic, but also raised in our home, such as narcissus is such a plant. However, the pro-agricultural network also reminds everyone here that if it is raised at home, it is best to put it on the terrace, not because its toxicity will be emitted, but because it is placed on the terrace, where the sun is more abundant, which is more conducive to the growth of plants.

III. Medicinal value of periwinkle

Although periwinkle is poisonous, it is also a kind of Chinese herbal medicine material that can be used. periwinkle has the functions of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, diuresis, treating mumps, burns and scalds, etc., and has certain anti-tumor and leukemia treatment effects. It is a very good Chinese herbal medicine material.

After reading this article, we know that although periwinkle is poisonous, it will not be emitted by smell, so breeding at home is completely no problem, in addition to periwinkle has many medicinal effects, which shows that even flowers we can not wear monochrome glasses to look at it, poisonous plants in another aspect also have a certain therapeutic effect on our diseases.