{"id":5099,"date":"2021-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/story\/poisons-do-not-say-their-name\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:33:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T22:33:14","slug":"poisons-do-not-say-their-name","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/story\/poisons-do-not-say-their-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Poisons do not say their name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything is poison, nothing is poison. Plants can be good or bad depending on the dosage. The word <em>p<\/em><em>h<\/em><em>armakon, <\/em>from which pharmacy is derived, means poison and or drug in Greek, just as the Lao word <em>phit<\/em> means poison and at the same time denotes the active principle of a plants. Ricin, manioc and tobacco are toxic or not depending on how they are used. Strychnine, a chemical stimulant of the nervous system, is extracted from the Vomit Nut (<em>ton seng beua, Strychnos nux- vomica) <\/em>found in Laos and used as a poison for fishing. Another tree with a dangerous reputation in the religion is <em>ton nong <\/em>(Antiaris toxicaria), the latex of which was used to poison arrows used against the Japanese during the last war.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty flowers can be deceptive. This is the case with <em>dok ngouang sang (stropbanthus spp.) <\/em>whose seeds are highly poisonous, or <em>kheu phan ma ba (Gloriosa superba), a piece of the rhizome of which can be fatal. <\/em>The strange flowers of the Solanaceae family speak to the imagination and one among them, <em>Datura metel (which the Lao call Kheua ba, squash which make crazy), <\/em>is used because its name and its toxicity to treat certain mental health problem.<\/p>\n<p>The perception of plants varies from culture to culture. The Lao call <em>Calotropis gigantea <\/em>the love flower (<em>Dok huk), but this tree has a highly toxic latex which was one used in Europe to treat syphilis. <\/em>Watch out for the beautiful red seed of <em>ton lam (Adenanthera pavonine) <\/em>and those of <em>ton lam ta deng (Abrus precatoris, <\/em>Job\u2019s tear), which are used in necklaces.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information above, we should have studied more\u00a0about using plants\u00a0before consuming\u00a0because everything is poison, nothing is poison. Never use that plants without studying or asking experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pha-tad-ke.com\/institutional\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","story-type":[124],"class_list":["post-5099","story","type-story","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","story-type-health"],"acf":{"pkl_story_headline":"Everything is poison, nothing is poison","pkl_story_authors":"Andy Souvanphakdy","pkl_story_image":5101,"pkl_story_video":"","pkl_story_image_credits":"phakhaolao.la","pkl_story_file":null,"pkl_story_story_types":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/5099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"story-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phakhaolao.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-type?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}