Besides scorpions, snakes, centipedes and geckos, what are the five poisons to guard against during the Dragon Boat Festival?

In addition to scorpions, snakes, centipedes and geckos, there are also toads against five poisons during the Dragon Boat Festival.

The "five poisons" in the folklore of some places in northern China in ancient times are five kinds of animals, which should be centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads. In ancient times, folklore in some places in northern China believed that the five poisons began to be born at noon in May every summer, so there was a custom of avoiding the five poisons.

The folk song says: "Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, the' five poisons' wake up, and there is no peace." During the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to prevent the harm of the five poisons, a map of the five poisons is usually posted in the house, printed with red paper, and then five needles are stuck on the five poisons, that is, the poison is stabbed to death, and it can no longer be rampant. The clothes are embroidered with five poisons, and the cakes are decorated with five poisons, all for driving away.

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Toxicity of five poisons:

Scolopendra (toxic effect is similar to scorpion, but the amount is insufficient, only swelling and pain);

Poisonous snakes (snakes have different toxicity, but there are many cases of being bitten to death by poisonous snakes);

Scorpion (like snakes, except for a few, it is less toxic, because it is rarely seen except feeding, and its toxic effects are mostly convulsions and strokes);

Gecko (a lizard, which is divided into toxic and non-toxic, but the ancients thought it would be deaf if its tail fell off, but it wouldn't);

Toad (the toad venom secreted by it is blinding and fatal, and its toxicity is greater than that of ordinary snakes, but toad is not as aggressive as snakes, so there are fewer cases).

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