Geckos are also among the five poisons? I believe that many people do not believe it when they hear it. But in ancient times, geckos were indeed listed as one of the five poisons. And the folk also think that it is an extremely poisonous plant, so how exactly do geckos squeeze into the ranks of the five poisons? Let's take a look.
The five poisons are actually the general name of the five animals that the folk call poisonous snakes, centipedes, toads, scorpions, and geckos.
The gecko belongs to the lizard family, its whole body is flattened, with four legs and a long tail, the whole body is neatly arranged or complex wart scales, the abdomen has thick glandular hairs, glandular hairs are dense, which helps them to crawl freely on high walls or ceilings, and the super adsorption force makes them crawl like they are crawling on flat ground. There are more than 20 species in the world, of which the multi-warty gecko, webbed gecko and webbed gecko are eight of the more common species in China. In frightened or dangerous situations, they will automatically cut off their tails to escape, and there is a saying that geckos "break their tails to survive", of course, after a period of training, they will grow again.
But as a modern person, we all know that the gecko only has a small amount of poison, and the toxicity is not large, so many people say that the gecko may also carry poison, the gecko is also too wronged, obviously there is no poison on the body, or a timid enough for someone to chase, will break the tail, so many people say that the gecko is also very wronged, that is, in the five poisons.
Not only are they poisonous to the body, but even their feces are poisonous. Anything that has been brewed with it must not be eaten, and if its urine is dripped in a teacup, it will turn people into a pool of water after drinking it. The biggest place is that the gecko will break its tail to save itself when it encounters danger, it is estimated that everyone knows the article "Little Gecko Borrowing Tail", and the folk also believe that after the gecko's tail falls, it will also drill into people's ears.
All in all: the gecko is actually non-toxic, it has no poisonous glands, poisonous fangs, and no toxins, so it is indeed unjustified to be called "five poisons", but it is called "five poisons", which is likely to be able to be medicated and similar to the Oriental salamander.