What diseases can snake skin cure?

Snake skin, also known as snake slough, refers to the skin shed by a snake. It is also a common Chinese medicine. It has certain effects in treating diseases. For example, it can treat sore throat and swelling. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on head sores in children. In addition, it has a certain therapeutic effect on urinary obstruction, head loss due to poisoning, or vitiligo, etc. Of course, when using snake slough for treatment, you must go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital.

What diseases can snake skin cure?

1. Sore and swollen throat. Burn snake skin and grind it into powder, take 5 grams with breast milk.

2. Throat disease and difficulty breathing. Use roasted snake skin and angelica, grind into powder in equal parts. Take 5 grams with warm wine, and it is effective if you vomit. Another method: Crush the snake skin and burn it to produce smoke, then suck it into the throat through a bamboo tube. Another method: wrap a white plum with snake skin and hold it in the mouth. 3. Heavy tongue in children. Grind snake slough into powder and mix with vinegar for application. 4. The child’s mouth is tight (unable to open or close, unable to eat or drink). Burn snake skin and apply the ashes inside your mouth (wash your mouth first). 5. Children develop ulcers on their head and face. Burn snake skin into ashes and mix with lard to apply on the skin.

6. For children with hemorrhage, burn snake skin into ashes and mix with breast milk to make 2.5 grams of the medicine. 7. Pannus. There are snake skin strips, which are washed, dried, cut into small pieces, and made into cakes with white flour. Roasted until they turn black, and then ground into powder. Take 5 grams each time, after meals, with warm water. Take twice a day. 8. Difficulty in urination. Get a whole snake skin, burn it to preserve its essence, grind it into powder, and take it with warm wine. 9. Stone carbuncle has no pus and is as hard as stone. Apply snake slough on the carbuncle, it will become soft overnight and easy to treat. 10. The swelling has no head. Burn snake skin into ashes and mix with lard to apply on the affected area. 11. The malignant ulcer is similar to leprosy and does not heal for a long time. Burn a whole snake skin into ashes, mix with lard and apply on sores. Burn another snake skin and take it with warm wine. 12. Vitiligo. Burn snake skin into ashes and mix with vinegar to apply on the affected area.

Identification of medicinal materials : Identification properties: It is a cylindrical, translucent membrane, more or less broken. The complete one is 30 to 60 cm long. Often flattened or slightly wrinkled. The dorsal side is silvery gray, shiny, and has diamond-shaped or oval scales. There is a row of long horizontal oval scales on the ventral surface. The inside is smooth and shiny. It is light and easy to break. It has a slightly fishy smell and a light or slightly salty taste. The best snake skin is white in color, fine in skin, long and thick in strips, neat and not broken, and free of mud and impurities. The skin peeled off from snakes and rotted by rain and dew cannot be used as medicine.

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