How to treat snake venom with Chinese herbal medicine

Snakes generally appear in rural areas and mountainous areas in the south, and they are mainly concentrated in the summer. People wear thinner clothes in the summer. If you are bitten by a venomous snake directly, your body will take in more toxins, and it may even cause your tissue to die faster. At this time, you should take Chinese herbal medicine to treat the snake venom in time, so that there will be no side effects.

Hemiphragma, according to Jiang Yi's "Medicine Mirror Shiyi Fu", is recorded as "Hemiphragma is a magical herb that cures snake bites." In addition to treating snake bites, it is also used to treat tumors, and has certain short-term therapeutic effects. Bitter, slightly cold; slightly toxic. It enters the liver meridian. Paris polyphylla, also known as Paris polyphylla, Paris polyphylla, and Paris polyphylla, has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming the nerves. Used for furuncles, carbuncles, sore throat, snake bites, injuries from falls, and convulsions. Xu Changqing is also called Liao Diaozhu. Efficacy: analgesic, cough suppressant, diuretic and detumescent, blood circulation and detoxification. Indications: stomachache, toothache, rheumatic pain, menstrual abdominal pain, chronic bronchitis, ascites, edema, dysentery, enteritis, trauma, eczema, urticaria, snake bites. Oldenlandia diffusa: clears heat and detoxifies; promotes diuresis. It is used for cough and wheezing caused by lung heat; sore throat; intestinal carbuncle; furuncle, ulcer, snake bite; painful stranguria caused by heat; edema; dysentery; enteritis; damp-heat jaundice; cancer

Sea snakes, coral snakes, and bungarus are all wind-toxic snakes (spiritual poison). After biting, they have the characteristics of wind-induced disease, and wind-toxic syndrome is the main symptom.

Treatment principles: dispel wind and stop convulsions, soothe wind and detoxify.

Commonly used prescriptions: 30 grams of Lobelia, 10 grams each of wild chrysanthemum, gentian, processed Arisaema, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Angelica dahurica, scorpion, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Aconitum carmichaelii, 12 grams each of Cynanchum wilfordii and Aucklandia lappa, 6 grams of cicada shell and centipede, 20 grams of raw rhubarb, and 5 grams of raw licorice. Decoction in water, 2 to 3 times a day.

Agkistrodon, king cobra, and naja are all wind-fire poisonous snakes (mixed poison). After biting, they have the characteristics of causing disease by both wind and fire evils. All of them have wind-fire toxic syndrome, with wind toxic syndrome being the main symptom or fire toxic syndrome being the most serious.

Treatment principles: clear away heat and detoxify, extinguish wind and calm the nerves, cool blood and stop bleeding.

Commonly used prescriptions: 30 grams each of Lobelia, Imperata cylindrica, and Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams each of Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Cortex Moutan, Scorpio, and Fritillaria cirrhosa, 20 grams each of Aucklandia lappa and raw rhubarb, 15 grams of Xu Changqing, 12 grams of Prunella vulgaris, and 3 grams of Scolopendra subspinipes. It can also be decocted in water and taken 2 to 3 times a day.

In the article, we have learned about the methods of Chinese herbal medicine in treating snake venom. In fact, the most important thing for snake bites is the first aid measures on the spot. This can not only prevent the rapid absorption of toxins, but also quickly excrete the toxins. Only in this way can some Chinese herbal medicines be applied externally.