Ciguatera fish poisoning bed rest subsequent to a guanabana juice enema. In Puerto Rico, natives drink a tea made from mangrove buttons, purportedly high in B vitamins, to flush the toxic symptoms from the system. There has never been a funded study of these treatments. Other folk treatments range from directly porting and bleeding the gastrointestinal tract to "cleansing" the diseased with a dove during a Santería ritual. Ciguatera fish poisoning Ciguatera fish poisoning, also known simply as ciguatera, is a foodborne illness caused by eating reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with certain toxins. Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting, numbness, itchiness, sensitivity
Alaria (trematode) haemorrhage which can lead to clinical disease. Paratenic hosts also become infected when eating the contaminated intermediate host, either tadpoles or frogs. The mesocercariae remain in organs such as the muscles, connective tissue or lungs, and eyes. They are mostly harmless in dogs as well as the paratenic hosts. However, prevalence of "Alaria" in dogs in the United States and foxes in Germany are up to 30%. Unfortunately for humans, it can be quite harmful and even cause death. Humans can be infected by ingesting "Alaria" larvae, which can be from eating undercooked frog legs or contaminated boar or pig