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For all types of food poisoning, drinking Huanglong Tang (Yellow Dragon Decoction) and Rhinoceros Horn Juice is universally curative. Drinking horse urine is also effective.
Another prescription: For poisoning from various substances, dig a pit in the ground, fill it with water, and drink this water.
Yet another prescription: Hold one shell (Beizi) in the mouth; after a short while, vomiting the food will lead to recovery. Alternatively, drinking several sheng of raw Chinese chive juice is also effective.
For poisoning accompanied by restlessness and oppression, use 3 liang of Sophora flavescens root (Kushen), cut into pieces, decoct in 2.5 sheng of wine until reduced to 1 sheng, and take in one dose. Inducing vomiting leads to recovery.
For poisoning from eating meat of the six domestic animals (cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys, mules), take the dried feces powder of each respective animal and take orally with water for best results.
For poisoning from eating meat of naturally dead domestic animals, take 1 cun-bi of Phellodendron bark powder (Huangbai); vomiting will occur shortly thereafter.
Another prescription: Burn 1 sheng of adzuki beans, grind into powder, and take 3 cun-bi.
Another prescription: Take 1 cun-bi of yellow earth from the bottom of a stove, mixed with water.
For poisoning from eating raw meat, dig three chi deep into the ground, collect three sheng of the lower soil, boil in five sheng of water for five or six boils, take one sheng of the clear supernatant liquid, and recover immediately.
For beef poisoning, take ash from wild wolf teeth, administered with water, 1 cun-bi. Another version suggests using pig teeth.
Another prescription: Taking pork lard with warm water is beneficial.
Another prescription: Decoct licorice root (Gancao) in water and drink.
For poisoning from eating horse meat, presenting as bloody dysentery nearing death, take 200 fermented soybeans (Chishao) and 20 apricot seeds (Xingren), cut into pieces, steam under five sheng of rice until cooked, mash the mixture, and divide into two doses to finish.
Another prescription: Drink reed rhizome juice (Lugen), and bathing with it also resolves the toxicity.
For pork poisoning, take ash from burned pig feces, 1 cun-bi. Dog feces ash is also good.
For poisoning from eating liver of various wild beasts, taking one jin of pork lard in one dose is beneficial.
For poisoning from aged meat, the method is the same as above.
For poisoning from eating horse liver, take fourteen female rat droppings (Pishu), specifically those pointed at both ends. Grind with water and drink; if not recovered, prepare again.
For poisoning from eating wild vegetables, horse liver meat, or various cured meats, swallow a piece of head dirt (Tougou) the size of a jujube seed; this can even revive the dead.
Another prescription: Burn dog feces to ash, mix with water, squeeze out the juice, and drink for immediate recovery.
Another prescription: Burn pig bones, grind to powder, take 1 cun-bi with water, three times daily.
If thatch roof leak water contaminates cured meat causing toxicity, crush and drink Chinese chive juice; soybean juice is also effective.
Meat sealed tightly in a container is called "Yu Rou" (Stagnant Meat) and is toxic. Take ash from burned dog feces, 1 cun-bi with water. Generally, raw and cooked meat should not be covered to allow gas to escape.
Cured meat stored in broomcorn millet becomes toxic. Use 1 liang of yeast/qu (Qu), one sheng of water, and two pinches of salt, decoct and take.
For poisoning from cured meat containing Gummy Euphorbia resin (Shewang), grind shell (Beizi) to powder, take orally with water like the size of a bean. If not recovered, take again.
For poisoning from eating cakes/buns, the method is the same as above.
When making cakes with meat, excessive consumption causes vomiting and diarrhea; taking 1 cun-bi of Rhinoceros Horn powder (Xijiao) is very effective.
For illness caused by eating goose or duck meat, presenting with chest fullness, red face, and inability to eat, drinking sorghum wash water (Sumi Gan) is highly effective.
For fish poisoning, decoct orange peel (Jupi) in water, cool to extreme freezing temperature, and drink; the effect is significant.
For fish poisoning and perch poisoning, chop reed rhizome (Lugen), pound to extract juice, and drink generously. Alternatively, juice from reed down can be drunk.
For crab poisoning, the method is the same as above. Additionally, drink two sheng of winter melon juice. Eating winter melon is also acceptable.
For mushroom poisoning in mountains, drinking human urine juice, one sheng, is effective.
For indigestion from eating raw sliced fish, burn fish scales, take 1 cun-bi with water.
For poisoning from various abalone, the method is the same as above.
For poisoning from eating cattle or horse meat, drinking human breast milk is effective.
For alcohol-induced illness, take one sheng of fermented soybeans (Chishao) and one sheng of green onion white (Congbai), decoct in four sheng of water to obtain two sheng, and take in one dose.
For alcohol poisoning, boil soybeans for three boils, drink three sheng of the juice.
Another prescription: Soak dried ginger (Ganjiang) in wine and drink.
For unconsciousness due to drunkenness, drink ten dou three sheng of Kudzu root juice (Gegen) until awake. This also treats severe drunkenness with days of irritability and internal heat.