含有强烈毒性的中药相思子误当赤小豆使用,古时有之,今仍有,应引起重视,防止中毒发生。相思子又名红豆、相思豆、黑头小鸡、鸡母珠,为豆科植物相思子的种子。形状椭园(少数近于球形),长5～7毫米,宽4～5毫米。上部朱红色,种脐部分黑色,有光泽。种皮坚硬,不易破碎。其气味如青草样,苦而涩。相思子根、茎、叶、花均有毒,以种子毒性最强,咀嚼后吞服0.5毫克即可中毒。现代医学已证实其毒为多种毒性蛋白,属细胞毒。中毒症状是:体温先升高而后降低,食欲不振,恶心呕吐,腹痛腹泻,呼吸困难,皮肤青紫,循环衰竭,出现蛋白尿,有时有抽搐,最后出 Acacia seeds containing strong toxicity of red bean poisoning mistakenly used in ancient times, there are still, it should be taken seriously to prevent poisoning. Acacia also known as red beans, Acacia beans, black chicks, chicken mother beads, beans for the seeds of Acacia seed. Shape oval (a few near spherical), 5 to 7 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide. Upper vermilion, umbilical part of black, shiny. Seed coat hard, not broken. The smell of grass-like, bitter and astringent. Acacia roots, stems, leaves, flowers are toxic to the strongest seed toxicity, swallowing 0.5 mg after chewing can be poisoned. Modern medicine has confirmed that the poison is a variety of toxic proteins, is a cytotoxic. Symptoms of poisoning are: first increased body temperature and then decreased, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, difficulty breathing, skin bruising, circulatory failure, proteinuria, sometimes convulsions, and finally out