Can yew fruits be eaten directly?

Although there are fruits like yew in traditional Chinese medicine, you still need to be cautious when eating yew. If you eat yew within a certain range, it can play a health care role. On the contrary, if you eat it improperly, it can cause poisoning. Or it may be harmful to the body. Under such circumstances, everyone must not eat it casually. So, can yew fruit be eaten? The following is a detailed introduction to this issue.

The Express once reported that "Eating yew directly has no medicinal effect but is poisonous" saying that a Ms. Zhang from Hengdian, Dongyang, suffered acute renal failure after eating yew fruits. Director Jiang from the Hematology Department of Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital reminded that yew must be used under the guidance of a doctor. Eating it privately can lead to poisoning.

As early as 2002, the "Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Standardizing the Management of Health Food Raw Materials" included yew in the "List of Prohibited Items in Health Foods". In 2006, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement prohibiting food production and operation units from producing and operating food containing yew.

Director Pang of the Oncology Department of the Provincial Xinhua Hospital said: "The clinical use rate of yew is quite high. Because the paclitaxel extracted from the bark of the yew tree can act on the microtubules on the cell wall to break the chains, thereby inhibiting tumors. Cell growth, but the yew fruit has never been used clinically. Theoretically, its ingredients are complex and its toxicity is higher than that of bark and leaves."

Among the people, there are still many people who like to use yew to make wine, just like making bayberry shochu. Director Pang suggested not to do this. Although yew has been used clinically, it is not actually a traditional Chinese medicine, just an herbal medicine.

After the above detailed introduction on whether yew fruits can be eaten, I believe that everyone is mentally prepared for the consumption of yew fruits. Although such food has been used in daily life, it is only used as medicine. Therefore, in daily life, everyone should not use it without authorization.