Speaking of the toxicity of poinsettias, many people think this beautiful flower must be poisonous! I don’t know how big the mental shadow area the poinsettia knows… So are poinsettias poisonous or not? Let’s take a look.
In fact, the poinsettia’s greatest value is for viewing, under normal circumstances is not edible. Poinsettia juice does have a substance called alkaloid, this substance is easy to cause human skin allergy, if ingestion can be life-threatening. If children, the elderly, pets accidentally eat, should first drink a lot of cold water to accelerate the alkaloid excretion, or go to the hospital for vomiting.
Although the alkaloid of poinsettia is easy to cause allergy, it is a good medicine. Poinsettias cool, bitter taste, with regulating menstruation hemostasis, promoting blood phlegm, bone detumescence function, medicinal value is very good.
Can poinsettias go in the bedroom?
We often place poinsettias with study, living room and other places, if the bedroom to put some potted plants, choose poinsettias is appropriate? Flower friends who can’t make up their minds might as well take a look at flower Valley.
It is not recommended that you put poinsettias in your bedroom. Because:
1, poinsettia bright color, easy to attract home children, pets, children, pets will appear allergic symptoms after ingestion, so the children’s room is absolutely can not be placed.
2, although poinsettia is a short day plant, but love light, and the bedroom light is generally weak, suitable for placing some shad-tolerant plants, such as bamboo, copper money grass, etc.
3, bedroom plants require simple, convenient management, poinsettia in management is not easy, need a long time watering, fertilization, temperature and humidity control, the most suitable bedroom placed plants are succulents, small, do not take up space, and very cold resistant, easy to manage.
