Mild poisoning generally includes dizziness, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, facial flushing, conjunctival congestion and urticaria. Those who eat within 0/2 hours of/kloc-can induce vomiting first, then gastric lavage with 1∶2.000 potassium permanganate, intestinal lavage with warm saline and laxatives, and intravenous infusion for liver protection and symptomatic treatment.

The incubation period of poisoning varies with food intake, generally 2 ~ 3 days, and the fastest is 4 hours. People who eat Xanthium sibiricum raw get sick 4-8 hours after eating it directly, people who eat Xanthium sibiricum cake get sick10-24 hours, and people who eat seedlings get sick 1 ~ 5 days.

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Xanthium sibiricum is bitter, warm and toxic, and enters the lung and liver meridians. Has the effects of sweating, expelling pathogenic wind and dampness, inducing resuscitation and relieving pain. Clinical indications are chronic rhinitis, chronic tracheitis, headache, blurred vision, rheumatic joint pain, rubella and eczema.

Xanthium sibiricum is pungent and warm, which can dredge nasal orifices and is an important drug for treating sinusitis and headache. The "Xanthium Powder" of Jisheng Prescription is made by grinding Xanthium San Qian, Mentha Erqian, Flos Magnoliae Hanqian and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae San Qian into powder, and taking it with tea before meals, which can cure runny nose and nasal turbidity.

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