The medicinal material of black snake is the dried body of black snake, a member of the Colubridae family. The snake is cut open or the skin is peeled off to leave the head and tail, the internal organs are removed, then rolled into a disc shape and dried. It is mostly harvested in summer and autumn.

Medicinal properties:

Black-leaf snake has a sweet taste and a neutral nature; it returns to the liver and spleen meridians; it is good at walking and channeling; it has the effects of dispelling rheumatism, unblocking meridians, extinguishing wind and spasms, relieving itching and detoxifying Efficacy: It mainly treats rheumatism, numbness and spasm, stroke, mouth and eye deviation, hemiplegia, infantile convulsions, convulsions and spasms, tetanus, leprosy, scabies, scrofula and malignant sores.

"There was a man in Shangzhou who suffered from leprosy, and his family hated him. When they were building a hut in the mountains, a black snake fell into a drinking vessel. The patient didn't know it, and the disease gradually became leprosy after drinking. When he saw snake bones on the bottom of the poppy, he knew the cause. "——"Asano Qian"

Recommended traditional Chinese medicine diet:

1: Black Snake Wine

Ingredients: Appropriate amount of black snake, appropriate amount of white wine, to the extent that it can overwhelm the snake body.

Production: Soak for 10 to 15 days.

Dosage: Take 10ml daily, 2 times a day.

Efficacy: To prevent and treat leprosy, take it to dispel rheumatism, dredge meridians, and detoxify; wine can also play a role in promoting blood circulation and medicinal potential. This prescription can also be used to treat rheumatic arthralgia.

2: Black Snake Stewed Chicken

Ingredients: 1 Black Snake, 1 Chicken

Preparation: 1. Slaughter the Black Snake, remove Wash the head, tail, skin and intestines and cut them into 3 cm long sections; slice the ginger and cut the green onions into sections; after slaughtering the chicken, remove the hair, belly and claws.

2. Put the black snake meat, chicken, ginger, green onions and cooking wine into a stew pot, add 3500 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 35 minutes, add salt, chicken essence, Chicken oil and pepper. Serve.

Efficacy: dispelling rheumatism, nourishing yin and reducing fever. It is suitable for rheumatism pain, bone steaming and weight loss, thirst, spleen deficiency, bone diarrhea, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge and other symptoms.

3. Wusha snake stewed pork ribs

Ingredients: 1 black snake , 500 grams of pork ribs

Seasoning: 10 grams of cooking wine, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of green onions, 3 grams of salt, 3 grams of chicken essence, 30 grams of chicken fat, 3 grams of pepper

Production:

1. Slaughter the black snake, peel off the skin, head, tail and intestines, and wash them; wash the pork ribs and chop them into 4 cm long sections; loosen the ginger and chop the green onions. part.

2. Put the black snake meat, pork ribs, ginger, green onions and cooking wine into the pot, add 200 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 35 minutes, add salt, chicken essence and chicken stock. Add salt and pepper and serve.

Efficacy: dispel rheumatism, replenish qi and blood. It is suitable for rheumatism, swelling and pain, fever that damages body fluids, thirst, weight loss, and constipation.

Medicine contraindications:

People with blood deficiency and wind should be careful not to take the black-tip snake. The black-tip snake should not be used against iron objects.