The man put up a posting on popular web portal tianya.cn early Wednesday, saying he wanted to commit suicide by ingesting toxic medicinal herbs, the Beijing News said.<\/p>\n
The online user, who was not identified in the report, then started describing the effects of the herbs, which got worse and worse as time went on.<\/p>\n
“2:32, my sight is starting to be affected, it feels like everything around me is glistening, everything is dazzling, I feel nauseous, and my upper arm is starting to go numb,” the man wrote, according to the report.<\/p>\n
“This feeling of discomfort is quickly increasing, there are shooting pains in my forehead, my neck muscles and back are aching. I feel faint, I’m starting to feel flustered and irritable.”<\/p>\n
Hundreds of thousands of Internet users clicked on to the posting, and many urged the person to call rescue services. Others traced his internet protocol (IP) address — a type of numerical label — to Ya’an city in the southwestern province of Sichuan, the report said.<\/p>\n
Police found the man’s home address with the IP information and were able to take him to hospital. He is now out of danger, the report said.<\/p>\n
According to a report on the website of the Sichuan Daily newspaper, the man was around 26 years old.<\/p>\n