After the poisoning of epiphyllum, the toxic reaction is fast, and the poisoned dose is comparable to the lethal dose, the clinical treatment is more critical, and there is no direct antidote to the presence of nemesis, can only carry out routine gastric lavage, first aid, to be stable condition of the Chinese medicine to lift the residual toxicity.
1. Because of the excessive amount of epiphyllum or concocted improperly, generally half an hour can appear tongue and lip numbness, or even spread the limbs, poisoning dose is too large can appear dazed, irritable, vomiting, cold limbs, weak pulse, palpitations and even death and other toxic reactions.
The patient should be sent to the doctor immediately, vomiting, gastric lavage, and rapid diarrhea or enema to eliminate the unabsorbed drugs, such as the emergence of cardio-cerebral intoxication, should be selected with the appropriate emergency drugs to save the treatment.
2. When the patient’s condition is stable after rescue, the patient can take cool water with raw honey, and ask the patient to swallow slowly; or use honeysuckle, ginger, licorice and other appropriate amount of decoction and take to lift the residual poison.
After the manifestation of epiphyllum poisoning, should immediately go to the hospital, so as not to change the condition, too late to save treatment.