How to cure Pinellia ternata poisoning

Traditional Chinese medicine has always held a relatively important position in everyone's mind. When people suffer from certain diseases, they will think of choosing traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Of course, any traditional Chinese medicine has certain side effects, and there are many things that patients need to pay attention to during use. Pinellia is a natural Chinese medicinal material, which is mainly used to treat damp phlegm, cold phlegm, etc. and has a relatively good effect.

How to cure Pinellia ternata poisoning

Some people have done such experiments. When taking raw Pinellia, numbness will occur in the mouth, tongue, and larynx. This is a toxic reaction of Pinellia. It is a relatively common and mild toxic reaction. This reaction will soon go away as long as you stop taking Pinellia and drink more water to promote metabolism.

If it is more serious, there will be drooling from the corners of the mouth, difficulty in speaking, difficulty in swallowing, or sweating and pale face. These are early reactions to laryngeal edema and hypotensive shock, which need to be treated at this time. You can boil ginger in water and take it frequently, or chew ginger, which can detoxify.

The most serious reaction is that the patient experiences a slow heart rate, laryngeal spasm, difficulty breathing, and even suffocation and death. At this time, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible, perform gastric lavage in time, give intravenous drips, and use respiratory stimulants.

The role of Pinellia:

1. For cough with phlegm:

Pinellia is dry in nature and has the function of resolving phlegm. The phlegm it resolves is mainly caused by the spleen's failure to resolve dampness, which accumulates and forms phlegm. It is an important medicine for treating damp phlegm and is suitable for symptoms such as stagnation of phlegm and dampness, cough and shortness of breath. It is often used in combination with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; for treating cough due to excessive phlegm, it is often used in combination with Fritillaria. Because of its warm nature, it can also be used to treat cold phlegm, and it is suitable to be used together with white mustard seeds, ginger, etc.; because of its good phlegm-resolving ability, it can also treat hot phlegm and wind phlegm, and it can be used with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. to treat hot phlegm; if it causes wind phlegm, it should be used together with Arisaema consanguineum, etc.

2. Used for chest tightness, chest pain, chest congestion, etc.:

Pinellia has the functions of dispersing heat, unblocking, resolving phlegm and drying dampness, so it can be used for internal phlegm obstruction, chest and abdominal distension and can be used together with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; if cold and heat are combined, it can be used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, dried ginger, etc., to achieve the effects of pungent opening, bitter descending, dispersing stagnation and removing distension (such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction). In addition, it is often used for chest pain, and is used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon, etc.; it can be used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Coptis chinensis, etc. to treat chest congestion.

3. Used for goiter, scrofula, sores, swelling and pain, plum pit qi and other symptoms:

Pinellia can also resolve phlegm and disperse nodules, and can be used to treat goiters, scrofula, phlegm nodules, swelling and pain in the genitals caused by the accumulation of phlegm and dampness, or plum pit qi caused by the accumulation of phlegm and qi. It is used to treat goiters, scrofula, and phlegm nodules, and can be used together with seaweed, Coptis chinensis, and Fritillaria thunbergii. For carbuncles that have not yet ulcerated, you can grind raw Pinellia ternata and raw Arisaema consanguineum together, mix with vinegar and apply externally, which has the effect of dispersing the nodules and reducing swelling. It can be used to treat plum pit qi, and can be used together with Magnolia bark, Perilla frutescens, etc.

4. Used for stomach upset, nausea and vomiting:

Pinellia has a good effect of relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, and can be used for a variety of vomiting symptoms. When using it, different combinations should be used according to different symptoms. For example, to treat vomiting due to stomach cold, you can use ginger or patchouli, cloves and other products; to treat vomiting due to stomach heat, you can use it with coptis chinensis, bamboo shavings and other drugs; to treat vomiting during pregnancy, you can use it with stove core soil and other products; to treat vomiting due to stomach deficiency, you can use it with ginseng and white honey.