After the poisoning of epiphyllum first appeared lips, tongue numbness, poisoning serious will cause cardiac arrest and respiratory depression, etc., can be used to induce vomiting, gastric lavage, drugs and other ways to detoxification. Such as available 1:2,000 potassium permanganate solution (or with strong tea and 2% tannic acid) wash stomach, wash from the stomach tube into the 20g of sodium sulfate diarrhea, or 2% saline high enema.
When epiphyllum is decocted for too short a time, used in too large a quantity, or improperly compounded, there may be numbness of the mouth, tongue, face, and whole body, trembling of the limbs, burning of the mouth, salivation (drooling), nausea, vomiting, dizziness, blurred vision, panic, chest tightness, irritability, dyspnea, pupil dilatation, paleness, and cardiac rhythm disturbances.
1 Use atropine 0.5 mg to 2 mg subcutaneously or intramuscularly every 10 minutes to 4 hours. If there is no improvement of symptoms after the drug can be changed to lidocaine, 50mg ~ 100mg each time, intravenous injection, every 5 minutes to 10 minutes, while using respiratory stimulants and dexamethasone, coenzyme A, etc. as appropriate.
2. Herbal treatment: raw white honey can be used with cooled boiled water and stirred well, swallowed slowly, or ginger, water decoction, or mung bean soup instead of tea; ginger, licorice, ginkgo biloba water decoction can also be used.
If epiphyllum is poisoned, it should be treated by a medical professional after a clear assessment of the condition, and no unauthorized action should be taken to avoid delaying the condition.