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Pulse Diagnosis
When people encounter urgent situations, their wisdom is exhausted and medical skills are depleted. Some may be framed by others, initially ingesting poison themselves or accidentally poisoned by others. If the pulse is surging and large (Hong Da), survival is likely; if the pulse is faint and fine (Wei Xi), death is likely. It is also said: a pulse that is surging, large, and slow indicates survival, while a pulse that is faint, fine, and rapid indicates death.

General Treatment Principles
The primary principle: Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) and Lüdou (Vigna mungo) can detoxify all kinds of poisons. Another method: regardless of the type of poison, in an emergency, administer a large amount of sesame oil orally without hesitation.

Formulas
Jiedu Dan (Detoxification Pill): Treats poisoning from food and drink. If the poison is ingested through food, it is easier to treat; if ingested through alcohol, it is difficult to treat. If the poison causes pain and discomfort in the chest and abdomen, induce vomiting by urgently administering water prepared with Danfan (Alumen) for oral intake, which will induce vomiting; if the poison is in the intestines and stomach, promote purgation, and then administer this formula.
Huangdan (Minium), Shuifen (Lead Carbonate), Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis), Yanxiao (Saltpeter), Lüdou Fen (Vigna Mungo Powder).
Grind the above ingredients into powder, and take them mixed with water extracted from Xiaolan (Isatis indigotica). If abdominal pain occurs, double the dosage of Huangdan and Lüdou Fen, and take them mixed with well water (Jinghua Shui).

Secret Recipe
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Select young bamboo shoots that have grown into culms but have not yet produced leaves. Cut the culm sections retaining the nodes at both ends, remove the outer green skin (bamboo layer), and place them in a latrine. Leave them there for one month without retrieval. When someone suffers from food poisoning, immediately retrieve one section, wash it clean, and administer the red juice inside the culm orally to detoxify.

Secret Recipe
Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) 5 liang, Lüdou (Vigna mungo) 1 sheng. Remove the shells and grind into coarse powder. Take one young bamboo culm, retain the nodes at both ends, remove the outer bark, and drill a hole at the node. Insert the medicine into the culm, and seal the hole with a bamboo peg. Place it in a latrine on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu). Soak until the following year's Dragon Boat Festival, then retrieve it, wash it clean, and hang it on the roof ridge. Expose it to wind, sun, and rain for over a month until it dries naturally inside. Split it open, dry it again, grind it into powder, and mix with natural juice from Xiaolan (Isatis indigotica) to form pills the size of bullet seeds. Whenever food poisoning occurs, grind one pill with Jinghua Shui (well water), administer as a single dose orally for immediate detoxification. Additionally, crush one Wumei (Fructus Mume) with 2 he of water, dilute with well water, and drink. After some time, diarrhea will occur, and recovery will follow. Another method: in sudden emergencies without medicine, simply administer pure sesame oil orally for immediate detoxification. Another method: burn rice straw to ash, leach with freshly drawn well water, filter the liquid, and consume one bowl cold; the toxin will be expelled through bowel movements. Another prescription: for treating food poisoning, collect pig bile in the twelfth lunar month. When someone is poisoned, cut open one gallbladder, dissolve it in water, and administer orally for immediate detoxification.