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Vegetables may contain *Hyoscyamus niger* (Shuilangdang, 水莨菪), which has round and smooth leaves and is toxic. Accidental ingestion causes madness resembling wind-stroke or hematemesis. Treatment involves decocting Gancao (Licorice Root) and drinking the juice to detoxify.

In spring and autumn, dragons deposit essence into celery. Accidental consumption by humans causes a disease named Jiaolong Bing (Dragon-Jelly Disease). During attacks, hands turn blue, and the abdomen becomes distended with unbearable pain. Treatment involves taking 2-3 sheng of Yitang (Maltose) twice daily. Recovery occurs upon vomiting out 3-5 lizard-like objects.

For poisoning from eating bitter gourds (*Lagenaria siceraria* var. *amara*), treat with Shurang (Straw of Millet), decocted and drunk to resolve toxicity.

For food poisoning causing irritability and fullness, treat with Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) 3 liang and Kujiu (Vinegar) 1.5 sheng. Boil briefly, allowing it to boil up and down three times. Drink; vomiting the food leads to recovery. Water decoction is also acceptable. Xijiao Tang (Rhinoceros Horn Decoction) also resolves toxicity.

For gluttony leading to indigestion, with hard, distended, and painful heart and abdomen, treat with 1 sheng of salt and 3 sheng of water. Boil until the salt dissolves, divide into three doses. Vomiting the food leads to recovery.

To treat poisoning from Yu Rou (Meat covered in sealed vessels for over night) and Lou Fu (Meat wetted by leaking roof water): Burn dog feces, take with wine using a Fangcunbi measure; or drink human breast milk; or drink 2-3 sheng of Leek Juice, which is also effective. "Yu Rou" refers to meat covered in airtight containers left overnight. "Lou Fu" refers to meat exposed to leaks from thatched roofs.

For poisoning from liver jerky stored among millet or grain: Drink several sheng of thick Soybean Juice to resolve toxicity. This also treats toxicity from狸肉 (Wild Cat Meat) and Lou Fu.

For poisoning from eating raw meat: Dig deep into the ground (3 chi), take 3 sheng of subsoil, add 5 sheng of water, boil several times, clarify the juice, and drink 1 sheng for cure.

For poisoning from eating self-dead livestock: Crush Huangbai (Phellodendron Bark) into powder, take one Fangcunbi dose.

For poisoning from eating livers of self-dead birds or beasts: Take one Qianbi measure of dirt from old headscarves, dissolve in hot water, and drink. This also treats sudden heart pain; use boiling water to extract juice and drink. Headscarves refer to cloth used to bind hair. Another method: drinking Douchi (Fermented Soybean) juice several sheng is good.

For poisoning from eating livers of livestock: Animal livers should not be eaten lightly; those of self-dead animals are especially toxic. Use Douchi soaked in water, wrung out for juice, taken immediately.

For poisoning from horse liver or beef: Mix Renru (Human Breast Milk) with thick Douchi juice and drink; this is miraculous.

For horse liver poisoning where the patient is not yet dead: Take 14 grains of Xiongshushi (Male Rat Feces), powder them, mix with water, and drink. Take twice daily. (Use the tip end of the feces.) Also, taking one Fangcunbi of human filth is good.

For near-fatal poisoning from horse meat: Steam Xiangchi (Fragrant Fermented Soybeans) 2 liang and Xingren (Apricot Seeds) 3 liang together for the duration of one meal. Pound cooked mixture and take, twice daily. Another method: decocting Lugen (Reed Rhizome) juice and drinking it is good.

For near-fatal condition after eating beef bitten by snakes: Drink 1 sheng of breast milk for immediate cure. Washing head with rice-washing water and drinking 1 sheng also cures. Cut Niuxi (Achyranthes Root) finely, decoct in 1 dou of water to obtain 1 sheng, drink to resolve toxicity. To identify beef bitten by snakes, hairs lie flat backwards.

