Sweet potato seed

Sweet potato seed

(Chinese medicine and plant records)

[synonym] radish seed (Guizhou folk medicine Collection).

[source] it is the seed of the leguminous plant Ipomoea batatas. For plant morphology, please refer to "sweet potato".

[chemical constituents] the seeds contain poisonous fish and insecticidal components. Among them are rotenone like isoflavone derivatives, such as rotenone, tanshinone, 12 α - hydroxy tanshinone, demethoxy tanshinone, 12 α - hydroxy demethoxy tanshinone, sweet potato ketone, etc., as well as phenylvanillin compounds, tanshinone and sweet potato lactone. The moisture content, ash content, protein content, fat content and carbohydrate content of newly harvested seeds were 8.11%, 4.32%, 39.50%, 25.81% and 22.26%, respectively.

[nature and taste] Chinese medicine and plant Atlas: "poisonous. "

[functions and indications] Guizhou folk medicine collection: "treatment of scabies, carbuncle and swelling. "

[usage and dosage] external use: Yanmo Tiao Fu.

Avoid taking it orally.

[poisoning] sweet potato seeds are commonly used to kill insects in the folk, but there have been reports of poisoning due to eating them by mistake. 3 cases of infantile patients developed vomiting, general weakness and coma 2-8 hours after eating. Some of them were accompanied by incontinence, dyspnea, hypothermia, or obvious shock. 1 case of adult patient complained of dry mouth and numbness of limbs in addition to nausea and vomiting. After symptomatic treatment and infusion rescue, all patients recovered. However, one child was still unable to speak fluently and walk independently.