Cardiacwort is a plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita vine, an annual vine. Its main toxic substance is cucurbitine. According to records, after eating it, the intestines will turn black and have adhesions, and people will die from abdominal pain. The general detoxification method is to lavage the stomach, take charcoal ash, and then use alkaline water and emetics. After gastric lavage, use mung beans, honeysuckle and licorice to decoct quickly and then take them to detoxify.

Bangchangcao - also said to be Lei Teng ("Dictionary of Chinese Medicine"). Mung beans, honeysuckle and licorice are actually universal detoxifiers, as well as lychee stalks, raw soy milk, etc. Lei Gongteng is born in moist places on the edge of forests in mountains. Distributed in various places south of the Yangtze River Basin and southwest China. The roots are harvested in autumn, the leaves are harvested in summer, and the flowers and fruits are harvested in summer and autumn.

Stellera chamaejasme is also known as Stellera chamaejasme. Wolfsbane is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Thymeaceae family with a well-developed root system. It sprouts in early summer, blooms between June and July, and has strong drought tolerance. It is widely distributed in the grasslands of the Northeast, Inner Mongolia and the Northwest, and grows in large numbers on degraded grasslands. Wolfsvenom is highly toxic and generally not eaten by domestic animals. However, it is very toxic if eaten by mistake. All kinds of domestic animals are poisonous. Can be poisonous.

The legendary "Broken Heart Herb", the Chinese herbal medicine is called "Gelsemium", also known as vine, big tea medicine, kudzu, poisonous root, mountain arsenic. It is a perennial evergreen twining woody vine of the family Marchenaceae, 9 to 15 feet long, with cylindrical stems, smooth and purple. The leaves are opposite, with petioles, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5 to 3.5 inches long, 0.6 to 1.8 inches wide, entire margin, smooth on both sides, and neat edges on broken surfaces. In summer, terminal or axillary trumpet-shaped yellow flowers form tridental branched inflorescences, which are fragrant. Born in the grass or bushes beside the village, on the roadside, on the hillside. The whole medicinal plant can be harvested throughout the year.

Alternative names

Gelsemium elegans, big tea medicine, cannon leaf, yellow flower sophora, Huang Mengcai

Source

Marchanaceae Gelsemium elegans (Gardn. et Champ.) Benth. The roots, leaves and whole plant are used as medicine. The roots can be harvested throughout the year, washed and dried. The leaves and whole plant are collected in summer and autumn and dried in the sun.

Meridians of nature and flavor

Bitter, pungent, warm. Very poisonous.

Functions and Indications

Attack and remove toxins, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain, kill insects and relieve itching. For external use, it can be used to treat skin eczema, tinea corporis, athlete's foot, bruises, fractures, hemorrhoids, boils, and leprosy. It can also kill maggots and larvae.

Usage and Dosage

For external use, mash the fresh product and apply it to the affected area, or decoct it and wash it with water.

Note

Do not take internally.

Remarks

This product contains a variety of extremely toxic gelsemine, which can be fatal if accidentally ingested. Poisoning can cause dizziness, severe pain in the throat and abdomen, foaming at the mouth, dilated pupils, loss of the jaw, muscle weakness, heart and respiratory failure and death. Rescue method: Take comprehensive treatment immediately, including gastric lavage, insulation, artificial respiration, and use of stimulants in the early stage.

Folk rescue methods

·Dip duck feathers in peanut oil and wipe the throat to induce vomiting. After vomiting, take 1 small cup of peanut oil;

·Fresh duck blood or goose blood 1 large bowl for oral administration;

·3 duck eggs, mixed with egg white and peanut oil for oral administration;

·8 fresh masson pine treetops (removed leaves), 1 leek (whole plant) Handle, ground centipede (red deer antlers) 0.5 to 1 tael. ***Mash into pieces, rinse with half a bowl of water, take the filtrate and take it;

·1 pound of water spinach roots and stems (with leaves removed), mash and grind the juice for oral administration;

·Fresh product Mash the snow grass and mix it with camellia oil and take it by gavage;

·Mash the honeysuckle leaves with the leaves, squeeze the juice and mix it with brown sugar and take it by gavage.

Allusion: Origin of Broken Heart Grass

Shen Nong has been very smart since he was a child, and often helps people around him solve some problems. According to legend, Shennong had a transparent intestine and could clearly see what he ate. When he saw that people were suffering from diseases without medicine, he was very anxious. In order to find medicinal materials that could relieve the suffering of people's diseases, he traveled around the mountains and wilderness all year round, tasting all kinds of herbs, even if they were poisoned.

The saying that Shennong encountered seventy poisons in one day is widely circulated. That day, Shennong saw some green leaves with a faint fragrance, so he picked one and drank it.

But unexpectedly, this leaf passed through his abdomen and washed his stomach and intestines very refreshingly, so Shennong often brought this leaf with him for detoxification.

From then on, Shennong would swallow some of the leaves as soon as poisonous weeds were causing trouble in his belly. Shennong tried many poisonous plants, and they were able to avert danger. Until one time, Shennong discovered a vine with opposite leaves in a sunny place. This vine had small light yellow flowers on it, so Shennong picked a leaf and put it in his mouth and swallowed it. But what he didn't expect was that the toxicity started quickly and he felt some discomfort. Just when Shen Nong was about to swallow the detoxifying leaves, he saw that his intestines had been broken into pieces. Not long after, this Shen Nong, who had tasted countless herbs, lost his life in this way. Therefore, this plant also People call it Brokenheart Grass.

Appearance description

The appearance of gutwort is similar to that of honeysuckle. One type has small yellow flowers and bears pod-shaped fruits, and the other type has small purple flowers. However, both species are very slender. The stems are only as thick as a pencil lead and more than 20 centimeters high. The leaves are fine and fragmentary, about the size of a small fingernail, and the roots have a smell.

[Foreign Note] Four-legged animals can clear away heat and detoxify if they eat the tea of ??guava, and they will not die from poisoning. This remains to be verified. Don’t take it randomly!