食饮养小至长,甚难逆迕,致变甚速,岂可不慎!
治诸食中毒者,唯黄龙汤及屎汁无不治也,饮马尿汁亦良。
治人食菜及果子,中蛇毒方。
大豆,末,以酒渍,取汁半升服之。
又方
以鸡血和真铁精,吞如梧子大一丸。
治食鱼中毒方。
煮橘皮,凉饮之,佳。
食鱼中毒,冬瓜汁最验。
又方
舂马鞭草,饮汁一升,即消去。
又方
生姜叶亦佳。
治食鱼 及生肉,住胸膈中不化,吐之不出,便成症方。
浓朴(二两) 大黄(一两)
凡二物,以酒二升,煮得一升,尽服之,立消。
食鱼中毒,面肿烦乱,及食鲈鱼肝中毒欲死方。
锉芦根,舂取汁,多饮乃良。并治蟹毒。
中鲐 鱼毒方。
烧 鱼皮水服之,无见皮坏刀装取之。一名鲛鱼皮。食诸鲍鱼中毒亦用之。
治食六畜肉中毒方。
取其畜干屎末,水服佳。
若自死六畜毒方。
水服黄柏末方寸匕。
食六畜鸟兽方。
头垢一钱匕,起死人。
又方
饮豉汁数升良。
治食野菜、诸脯肉、马肝、马肉毒方。
以头垢枣核大,含之咽汁,能起死人,或曰白汤下亦可。
中莴苣毒、中诸药毒、 犬伤人,并饮生姜汁即解。
治中蛊毒诸方。人有养畜蛊毒以病患,凡诊法∶中蛊状,令人心腹切痛,如有物啮,或
吐下血,不即治之,食人五脏,尽即死矣。欲知是蛊与非,当令病患唾水,沉者是,浮者非
也。
治蛊方。
鼓皮(广五寸,长一尺) 蔷薇根(五寸,如足拇指大,细切)
上二味,以水一升,清酒三升,煮取一升,顿服之,当下蛊,即愈。
又方
土瓜根,大如拇指,长三寸,切,以酒半升,渍一宿,一服当吐下。
又方
皂荚三挺,长一尺者,炙,去皮子,美酒一升,渍一宿,去滓,顿服。
又方
取荠 根,捣为末,以饮服方寸匕。
治蛊方。
榉树皮(广五寸,长一尺) 芦薇根(五寸,如人足父指大者)
凡二物,切,以水一升,清酒三升,煮取一升,顿服,当下蛊。
治中蛊毒,吐血、或下血,皆如烂肝方。
根(三两) 荷根(三两)
上二味, 咀,以水四升,煮取二升,去滓,顿服即愈。又当自知蛊主姓名。
又方
巴豆(一枚,去皮心,熬) 豉(三粒) 釜底墨(方寸匕)
上三味,捣,分作三丸,饮下一丸,须臾当下蛊毒。不下更服一丸。
治中蛊吐血方。
苦瓠一枚,以水二升,煮取一升,分服,当吐蛊,如虾蟆蝌蚪之类。苦瓠毒,可临时量
用之。
又方
雄黄(研) 釜月下黄土 獭犴(炙,各如枣) 斑蝥(十四枚,去足翅,熬)
上四味,捣末,以酪浆服之,分为三四服,则吐虾蟆。
治中蛊,心痛,吐血,欲死方。
盐一升,淳苦酒一升,煮令消和,一服立吐,蛊毒出。已用良验。
治蛊毒,腹痛,注下赤血,踯躅散方。
羊踯躅 干姜 藜芦(熬) 附子(炮) 巴豆(去皮心,熬) 野葛皮 肉桂 丹砂
(研)
雄黄(研) 蜈蚣(炙,各一分)
上十味,捣为散,以水服一刀圭。不知,加一粟米。忌猪肉、芦笋、生血物、生葱、狸
肉。
治蛊下血欲死方。
蔷薇根(锉,一升) 牛膝(五株) 连翘子(一升) 蜡(一弹子许)
上四味,切,以水四升,煮取三升,分三服,即愈。
治诸蛊,大便下血,日数十行方。
巴豆(二七枚,去心皮,熬) 藜芦(炙) 附子(炮) 芫青(去足翅,熬) 矾石
(各二
分,
上五味,捣下筛,别研巴豆如膏,和相得,以绵裹一大豆许,内下部中,日二三,愈。
忌猪肉、芦笋、狸肉。
治蛊已食下部,肚尽肠穿者。
取长股虾蟆青背一枚,鸡骨一分,烧为灰,合纳下部,令深入。
治时岁蛊注,毒下,诸汤煎不能治,欲死者方。
干姜(二两) 附子(二两,炮) 黄连(二两) 矾石(二两)
凡四物,为散,酒服方寸匕,日三。亦可以饮服。
又方
黄连(一分) 面(二分)
凡二物,冶末,蜜丸,水服如梧子。
雄黄丸,治蛊注,四肢浮肿,肌肤消索,咳逆,腹大如水状,漏泄,死后注易家人方。
一名蛊胀方。
雄黄(研) 巴豆(去心皮,熬) 莽草(炙) 鬼臼(各四分) 蜈蚣(三枚,炙)
上五味,捣筛为末,蜜和,更捣三千杵,药成,密器封之,勿令泄气。宿勿食,服如小
豆一丸,不知加一丸。当先下清水,虫长数寸,及下蛇,或如坏鸡子,或白如膏,下讫后,
作葱豉粥,鸭羹补之。忌生鱼、生菜、猪肉、芦笋、冷水。暖食将养也。
治饮中蛊毒,令人腹内坚痛,面目青黄,淋露骨立,病变无常方。
猪肝一具,蜜一升,共煎之令熟,分为二十服,秘方。
又方
取枣木心,锉得一斛,着釜中淹之,令上有三寸水,煮取二斗,澄取清,微火煎得五升,
宿勿食,旦服五合,则吐蛊毒出。
治蛊似蛔方。
雄黄(研) 麝香(研)
上二味,各如大豆许,取生羊肺如指大,以刀开,取雄黄等末,以肺裹吞之。
治有人食新变鱼取饱中毒,病心腹痛,心下坚,发热烦冤,欲得水沃身,动摇如鱼得水
状,有人诊病云是蛊,家云野中相承无此毒,不作蛊治之,遂死。