Meat of birds or beasts killed by poisoned arrows is toxic. Drinking Soybean decoction or Indigo juice resolves toxicity.

For Pufferfish (Hetun) poisoning: Equal parts of Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis) and Baijian (Alum), powdered, mixed with water and taken.

For acute, critical poisoning from Pufferfish when no medicine is available: Pour large amounts of clear oil into the mouth to induce vomiting of all toxins.

For irritability and confusion after fish poisoning: Drink thick decoction of Chenpi (Tangerine Peel) to resolve toxicity.

For fish poisoning: Drink Lugen (Reed Rhizome) decoction to resolve toxicity.

For crab poisoning: Drink 3 sheng of Zisu (Perilla) decoction. Crushing and drinking Zisuzi (Perilla Seed) is also good. Drinking 2 sheng of Winter Melon Juice or eating winter melon is also effective.

For fruit poisoning: Burn pig bones, powder them, and take one Fangcunbi dose. This also treats horse liver and Lou Fu toxicity.

For poisoning from accidentally drinking water contaminated by mating snakes: Chen Zhailang, from Anji, Huzhou, drank stream water while wading in spring due to thirst. Days later, he felt slight abdominal pain, which worsened over time. The physician diagnosed poison affecting the heart and spleen, severely damaging heart pulses. Chen recalled drinking stream water last spring. The physician stated he ingested snake excrement in the stream, which formed a snake in his abdomen, feeding on his heart causing pain. He administered realgar (Xionghuang) mixed with water, and expelled several moving red snakes. For accidental swallowing of centipedes: Have the patient drink fresh chicken blood, then pour clear oil into the mouth to roll out the centipede in the blood. Follow with fine realgar powder mixed with water to cure.

Treating various drug poisonings: Raw Gancao (Licorice Root), Heidou (Black Soybeans), Danzhuye (Bamboo Leaves) in equal parts. Coarsely crush, decoct in one bowl of water, and take continuously.

Langen San (Isatis Root Powder): Resolves drug poison. Langen (Isatis Root, coarsely cut, one handful), Lugen (Reed Rhizome, coarsely cut, one handful), Lvdou (Mung Bean, pounded, 2.5 qian), Dianjiao (Indigo Sediment, 1 he, pounded). First decoct the two roots in one bowl of water until reduced to 70%, strain, then add the latter two ingredients, mix well, and divide into three doses. If diarrhea of foul matter occurs after one or two doses, do not take further.

Fengcao Yin (Powdered Licorice Drink): For any drug poisoning, eat several raw black soybeans. If they smell fishy, it is not poisoning. If there is vomiting, restlessness, and irritability, take medicine extremely cold to resolve it. Gancao (Raw, 1 liang), Baijian (Raw, 0.5 liang), Yanhusuo (Corydalis Rhizome, 1 liang). Finely cut, take 0.5 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 60%, strain, cool, and sip slowly.

Resolving all drug, grass, and livestock meat poisonings: Use Baiddou (White Hyacinth Bean), dried raw, powdered, taken with fresh well-water, 2-3 Fangcunbi doses.

Resolving drug poison: Wang Zhongli, addicted to alcohol, developed sores on his nose extending to the throat in his youth. Medicines failed. Monk Famàn prescribed Heshouwu Wan (Polygonum Multiflorum Pill), requiring 2 jin. A grave digger recognized the herb, dug it up. The method forbade iron tools; it was steamed with black soybeans in a clay mortar. The resulting pill was fragrant. Applying the steaming water paste caused intense heat, then numbness, and severe swelling of face and eyes by evening. Wang's mother Gao said wind-leprosy accumulates over time, but this poison shouldn't cause such severity. She cited Shan Dogen (Sophora Root), Chixiaodou (Adzuki Bean), Heigafan (Black Clam Powder), and Shengjiangzhi (Ginger Juice). Servants were ordered to crush ginger juice and apply the powder mixture. Swelling subsided by midnight, resolved by morning. The error was impure Heshouwu contaminated with Yelangdu (Wolfbane).

