What are the kinds of snakes? What are the medicinal effects of different snakes?

The snakes we remember are generally fierce, poisonous or lovely pet snakes, but we can learn from Liu Zongyuan's "Snake Catcher" that many snakes have good medicinal value. I believe many elders in our family have used snakes to soak medicinal wine. As a matter of fact, there are many kinds of snakes used for medicinal purposes. Below, the editor of Nongxun Network will summarize some for you.

Agkistrodon acutus

Morphological features: the snake, also known as the white snake, belongs to the viper family. Its head is slightly upward in the middle, triangular and flat. The abdomen is open or not, with gray-white scales and large scales. The tail is suddenly thin, with a triangular dark gray horny scale at the end.

Medicinal efficacy: mainly treat rheumatism stubborn arthralgia, paralysis, infantile typhoid, tetanus and other diseases, has a good effect of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals.

2. Wuzao snake

Morphological features: black snake, also known as black snake, is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places in China. Its shape is relatively thick, the distinction between the head and neck is not obvious, the back is grayish brown or dark brown, there are two black lines running through the whole body.

Medicinal efficacy: it mainly treats diseases such as apoplectic mouth and eye askew, hemiplegia, convulsion and skin unbenevolence. It has good effect of dispelling wind, relieving spasm and addiction rash.

3. Cobra

Morphological features: cobra, also known as pipa snake, lives in plain and hilly areas. Its figure is also relatively stout, with an oval head, dark brown head, eyeglass markings on the back of the neck and dark brown on the back of the body.

Medicinal efficacy: the main treatment of poliomyelitis, stroke paralysis and other diseases, has a good anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory effect.

4. Bungarus multicinctus

Morphological features: Bungarus bungaroides, also known as Baijie snake, lives in plains, hills or foothills near water, with strong toxicity. Silver ring snake has white ring and black ring on its back, dirty white on its ventral surface, black and brown on the back of its head, and a single line of scales under its tail.

Medicinal efficacy: mainly treat rheumatism stubborn arthralgia, numbness, convulsion and other diseases.

These are the common species of snakes, which basically have good medicinal properties, and some are even on the IUCN Red list. Generally speaking, snakes are not terrible, and most snakes will not take the initiative to attack humans, even so, do not kill snakes at will for pharmaceutical purposes.

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