Poison in your own garden: beware of these deadly plants!

When it comes to designing the garden beautifully, there are no limits to the imagination.

But gardening enthusiasts should be careful, some plants are poisonous.

To sustain themselves and protect against attacks from the animal world, some plants contain poison.

This may make sense from the point of view of evolution.

However, these poisonous plants in the garden * can have devastating health consequences for farm animals and pets and for people, especially children.

In the worst case, it can even lead to death.

Basically: the more colorful, the more dangerous!

While most plants are simply dangerous to eat, other poisonous plants should be avoided in any way.

For example, planting tulips * and daffodil bulbs without gloves can cause skin irritation.

Even thuja hedges should not be cut without protective clothing.  

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No symptoms of intoxication?

- Infuse still water and administer activated charcoal!

What if children or dogs ate poisonous plants unnoticed?

Act quickly, because every minute counts in the event of poisoning!

If there are no symptoms of poisoning or if you are not entirely sure whether poisonous plants have been consumed, you should infuse still water.

This is how the poison in the body is diluted.

Medicinal charcoal is also recommended.

The so-called activated carbon binds toxins and makes them harmless to the body.

Especially when children live in the house, it is advisable to have activated charcoal in granulate or tablet form in the medicine cabinet. 

Symptoms like drowsiness or nausea?

Consult an emergency doctor and identify the poisonous plant!

If the first symptoms of poisoning appear, you should definitely call the emergency doctor.

Possible symptoms can be nausea or drowsiness.

It is helpful if you can indicate which plant was consumed and also in what quantities.

If you have seen which poisonous plant your child ate, but you do not know what it is called: Take a sample of the plant to the emergency room.

These native plants are particularly dangerous

The poison of the

, the leaves of which are confusingly similar to wild garlic, is deadly even in small quantities. Consumption of two to five grams of the seeds leads to death. After about six hours, the first signs of intoxication such as difficulty swallowing and burning mouth and throat appear, followed by vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea and a drop in body temperature and blood pressure. Death occurs after a day or two from respiratory paralysis.

The

can be found in public parks and gardens as it is often used as a decorative ornamental plant. Its fruits are formed in pods that look like peas or beans. It becomes fatal for small children with three to five pods, which corresponds to about fifteen seeds. Here, too, the first symptoms of poisoning are a burning sensation in the mouth and throat, vomiting and stomach cramps, but also strong thirst and increased body temperature. Later on, states of excitement and delirium, dilation of the pupils and muscle cramps can occur. After all, paralysis and respiratory paralysis are fatal.

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The

, also known as

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, contains highly toxic ingredients such as saponins, protoanemonin and helleborine. Although all parts of the plant are poisonous, the greatest concentration of the poison is found in the rhizome. Possible symptoms of poisoning are dizziness, diarrhea, and collapse. The Christmas rose is particularly dangerous for pets such as cats and dogs, but also for farm animals such as cattle, cows and horses.

The

tree is a popular local conifer

. Their red seeds are non-toxic, but not all other parts of the plant. Symptoms of poisoning can already set in with skin contact, for example with crushed needles. Vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, cramps, dilated pupils, and loss of consciousness may occur an hour later. After the lips turn red, the heart rate rises and falls sharply, death from heart failure occurs. 

By far the most poisonous plant in Europe is the

.

A dose of two to four grams of the tuber is deadly.

Monkshood gives you not just a poison, but a whole poison cocktail consisting of aconitine, benzoylnaponine, lyaconitine, hypaconitine and neopelline.

Aconitine, which is absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes simply by touching the tuber, is particularly dangerous.

Mild symptoms of poisoning range from numbness of the skin to palpitations.

If a lethal amount is reached, respiratory paralysis and heart failure lead to death in approximately three hours.