Dieffenbachia sap contains oxalates that can cause severe inflammation and temporary vocal cord paralysis. — Whalespan
Dieffenbachia sap contains oxalates that can cause severe inflammation and temporary vocal cord paralysis.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“there's several cases in the literature including one with pictures one guy he spent nine days in the hospital the first four or five days he couldn't speak at all they called diffenbachi a dumb cane because it paralyzes the vocal cords and so that's the oxalate doing that”