At 7pm on May 3, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bich Lien (59 years old, living in Unit 3, My Dinh Urban Area, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi), the woman miraculously survived after After 7 days of falling into a deep abyss in Yen Tu mountain (Quang Ninh) returned home in the joy and joy of the whole family.
Previously, on April 27, while on the way to Dong Pagoda, Ms. Lien had a drop in blood pressure, so she was dizzy and fell about 30 meters below. Fortunately, Ms. Lien fell into an area with many trees, so she was not seriously injured.
When she fell into the abyss, she cried for help and tried to cling to the tree, but fell down another distance and fainted. When she woke up and found herself in a deep abyss, Mrs. Lien cried out for help, but in vain because the area was deserted, the mountainside was deep, and due to heavy rain and strong wind, no one heard her cry for help.
Mrs. Lien was lucky to escape death after 7 days of falling into the abyss. (Photo: VTC.vn)
Luckily, when she fell, Lien’s bag still had some burnt rice and a bottle of water left. In order to ensure food while waiting for someone to save her, she divided the packet of burnt rice to eat gradually, she rummaged through the trash under the cliff to find discarded bottles of drinking water, so she accumulated a bottle to drink gradually. At the same time, eat more leaves of ferns, fruit of passion fruit.
On the morning of May 3, on the 7th day, when she fell off a cliff, after endless efforts to call for help, the U60 woman finally heard a response.
Through the above incident, it once again showed the importance of survival skills as well as the use of plants around us. So what are the effects of these wild plants on human health and what should be done to find the source of water when in trouble in the forest?
The unexpected use of ferns and passion fruit
The fern has the scientific name Microsorum Pteropus, belongs to the family Polypodiaceae, native to Asia. This plant grows in tropical and subtropical regions. In Vietnam, ferns grow a lot on the edges of forests, streams, damp walls,…
The fern is a herbaceous plant, almost without a stem, with an average height of 15 – 30 cm and a width of about 15 – 20 cm. The fern has compound leaves that grow in clusters, about 20 to 35cm long, shaped like a comb, tapering at the tip.
The passion plant is a precious medicinal plant, in the form of a vines with a coiled, hollow tassel. Leaves alternate, about 7cm long, up to 10cm wide, divided into 3 pointed lobes. Leaves torn at the edge. Tassels grow from the leaf axils. Flowers white, with filamentous appendages, purple. The round, bracts-covered fruit exists as an outer sheath. The fruit is ripe yellow, edible. The whole plant is hairy.
Sharing on VTC, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, former lecturer of the Institute of Food and Biotechnology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the fact that Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Lien survived 7 days of falling into the abyss is a very fortunate thing. lucky. However, it was even more fortunate that Ms. Lien was able to save herself by eating ferns and passionflower bulbs to maintain her life for a week.
According to Mr. Thinh, the two types of fern or passionflower that Ms. Lien uses are non-toxic plants.
In terms of nutrition, both types of plants above do not bring any special nutritional value, only passionflower in the composition contains a very small amount of sedative, but insignificant. Although there are not many nutrients, these plants can be used as food to sustain life for a while.
“Not only the fern or passionflower, but there are many other plants in life that can be eaten. It’s just that people don’t use it as food because it’s difficult to eat, has acrid taste, and is valuable. Nutrition is not high. For example, the leaves that are very familiar to us are banana leaves, or jackfruit leaves… are edible.”Mr. Thinh said.
Survival skills when in trouble in the forest
With many years of experience in the forest to find medicinal plants, Dr. Ngo Duc Phuong shared on Infonet, in the forest there are many dangers such as snakes, sudden floods, falling trees, falling, rolling stones, eating. poisonous plants, cold, hunger, thirst..
Therefore, if unfortunately getting lost, or falling in the forest, the victim must really calmly find the stream (to have drinking water, gradually descend to a safe place, there are people, there are villages, .. .).
As for the leaves of trees in the forest that can be eaten, Dr. Ngo Duc Phuong shared, basically the poisonous plants are very little, the amount of poison is usually not enough to cause death, so you can nibble on the leaves.
“Any plant that is sour is never poisonous. Ferns are also rarely poisonous (only it is a bit tough and fibrous). Or finding a wild banana tree is a very good solution: get water from the stem, eat the stem. young, eat tubers”Dr. Ngo Duc Phuong said.
In addition, people in distress can find water by getting water from banana trees, ropes, forks (if there is a knife), biting roots, etc.
A rule to ensure safety when going to the forest should go in groups or groups. If you are unfortunate enough to get lost, you should sit still and wait for someone to come and rescue you. The more wandering around, the easier it is to get lost and away from the starting point, then people are hard to find.
“In case there is a fire, it is necessary to light a fire, especially in the evening to keep the body warm while chasing the animals and easy for people to detect”Dr. Ngo Duc Phuong said.
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