Diet nourishes the body from infancy to adulthood, a process that is very difficult and hard to go against natural laws. Once changes occur, they happen very rapidly; how can one not be cautious!
To treat various food poisonings, only Huanglong Tang (Yellow Dragon Decoction) and human fecal juice are universally effective; drinking horse urine juice is also beneficial.
For treating snake poisoning caused by eating vegetables and fruits:
Grind soybeans into powder, soak in wine, take half sheng of the juice orally.
Another prescription:
Mix chicken blood with true iron powder, swallow one pill the size of a sophora seed.
For treating fish poisoning:
Boil orange peel, drink when cool; this is excellent.
For fish poisoning, winter melon juice is most effective.
Another prescription:
Pound horse whip grass, drink one sheng of the juice, and it will dissipate immediately.
Another prescription:
Ginger leaves are also good.
For treating stagnation of fish and raw meat in the chest and diaphragm, indigestion, inability to vomit, leading to accumulation masses:
Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (Houpo, 厚朴) two liang, Rhubarb (Dahuang, 大黄) one liang.
Take these two ingredients, boil in two sheng of wine until one sheng remains, consume all at once, and the condition will resolve immediately.
For facial swelling, restlessness due to fish poisoning, and near-death state from pike liver poisoning:
Chop reed rhizome, pound to extract juice, drink abundantly for best results. This also treats crab poisoning.
For Tai fish poisoning:
Burn Tai fish skin, take with water. Do not let the skin be damaged; use a knife to collect it. Tai fish is also known as Jiao fish. This is also used for poisoning from various abalones.
For treating poisoning from livestock meat:
Take dried manure powder from these animals, take with water for best results.
For poisoning from naturally dead livestock:
Take Coptidis Rhizoma (Huangbai, 黄柏) powder, one cun bi, with water.
For poisoning from livestock, birds, and beasts:
One qian bi of head scurf can revive the dead.