Resolving overdose toxicity: For excessive Aizi (Aconite) wine causing heavy head and cracked lips with bleeding: Chew Heidou (Black Soybeans) and Lv dou (Mung Beans) and drink their thick decoctions. For excessive Wind-dispelling drugs causing confusion and unconsciousness: Pour vinegar and drink thick Gancao (Licorice) decoction with fresh Ginger Juice. Another method: Fine Luqing (Turquoise), mixed with fresh well-water.

Baibaidou Yin (White Hyacinth Bean Drink, aka Baidu Gao): Resolves Arsenic (Pi) toxicity. Powder Baibaidou (White Hyacinth Bean), mix with equal parts Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) and a little Gancao powder. Add one Baidu (Croton Seed), shell removed but oil retained, powdered separately. Take half of this Croton powder, mix with sugar dissolved in water to make a large cup. Toxicity passes via diarrhea, followed by Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria).

Resolving Arsenic (Pi) and Womang (Arsenopyrite) poison: Drink freshly drawn sheep, chicken, or duck blood while hot.

Lanyin Zi (Indigo Drink): Resolves Arsenic and Croton toxicity. Grind Langen (Isatis Root) and砂糖 (Rock Sugar) in water and drink. Adding Mint Juice is excellent.

Resolving Arsenic (Pi) Poison: Symptoms include maniacal irritability, twisting heart/abdominal pain, dizziness, urge to vomit without success, cyanotic/black complexion, cold limbs, imminent death. Grind 0.5 sheng of Lv dou (Mung Beans), strain, mix with fresh well-water, and drink thoroughly. Or use 2 qian of Zhen Dianhua (True Indigo Flower), divided into two doses, mixed thickly with well-water. Another method for coma with warm chest: Water Fen (Lead Carbonate) mixed with fresh well-water.

Treating Arsenic (Pi) Poison: Drink Gancao (Licorice) juice mixed with Lan juice (Indigo) for cure.

Resolving Arsenic (Pi) Poison: Decoct Douchi (Fermented Soybeans) into thick juice and drink. Also treats irritability from drug overdose.

Resolving Arsenic (Pi) Poison: Ash from early rice stalks, leached with fresh well-water, filtered, and drunk cold (one bowl). Toxicity passes via diarrhea. Another method: Well-water mixed with bean flour or Mung Bean paste.

Resolving Arsenic (Pi) Poison: Hanjiao (Sichuan Pepper) 49 grains, Heidou (Black Soybeans) 14 grains, Gancaojie (Licorice Joints, broken, 2 cun), Wumei (Dark Plum) 2 pieces. Decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, take warm.

Resolving Womang (Arsenopyrite) Poison: Calcined Mingfan (Alum) mixed with high-quality tea powder, taken with fresh well-water. Effective repeatedly. Also, decoct Dahei Jiangdou (Large Black River Beans) and drink. To test efficacy: Cut Womang leaves, pour bean juice on roots, causing rot and preventing regrowth. Also, dried lotus seed pods with stems, chopped, decocted in 2-3 bowls of water and poured in. If unavailable, use lotus leaf center stem or lotus root joints, decocted in one bowl of water, warm or cold, to disperse toxicity.

Resolving Croton Poison: Symptoms include dry mouth, flushed cheeks, hot palms/soles/chest, persistent diarrhea unresponsive to other drugs. Grind Bajiao Genye (Banana Root and Leaves) to extract natural juice and drink; diarrhea stops and patient stabilizes.

Treating persistent diarrhea from Croton in medicine: Pao Jiang (Prepared Ginger) and Chanhuan (Coptis Rhizome, slightly fried), each 1 liang. Powder, take 2 qian mixed with water. Repeat every 5 li walk. Also, drink cold Lv dou (Mung Bean) soup for recovery.

