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When a person is injured by various poisons, if the pulse is surging (Hong), survival is possible; if the pulse is faint and thin (Wei Xi), death ensues. It is also said: if the pulse is surging and slow, survival is possible; if the pulse is faint, thin, and rapid, death ensues.

Generally, when poisoned by various substances, decocting Licorice Root (Gancao) and Mung Bean (Ludou) in water for oral administration can detoxify hundred poisons.

Another prescription: For any kind of poison, urgently administer large amounts of sesame oil orally without hesitation.

Jiedu Dan (Detoxification Pill): Treats Arsenic poisoning. If ingested through food, it is easy to treat; if ingested during drinking alcohol, it is difficult to treat. If there is pain and distress in the chest, induce vomiting. Urgently grind 3 fen of Chalcanthite (Danfan) with water and administer orally to induce immediate vomiting. If the poison is in the abdomen, use purgation first, then administer this medicine.

Red Lead (Huangdan), White Lead Powder (Shuifen), Indigo Naturalis (Qingdai), Saltpeter (Yanxiao), Mung Bean Powder (Ludou Fen) (equal parts).

Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, mix with water from Isatis root (Xiao Lan An) and take orally. If abdominal pain occurs, double the dosage of Red Lead and Mung Bean Powder, mix with well water (Jinghua Shui) and take orally.

Divine Prescription for Resolving Arsenic Poisoning: Use 1 liang of Jiangxi Fermented Soybean (Jiangxi Douchi) and 1 liang of dried earthworm (Qian Qiuyin), grind into powder, mix with cool water and take orally, no fixed amount, effect is immediate. Alternatively, boil Coptis Rhizome (Huanglian) in water, extract the juice, remove dregs, and simmer into an ointment. Mix with bile from a black ox, add a little honey, adjust to appropriate thickness, and store in a porcelain bottle. Each time, dissolve in cool water and take orally; life returns immediately upon entry. Even if the patient cannot speak, as long as there is movement at the heart region, it can still be treated. Alternatively, use 4 qian of Sulfur (Huangqi) and 5 qian of Mung Bean Powder, grind together into powder, mix with cold water and take orally slowly. In winter, take with warm water. If abdominal pain occurs, take another dose. Wait until pain subsides, then induce vomiting using chicken feathers. After vomiting, drink warm thin porridge. Do not eat rice for four or five days.

If wood splinters are accidentally swallowed and stuck in the throat unable to go down, death occurs shortly. Grind an iron axe with water and administer orally for effectiveness.

If copper coins or copper objects are accidentally swallowed, eating many walnuts or Chinese water chestnuts (Biqi) will cause the copper to rot naturally.

If needles are accidentally swallowed, boil broad beans (Candou) hot, eat them together with Chinese chives (Jiucai); the needle will exit with the feces along with the vegetables.

If leeches are accidentally swallowed, consuming honey is suitable as the leech will turn into water. Alternatively, make pills from field mud, size of a cherry. Swallow one pill with plain water; the leech will cling to the mud and pass out together. Another method: taking strong tea in large quantities is also effective.

If gold, silver, copper coins, etc., which cannot be digested, are accidentally swallowed, decoct Amomum Fruit (Sharen) strongly and take the soup; the objects will pass out naturally.

Baiyi Wan (White Garment Pill): Treats men, women, and children who have accidentally swallowed wheat awns, needles, copper coins, fish bones, etc., causing obstruction in the throat, or throat closure with swelling and pain, where death may occur suddenly.

Cuttlefish Bone (Wuzheiyu Gu), Poria (Baifuling), Amomum Fruit (Sharen), Kudzu Root (Shandougen), Licorice Root (Gancao), Bombyx Batryticatus (Jiangcan) (each 5 qian), Gleditsia Sinensis Thorn (Guanzhong) (1.5 liang), Borax (Pengsha), Musk (Shexiang), Pearl (Zhenzhu), Ivory (Xiangya), Borneol (Naozi) (small amounts each).

Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, use sifted white flour paste to make pills, size of Sophora seeds (Wutongzi), coat with clam powder (Bangfen), dry in shade. Take two pills each time, soak in cold water to dissolve, and swallow frequently. Alternatively, hold one pill in the mouth to dissolve, which is even better.

Treating accidental ingestion of lead powder poison: Use Dragon's Liver Earth (Fulonggan) water mixed into powder, coat with soot from burning stalks (Baicaoshuang); send down with water from leached stalk ash to resolve the toxicity.

A man, while accidentally lowering his head to hide in a dark place, did not speak nor answer. He ate food secretly behind others' backs; if seen by people, he could not eat. Others thought he was bewitched and sacrificed three animals to appease him. The food remained overnight, and his wife ate it, resulting in similar illness. Physicians could not identify the cause. I reasoned that he must have been poisoned by rat saliva, as rats possess great toxicity. I used Evodia Fruit (Wuzhuyu) stuffed into a cat's mouth to collect cat saliva, then gave the Evodia Fruit to the husband and wife to take, and both recovered completely.

A servant in a pharmacy, while chopping herbs, suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness. Others thought it was wind-stroke with phlegm syncope and consulted me. I said: This is not a disease, but likely poisoning by herb fumes. Decoct Licorice Root (Gancao) in water and administer orally; he woke up immediately.

A woman stored distilled liquor in a tin pot. After ten days, she took it out to drink. Having consumed only a small cup, she became drunk, confused, and lost consciousness. Others could not recognize the symptoms. I said: This is lead poisoning. Have her stir old soil in water to clarify, add Licorice Root (Gancao), decoct in water, and administer orally; she woke up immediately.