The whole plant of Aunt Taro is poisonous, and one picture teaches you how to distinguish the difference between the taro! Medical: If you accidentally eat, you should immediately drink plenty of wate

Health     8:19am, 1 August 2025
The Food and Drug Administration recently received a report from the restaurant to eat lotus leaf ribs, but it actually ate auntie taro and caused poisoning. The restaurant said it was used by auntie taro and the leaves; and there was a case where people accidentally picked auntie taro and went home to eat poisoning. How to distinguish taro leaf and aunt taro leaf when in the wild? And if you accidentally eat Auntie Taro, how to deal with it urgently? In this regard, Yuanqi.com compiles relevant information from the Agricultural Committee and the Food and Drug Administration to teach you how to identify the toxic aunt taro.

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‧Tao: The leaf surface has plush hair, the leaf handle and the leaf surface are dark purple, and the gap distance from the leaf is far away; the leaf sheet is shield-shaped, and the leaf is unknown.

‧Auntie: The surface of the leaf surface is smooth, the water droplets cannot condense, the leaf handle and the leaf surface are not purple-red, and the gap is close to the gap between the leaf. The leaves are heart-shaped and the leaves are bright.

Tao leaf slices and Auntie Taro leaf slices are very similar, but not both of them can be eaten. The roots and leaves of taro are less toxic and can be eaten with peace of mind after cooking. The roots and leaves of the aunt taro are toxic and cannot be removed after cooking. In the past, there have been cases of mistreating the taro as taro, and incorrect food poisoning, the Executive Yuan Agricultural Committee specially organized a comparison of taro leaves and taro leaves. If you master the judgment points in the following pictures, you will not mix these two plants.

reminds everyone that it is sometimes difficult to identify the two in the wild, so they should avoid picking and cooking to avoid accidents of food poisoning if they are accidentally eaten!

What should I do if I accidentally eat poisonous aunt taro? Cai Wei, a physician of the clinical toxin department of the Ministry of Education of Taipei Rong, pointed out that the entire plant of Aunt Taro is poisonous, mainly insoluble oxalic acid salt. The crystals can prick the oral mucosa. Usually, 15 minutes after consumption, local burning and pain in the mouth, numbness in the throat, and nausea and vomiting will occur. However, due to insolubleness, after eating, you should immediately rinse your mouth with a lot of water, drink plenty of water or drink milk to relieve the symptoms. The symptoms will usually be eliminated naturally within two or three days, but if it is not suitable for tolerance, it is recommended to take medicine as soon as possible.

In recent years, I have received reports on food poisoning cases that were suspected of eating Auntie Taro. In 2010, the public went to a snack bar for dinner. After eating, they developed symptoms of numb mouth, tingling mouth and throat pain. The ingredients were suspected to be mixed with inedible Auntie Taro. In 2010, the public picked plants in their own garden and cooked them into taro. After eating, they felt numbness and throat pain. After examination, they all became toxic and inedible. In addition, the spokesman of the Executive Yuan, Xu Guoyong, said in his face in 2017 that he accidentally ate the taro and was poisoned to the doctor. The Food and Drug Administration has promoted the method of identifying aunt's taro and taro in the "Part Counterfeiting and Treatment of Food Poisoning" and "Part Counterfeiting".

The Food and Drug Administration once again called on restaurant operators to confirm the correctness of the ingredients and avoid misbringing the dishes with aunty taro leaves for cooking. It also reminds the public not to pick plants that are unknown by themselves, so as to avoid irreparable physical health damage due to temporary abdomen. If the public experiences physiological inappropriate symptoms due to eating unknown plants, they should take the medicine as soon as possible and retain food residues to facilitate correct diagnosis and treatment.