断肠草中毒为我国南方农村较常见的植物中毒。断肠草的毒性较剧,抢救不及时,常常引起死亡。为引起重视,现将所能查到的部分资料综述如下: 一、植物学及用途:断肠草的植物名钩吻,为马钱科植物,学名:Gelsemiumelegans Benth。古人以为此草入口即钩人喉吻,故日钩吻。或谓吻当挽字解,牵挽人肠而绝之,故又名断肠草。该物别名颇多,因地而异,常见者有:断肠草、毒根、胡蔓草、野葛、黄藤、烂肠草、大茶叶、火把草、治葛,苦吻,过山凤、猪人参、麻醉 Intestinal grass poisoning is more common in southern rural China plant poisoning. Penicillium more toxic toxicity, rescue is not timely, often causing death. To attract attention, now we can find some of the information summarized as follows: First, the botany and use: plant grass Hericium kiss, Strychni, scientific name: Gelsemiumelegans Benth. The ancients that the entrance to the grass that is hooked human laryngeal kiss, so the day kiss. Or kisses when the word to save the word, pull the human intestine and never, it is also known as the heartbroken grass. The alias alias quite, vary from place to place, common are: Herba grass, poisonous root, Hu M grass, kudzu, yellow vine, rotten grass, tea, torch grass, Pig ginseng, anesthesia