Is Tea a Universal Antidote?

In some versions of the story, the first plant he was said to taste was a green leaf. Once he put it in his mouth and swallowed it, it went on a grand tour of his insides cleaning up everything along the way. This occurs just the moment he swallows it and he's quickly trying to get himself some tea so he can cleanse everything up, but it is too late. He dies. The plant that does this to him becomes known as the intestine breaking weed. Though there is this eventually catches up with him.