Croton seeds contain about 40-60% fatty oil, and the oil contains croton resin, which is an ester of croton alcohol, formic acid, butyric acid and croton oleic acid, and has a strong diarrhea inducing effect. Croton is a laxative, and it should not be used indiscriminately because of its composition and pharmacology. Therefore, using croton to lose weight only achieves the effect of excretion, but the rebound effect is very great, and eating croton to lose weight is harmful to the body.

Bean fruit is hot and pungent when it is used as medicine, which is beneficial to the function of spitting water, and is helpful to treat wind-cold constipation, ascites swelling, abdominal distension and acute pain, constipation, diarrhea and dysentery, edema and abdominal distension, phlegm and asthma, laryngitis, laryngitis and scabies. But croton is also toxic and must be used with caution, so eating croton to lose weight is very bad for your health.

Croton contains about 18% protein, including a toxic globulin called croton toxin. It also contains crotonin 1-3.8%, arginine, lysine, lipolytic enzyme and an alkaloid similar to ricinine. Croton oil contains auxiliary carcinogens. It is a colorless resin, which produces auxiliary carcinogen A3 and carcinogen B2 after hydrolysis. Therefore, eating croton to lose weight is not only unhealthy, but also may cause cancer.