Species, medicinal and economic value of snakes

Snake culture technology

In the animal kingdom, snakes belong to Chordata phylum, Vertebrate subphylum, reptile steel, Lepidoptera, Snake suborder. The distribution of snakes is the most in the tropics and subtropics, followed by the temperate zone and the least in the cold zone. There are more than 2500 species of snakes in the world, including about 650 species of venomous snakes. There are more than 200 species of snakes in China, of which about 51 species are venomous snakes, mainly distributed in the south and southwest provinces, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other provinces and autonomous regions.

Medicinal and economic value the medicinal uses of snakes are not limited to snake venom, snake meat, snake gall, snake molt, snake skin and other internal organs (such as blood, reproductive system, etc.) are also famous drugs. Fresh snake meat retains more bioactive substances in fresh snake meat, which has its unique effect compared with snake dried meat. Kill live snakes to take meat, dry and grind it into powder and take it to treat rheumatoid arthritis, hemiplegia after stroke, fever in children, skin itching and so on. The injection extracted from snake meat has the effect of anti-inflammation, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and is suitable for the treatment of chronic bronchitis, infiltrating pulmonary tuberculosis and so on. Dried snake is a dried body made by taking out the internal organs of the whole snake, drying or baking. It has the effect of dispelling wind and detoxification, relieving spasm and relieving pain. it can treat rheumatism paralysis, limb numbness, hemiplegia and so on. The snake molt is different from the snake skin, it is the skin membrane (cuticular layer) that comes off naturally during the snake's growth. Snake slough and snake slough wine have the functions of dispelling wind and retreating nebula, eyesight, detoxification, insecticidal and so on. Mainly used for the treatment of a variety of intractable skin diseases, such as stubborn ringworm, scabies, swelling and herpes zoster. In addition, it can also treat infantile convulsion, laryngeal arthralgia, eye nebula, low back pain, hemorrhoid leakage, acute mastitis, chorionic epithelial cell carcinoma and other diseases. Snake gallbladder has been a precious medicine since ancient times, which can treat rheumatic arthritis, red eye paste, cough, neurasthenia, summer heat and cold, infantile convulsion, hemiplegia, hemorrhoid swelling, various corneal diseases, stomach disease, high fever and so on. Snake oil pre-hibernating snakes, the body stores more fat, after suffering processing can be made into snake oil. It is mainly used to treat frostbite, scald, chapped skin, chronic eczema and so on.

Snake blood taking fresh snake blood can treat arthralgia and deformation, and has the effect of raising blood. Snake eggs in southern China, there is a method of cooking porridge with salted snake eggs and then cooking porridge, which can treat red and white dysentery. "Materia Medica" carrying black Zaoba eggs can cure "gale scabies".

Snake tongue is considered to be particularly effective in relieving pain in some areas. Snake offal can be used to treat tuberculosis.

Snake venom is the venom secreted from the venom glands of venomous snakes. Snake venom preparation can be used to treat all kinds of neuralgia, poliomyelitis and its sequelae, extrapyramidal nerve paralysis, hemostasis or anticoagulation, preparation of antivenom serum, analgesia and so on.

The reproductive organs of a male snake are called snake whips, including a pair of penis, a pair of testes and their connected vas deferens. It contains testosterone, protein and other ingredients. Snake whip has the function of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, warming and calming viscera, and can treat impotence, kidney deficiency, tinnitus, chronic orchitis, women's uterine cold infertility and so on. If other tonifying traditional Chinese medicines are added to the snake whip, the efficacy will be better, which can play the role of tonifying blood and nourishing essence, for male semen with little or low semen content, poor survival rate, as well as infertility caused by low vitality, female endocrine disorder, poor ovulation, secondary amenorrhea and infertility caused by less menstruation.

Snake skin is an important raw material in the leather industry, which can be made into leather products such as handbags, belts, wallets, neckties, shoes, bags, vests and so on. In addition, snake skin can also be used to make musical instruments. Because of its bright and beautiful patterns, soft leather, tenacity and charm, it has become a valuable commodity loved by people.

In recent years, due to the frequent human economic activities and the improvement of living standards, a large number of wild snake resources have been consumed, the population density of snakes has been greatly reduced, and the limited wild resources can not meet the expanding needs of the market. Therefore, to carry out artificial breeding and breeding of snakes, has an extremely important role and broad prospects.