How to judge whether cowpeas are ripe or not? Symptoms of cowpea poisoning

Cowpea is a green vegetable that many people like to eat the most in life, but some people have obvious food poisoning reactions after eating cowpea. What's going on? This happens because the cowpeas people eat are not cooked thoroughly and contain some toxic ingredients. So how do you judge whether the cowpeas are cooked when you stir-fry beans? What kind of poisoning reactions will occur after eating unripe cowpeas? The editor will introduce these issues to you in a while.

How to judge whether it is cooked or not

When frying cowpeas, you can judge whether they are cooked by their color. The unripe cowpeas are brighter in color, while the ripe cowpeas are darker in color. Unripe cowpeas look hard and full of moisture, while ripe cowpeas are softer, have insufficient moisture on the surface, and look a little shriveled.

Symptoms of cowpea poisoning

Usually, people will experience various symptoms of poisoning after eating uncooked cowpeas, because this vegetable contains saponins and lectins, which have a very serious irritating effect on the human gastric mucosa, and can damage human tissue cells and cause hemolysis in the body. The most obvious manifestations after poisoning are abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Severely poisoned people may also vomit blood and numbness of the limbs.

Prevention and treatment methods

1. How to prevent cowpea poisoning

The best way to prevent cowpea poisoning is to heat the cowpeas thoroughly and fry them thoroughly. This will make the toxic ingredients they contain inactive and people will be safer after using them, and there will be no more symptoms of poisoning. If you feel that the cowpeas have a strong bean smell when you eat them, it means that they are not cooked thoroughly and it is best not to eat them.

2. Treatment of cowpea poisoning

Be careful if you experience poisoning symptoms after eating uncooked cowpeas. Stop eating immediately and induce vomiting if necessary. You can also use licorice to boil water to detoxify. If the poisoning symptoms are very serious, you need to be sent to the hospital immediately and treated by a professional doctor. If necessary, gastric lavage will be required to eliminate the toxins in the body.