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    Gu poison has a history in China and was associated with certain minority groups in southern China, creating stigma. Gu poison could be derived from venomous centipedes found in southern China. There were several reported methods for creating gu poison according to a historical account from 1556, with extracting venom from centipedes being a well-known approach.

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    Gu poison has a history in China and was associated with certain minority groups in southern China, creating stigma. Gu poison could be derived from venomous centipedes found in southern China. There were several reported methods for creating gu poison according to a historical account from 1556, with extracting venom from centipedes being a well-known approach.

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    human body.

    Gu poison has been associated with


    several regions and peoples in China throughout
    history, but was most commonly linked to the
    Lingnan and Miao women, minorities of the
    south—creating stigmas based on northern
    prejudice.

    Dangerous poisonous centipedes in southern China


    were one of the creatures often used in gu poison.
    THOMAS BROWN/CC BY 2.0

    There are several methods for formulating the


    perfect gu poison, according to Xu Chunfu, an
    official in the imperial medical bureau, who
    wrote about gu in 1556. The most well-known

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