Alternative names: Horse Snake, Ma Snake, Four-legged Snake

Nature and flavor: Salty and cold in nature.

Efficacy and function of lizard

Remove gall and dispel scrofula.

Lizard mainly treats lymph node tuberculosis.

It mainly treats lymph node tuberculosis.

Medicinal parts of lizards

It is the entire body of the lizard Lizard.

The source is the entire body of the lizard, a member of the family Lizardidae. They are caught in summer and autumn, crushed to death, pierced with wire, and dried in the sun or oven.

The original form is about 13 centimeters in length. The back is brownish-green, with six obvious rows of light-colored round eyespots from front to back, arranged in a grid pattern; the ventral surface is light-colored and has no spots. The head is triangular, the snout length is shorter than the distance between the eyes and ears; a pair of nostrils, surrounded by 2 scales; and four pairs of scales on the chin. The scales on the back are small. The scales on the ventral surface are smooth and arranged horizontally. The limbs are well developed, each with 5 toes. The tail is long and its scales are arranged in a ring.

Habitats: Inhabit dry sandy land, hillsides and plains near wheat fields. Distributed in Northeast my country, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Qinghai and other places.

Its main functions are to eliminate gall and disperse scrofula. Treat lymph node tuberculosis.

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: Grind into powder, 1 piece. External use: Grind into powder and apply, appropriate amount.

Compound recipe ①Cure lymph node tuberculosis: one horse snake seed, dried and ground noodles, and three eggs. Make a small hole at one end. Divide the horse snake noodles into three parts, put them into eggs respectively, seal them with paper, burn them on charcoal fire, grind the noodles finely, and apply sesame oil on the affected area. ("Northeast Animal Medicine")

②Cure sheep disease: one lizard. Bake it dry with tiles and grind it into fine powder. Take it with rice wine, once a day. ("Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine")

③Cure urinary obstruction: three lizards and scorpions, seven mole crickets (head removed). Mash into puree, boil in water, take twice a day. ("Jilin Chinese Herbal Medicine")

Clinical application in the treatment of chronic tracheitis: roast the seeds of horse snake to preserve their properties and grind them into powder Take capsules orally, 0.6 to 0.9 grams each time, once a day. 488 cases were clinically observed, 75 cases (15.5%) were markedly effective, 263 cases (59.5%) improved, and the total effective rate was 75%. In practice, it has been found that it is more effective on patients with excessive phlegm, but less effective on patients without phlegm. Therefore, the efficacy was observed in 131 patients with excessive phlegm. The results showed that 34 cases (25.6%) were significantly effective, 79 cases (60%) were improved, and the total effective rate was 85.6%. Later, it was discovered that it was not effective for those whose syndrome was characterized by phlegm-heat, and could even worsen the condition. For this reason, 40 patients with cold phlegm type and damp phlegm type were further selected for observation. The results showed that 19 cases (47.5%) were significantly effective, 14 cases (35%) were improved, and the total effective rate was 82.5%. Side effects: Some cases have reactions such as dry mouth and tongue. Based on the effect and reaction of the drug, the author believes that the lizard drug seems to be "warm" in nature; its main function is to inhibit the secretion of sputum, because after taking the drug, the patient does not make the phlegm thinner and easier to spit out, but the amount of phlegm decreases consciously. , or even disappear completely. It has no obvious effect on cough and asthma.