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american nightshade, inkberry, pigion berry, pokeberry, poisoning, consumption of plant material, pokeweed plant, phytolacca americana, highest concentration is found, in the rootstock, next, in the leaves, stems, smallest amount, in the fruit, cooked berries, edible, thoroughly cooked leaves, cooked twice in separate waters, edible, roots should never be eaten, various varieties of pokeweed, plant, have other names, weakness, muscle spasms, convulsions, headache, respiratory, difficulty breathing, slowed breathing, gastrointestinal, stomach, abdominal pain, abdominal cramps, severe, nausea, vomiting, foamy diarrhea, excessive salivation, heart, blood vessels, rapid pulse, low blood pressure, heart block, not induce vomiting, instructed to, so by poison control, by a physician, determine the following information, patient's age, weight, the plant, parts eaten, time it was swallowed, amount swallowed, they, instruct, necessary to take the patient, hospital, poison control centers, telephone numbers, bring the plant, identification, procedures performed on the patient, induce vomiting, use gastric lavage, activated charcoal, treat the symptoms, deaths have been reported, improper cooking of leaves, eating some, the roots, the leaves, cause serious poisoning, eating more than 10 uncooked berries, cause serious consequences in children.