Another prescription:
Drinking fermented soybean juice (Chiji, 豉汁) several sheng is beneficial.
For treating poisoning from wild vegetables, various cured meats, horse liver, and horse meat:
Take head scurf the size of a jujube pit, hold in mouth and swallow the juice; it can revive the dead. Some say taking it with plain boiled water is also acceptable.
Poisoning from lettuce, various medicinal herbs, or dog bites can all be resolved by drinking ginger juice.
Various prescriptions for Gu Poisoning. Some people raise Gu poison to harm others. The diagnostic method is as follows: Symptoms of Gu poisoning include severe heart and abdominal pain, as if being bitten by something, or vomiting and defecating blood. If not treated immediately, it consumes the five zang organs, and death ensues when they are exhausted. To determine if it is Gu or not, have the patient spit into water; what sinks is Gu, what floats is not.
Prescription for treating Gu:
Drum skin (five cun wide, one chi long), Root of Rosa Multiflora (Qiangweigen, 蔷薇根) (five cun, thick like a toe thumb, finely cut).
Take these two ingredients, boil in one sheng of water and three sheng of clear wine until one sheng remains, take in one dose, Gu should be expelled, and recovery will follow.
Another prescription:
Root of Thladiantha Dubia (Tugua, 土瓜根), large as a thumb, three cun long, cut, soak in half sheng of wine overnight, one dose should induce vomiting or purging of Gu.
Another prescription:
Three pods of Gleditsia Sinensis (Zaojiao, 皂荚), one chi long, roast, remove skin and seeds, soak in one sheng of fine wine overnight, remove dregs, take in one dose.
Another prescription:
Take Root of Shepherd's Purse (Jicai, 荠菜根), pound into powder, take one cun bi with water.
Prescription for treating Gu:
Bark of Zelkova Schneideriana (Jupishu, 榉树皮) (five cun wide, one chi long), Root of Reeds (Luweigui, 芦薇根) (five cun, thick like a human foot thumb).
Cut these two ingredients, boil in one sheng of water and three sheng of clear wine until one sheng remains, take in one dose, Gu should be expelled.
For Gu poisoning with hematemesis or hematochezia resembling rotten liver:
Rhizoma Nelumbinis (Ougen, 藕根) three liang, Radix Nelumbinis (Heegen, 荷根) three liang.
Chop these two ingredients, boil in four sheng of water until two sheng remain, remove dregs, take in one dose for recovery. One should also know the name of the Gu master.
Another prescription:
Crotonis Fructus (Badou, 巴豆) one piece (remove skin and heart, roast), Fermented Soybean (Chidou, 豆豉) three grains, Ink from the bottom of the cauldron (Fudimo, 釜底墨) one cun bi.
Pound these three ingredients, divide into three pills, take one pill with water; Gu poison should be expelled shortly. If not expelled, take another pill.
For Gu poisoning with hematemesis:
One bitter gourd (Kuhu, 苦瓠), boil in two sheng of water until one sheng remains, take in divided doses; Gu should be vomited out, resembling tadpoles or frogs. Kuhu is toxic, so use cautiously as needed.
Another prescription:
Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) (pulverized), Yellow earth from under the cauldmoon (Fuyuehuangtu, 釜月下黄土), Otter testicle (Taan, 獭犴) (roasted, each date-sized), Mylabris (Banmao, 斑蝥) fourteen pieces (remove feet and wings, roast).
Pound these four ingredients into powder, take with whey, divide into three or four doses, then frogs will be vomited.
For Gu poisoning with heart pain, hematemesis, and near-death state:
Salt one sheng, pure sour vinegar one sheng, boil until dissolved and mixed, one dose induces immediate vomiting, expelling Gu poison. Proven effective.
Zhizhu San (Daphne Genkwa Powder) for Gu poison with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea:
Daphne Genkwa (Yangzhizhu, 羊踯躅), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜), Veratrum (Lilu, 藜芦) (roasted), Aconite (Fuzi, 附子) (processed), Croton (Badou, 巴豆) (remove skin and heart, roast), Wild Kudzu Bark (Yegepi, 野葛皮), Cinnamon (Rougui, 肉桂), Cinnabar (Dansha, 丹砂) (pulverized), Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) (pulverized), Centipede (Wugong, 蜈蚣) (roasted, each one fen).
