The efficacy and function of white snake head

White flower snake head is something that many people are very familiar with. The benefits that white flower snake head brings to us are not available in other foods. So what are the effects of white snake head? Let’s learn about it together.

[Source] It is the head of the five-step snake of the family Viperidae.

【Toxicity】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Toxic."

【Function and indication】 "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat scars, wind poison, leprosy."

[Additional prescription] ① For the treatment of acute fright in children, fever, salivation, stiff limbs, and muscle and vein contracture: one white flower snake head (use raw if it opens by itself), half a liang of dried scorpion (whole one, stir-fry), half a fen each of bezoar (grind), 1 fen of cinnabar (grind), and 1.5 qian of musk (grind). Grind the above six ingredients into fine powder, and mix with refined honey to make a medicine. Each dose should be a pill as big as a mung bean, dissolved in warm water with mint. (White Flower Snake Pills from Shengji Zonglu)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】From "Compendium of Materia Medica".

This is all we have to say about the efficacy of White Snake Head. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the white snake head is very valuable, we must be cautious when eating it.