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According to the *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases): Wild vegetables such as celery and water shield often have poisonous insects and leeches attached to them. If people mistakenly eat them, they will be poisoned, leading to symptoms of chest tightness, mental confusion, restlessness, and anxiety.

The *Bencao Jing Ji Zhu* (Collected Commentaries on the Materia Medica) records a prescription for poisoning from eating various vegetables:
Grind Licorice Root (*Gancao*), Beeshi (Cuttlebone), and Fen (powder, likely rice flour or lead powder depending on context, here implying an adsorbent powder) into three separate powders. Mix with water and take orally. For children, taking one sheng (approx. 200ml) mixed with urine or milk is also effective.

The *Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions by Ge Hong) provides a treatment for poisoning from eating various vegetables that results in madness, severe oppression, vomiting, diarrhea, and near-death state:
Boil fermented soybeans (*Chi*) juice and drink one to two sheng.

Another prescription: Boil Kudzu Root (*Gegen*) and drink the juice; alternatively, chew raw Kudzu Root and swallow the juice.

Another prescription: For poisoning from eating bitter gourds (*Ku Hu*):
Boach millet stalks (*Shu Rang*) until the liquid is thick, and drink several sheng.

The *Yangsheng Yaoji* (Essentials for Nourishing Life) states: Crush Sesame Seeds (*Huma*) and take with water, two he (approx. 40ml). (This method is cited from *Xi*, also found in *Ge Shi Fang*).

The *Yangsheng Yaoji* provides a treatment for accidentally swallowing a leech while eating wild vegetables: The leech resides in the stomach and between various organs, feeding on human blood, causing emaciation and near-death state. Drink approximately one sheng of fresh cow's blood just drawn. Leave it overnight. If feeling oppressed/restless afterward, drink one sheng of lard (*Zhigao*). The leech will then exit through the anus. This method has been verified as effective; the cow need not be killed, only bled.

The *Cui Yuxi Shijing* (Food Classic by Cui Yuxi) states: For accidentally swallowing a leech while eating pickled vegetables:
Drinking Polygonum Persicaria Juice (*Maliao Zhi*) is very effective.

The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* states: Mushrooms are generated by stagnant and steaming dampness, so some may be toxic. If people consume too much of this poison, death often occurs rapidly. Those who survive do so because the toxicity causes oppression, vomiting, and diarrhea, and they only regain consciousness after a long time.

The *Ge Shi Fang*: For poisoning from eating mushrooms grown on trees in the mountains, resulting in mental confusion and near-death state:
Dig a pit in the ground, fill it with water, stir it, and drink one to two sheng.

Another prescription: Boil large beans (*Datou*) thickly and drink.

It also says: Eating maple mushrooms (*Feng Jun*) can cause uncontrollable laughter. Wild taro (*Yeyu*) is also poisonous and can kill humans; treat it similarly to poisonous mushrooms.

The *Lu Yan Fang* (Verified Prescriptions) states: Take various anti-emetic and anti-diarrheal pills to eliminate the symptoms.

The *Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* states: Poisoning from eating various fish occurs because fish eat poisonous insects and noxious weeds in the water, thereby becoming toxic. When humans eat them, their bodies cannot digest or transform these toxins, leading to chest oppression, mental confusion, and restlessness.

The *Duanju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) provides a treatment for poisoning from eating fish:
Boil Tangerine Peel (*Jupi*) and drink the pure extract for best results. (Note: The *Shijing* states: To treat oppression caused by consuming too many raw fish slices (*Kuai*) and raw meat.)

It also says: A prescription for when raw fish slices and raw meat pass through the chest and diaphragm without being digested, cannot be vomited up, and eventually form a mass (*Zheng*).
Magnolia Bark (*N Houpu*) (two liang)
Rhubarb Root (*Dahuang*) (one liang)
Take these two herbs, add two sheng of wine, boil down to one sheng, and take all at once. Symptoms will disappear immediately. (Same as *Ge Shi Fang*.)

The *Qianjin Fang* (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) provides a treatment for indigestion from eating raw fish slices:
Burn fish ash, take with water, one fangcun bi (approx. 5-10g).

Another prescription: Burn fish scale ash, take with water, one fangcun bi.

The *Ge Shi Fang*: For indigestion caused by eating too much raw fish slices, which are too cold, and if untreated, turning into parasites:
Crush Horse Tail Grass (*Mabiancao*), squeeze out the juice, and drink one sheng. Alternatively, take various emetic drugs to induce vomiting.

It also says: A treatment for facial swelling and mental confusion caused by fish poisoning:
Boach Tangerine Peel (*Jupi*) thickly, remove the dregs, and drink the juice.

The *Jiyan Fang* (Verified Prescriptions) provides a treatment for poisoning from eating fish:
Boach Reed Rhizome (*Lugen*), take the juice and drink.

The *Bencao Jing Ji Zhu* states: A prescription for poisoning from eating various fish:
Boach Tangerine Peel (*Jupi*), fresh Reed Rhizome juice (*Sheng Luwei Gen Zhi*), Mirabilite (*Puxiao*), and Rhubarb Root juice (*Dahuang Zhi*). Also, burning Shark Skin (*Jiaoyu Pi*) into powder is good.

The *Cui Yuxi Shijing* provides a treatment for poisoning from eating fish:
Rhino Horn (*Xijiao*) two liang, finely sliced. Add four sheng of water, boil down to two sheng. Take in one dose when extremely cold.

The *Lu Yan Fang* provides a treatment for poisoning from eating fish:
Boach Licorice Root (*Gancao*) two liang, drink it. It is effective.