Pound ten ingredients into powder, take one dao gui with water. If ineffective, increase by one millet grain. Avoid pork, Asparagus cochinchinensis, raw blood products, raw green onions, and civet meat.
For Gu causing bloody diarrhea and near-death state:
Root of Rosa Multiflora (Qiangweigen, 蔷薇根) (chopped, one sheng), Achyranthes Bidentata (Niuxi, 牛膝) five stalks, Forsythia Fruit (Lianqiaozi, 连翘子) one sheng, Beeswax (La, 蜡) size of a bullet.
Cut these four ingredients, boil in four sheng of water until three sheng remain, divide into three doses, recover immediately.
For various Gu causing frequent bloody stools, dozens of times a day:
Croton (Badou, 巴豆) fourteen pieces (remove heart and skin, roast), Veratrum (Lilu, 藜芦) (roasted), Aconite (Fuzi, 附子) (processed), Mylabris (Yuanqing, 芫青) (remove feet and wings, roast), Alum (Fanshi, 矾石) (each two fen).
Pound five ingredients and sieve, separately grind Croton into paste, mix well, wrap in cotton like a soybean, insert into anus, twice or thrice daily until cured.
Avoid pork, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and civet meat.
For Gu entering the lower part, hollowing the belly and piercing the intestines:
Take one green-backed long-legged frog, one fen of chicken bone, burn to ash, combine and insert into the lower part, pushing it deep.
For epidemic Gu invasion with downward toxicity, untreatable by decoctions, near-death state:
Dried Ginger (Ganjiang, 干姜) two liang, Aconite (Fuzi, 附子) two liang (processed), Coptis (Huanglian, 黄连) two liang, Alum (Fanshi, 矾石) two liang.
Make four ingredients into powder, take one cun bi with wine, three times daily. Can also be taken with water.
Another prescription:
Coptis (Huanglian, 黄连) one fen, Flour (Mian, 面) two fen.
Pound two ingredients into powder, make honey pills, take with water like sophora seeds.
Xionghuang Wan (Realgar Pill) for Gu invasion with limb edema, emaciation, cough and asthma, abdominal distension like water, leakage, and post-mortem transmission to family members.
Also known as Guzhang Prescription.
Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) (pulverized), Croton (Badou, 巴豆) (remove heart and skin, roast), Dodecatemon (Mangcao, 莽草) (roasted), Typhonium (Guijiu, 鬼臼) (each four fen), Centipede (Wugong, 蜈蚣) three pieces (roasted).
Pound five ingredients and sieve into powder, mix with honey, pound three thousand times more. Seal tightly in a container to prevent gas leakage. Fast overnight, take one pill the size of a small bean; if ineffective, add one pill. Should first pass clear water, worms several inches long, snakes, or things like broken eggs or white paste. After expulsion, eat scallion and fermented soybean porridge, duck soup to nourish. Avoid raw fish, raw vegetables, pork, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and cold water. Maintain warm diet for recuperation.
For ingested Gu poison causing internal hardness and pain, cyan-yellow complexion, wasting away, unpredictable changes:
One pig liver, one sheng of honey, cook together until ripe, divide into twenty doses. Secret formula.
Another prescription:
Take heartwood of jujube tree, chop to get one hu, put in cauldron with three cun of water on top, boil to two dou, clarify, simmer gently to five sheng. Fast overnight, take five he in the morning, Gu poison will be vomited out.
For Gu resembling roundworms:
Realgar (Xionghuang, 雄黄) (pulverized), Musk (Shexiang, 麝香) (pulverized).
Take each amount the size of a soybean, take fresh sheep lung finger-sized, cut open, fill with Realgar powder, wrap in lung and swallow.
Case: Someone ate newly spoiled fish until full, became poisoned, suffered heart and abdominal pain, hardness below the heart, fever, restlessness, desire to pour water on body, moving like a fish in water. A physician diagnosed it as Gu, but the family claimed no such poison exists in the wild and refused Gu treatment, resulting in death.