Qini Tang (Qini Decoction): Treats sudden Stone Poison (Mineral toxicity) presenting with chills like cold, or anorexia. If caused by Zhiyanshi (Fluorite) triggering toxicity, symptoms include heat oppression, drowsiness, weakness, or chills. All indicate disharmony of zang-fu qi. Qini (Radix Adenophorae) 4 liang, Fuling (Poria), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Shaoyao (Peony Root), each 2 liang; Manqingzi (Turnip Seed) 1 sheng; Lanzi (Isatis Seed), Renshen (Ginseng), Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice), each 1 liang. Decoct Manqingzi in 1 dou of water to obtain 8 sheng, strain, add remaining herbs, decoct to 3 sheng, strain, divide into three doses, three times daily. For weak patients, add 1 liang Renshen. For rebellious qi, add 1 liang Fuling and Qini. Very effective.

Treating Silver Poison: Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, de-haired) and Gancao (Raw, cut), each 1 liang. Cut, decoct in 3 cups of water to obtain 2 cups, strain, drink occasionally. Good.

Treating Cinnabar Poison: 0.5 liang of salt, mixed evenly in cold water until clarified, taken gradually.

Treating Stalactite (Shizhongru) Poison: Powder Zhiyanshi (Fluorite), take one Fangcunbi dose mixed with warm water, three consecutive doses.

Heiqian Jiu (Black Lead Wine): Treats mineral drug poisoning. Melt 1 jin of Heiqian (Black Lead) in a dry pan, add 1 sheng of wine, repeat this process十余 times until wine reduces to 0.5 sheng. Remove lead, drink at once for effect. Another method: grind with well-water. Resolves Arsenic poison.

Resolving Cinnabar Poison: Drink Dilujiang (Earth Slurry); very effective.

Treating all drug, Gu (Sorcery), and mineral poison: Grind Shixie (Stone Crab) in hot water and drink.

Treating Five Minerals Poison: Drink raw Qini (Radix Adenophorae) juice; good.

Treating Cinnabar-Mineral Poison: Eat Mussel meat; good.

Resolving Lacquer Poison: A prefect applied raw lacquer to a prisoner's eyes, blinding him. A village elder advised finding crabs, crushing and filtering juice to drip into eyes. Lacquer would flow out with juice, and red sores would heal. Following advice, a small crab was found and used; vision recovered with minimal damage.

Treating Gu Poison: Chew 7 Sheng Cang'er (Xanthium Fruit), Baijian (Alum), and Zaojiaozi (Gleditsia Seed). Apply chewed mixture to bite site (must be chewed by a man), apply remaining medicine to swelling.

Treating Stream Poison: Powder Zhimu (Anemarrhena Rhizome) with roots and leaves, take orally. Alternatively, crush in water, extract juice, and drink 2 sheng. In summer travel, carry this powder. Before entering water, throw a little upstream to ward off danger. Also repels "Shegong" (Archers). Can be used in bathwater; very good.

Congbai Tang (Scallion White Decoction): Treats Water Poison and Stream Poison resembling Cold Damage. Congbai (Scallion White, one handful, cut), Chi (Fermented Soybeans, 0.5 sheng), Gegen (Kudzu Root, 2 liang), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome, 7.5 qian). Cut to bean size, take 4 Fangcunbi doses, decoct in 2 cups of water until 1 cup remains, strain, take warm anytime, repeat after some time.

Wujia Pi San (Acanthopanax Bark Powder): Treats Water Poison and Stream Poison resembling Cold Damage. Powder Wujia Pi (Acanthopanax Bark), take one Fangcunbi dose mixed with one cup of wine, twice daily at day and once at night. Rice drink is also acceptable. Another method: Burn Wujia Pi root, powder, mix with water.

Mudan San (Tree Peony Powder): Treats Water Poison and Stream Poison, with虫蚀 (worm erosion) sores in lower body. Powder Mudanpi (Tree Peony Bark), take 2 qian doses mixed with one cup of wine, three times daily.