Snake meat

Snake meat

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[source] it is the flesh of boa constrictor.

[animal form] boa constrictor, also known as boa constrictor, king snake (Erya), South snake, buried snake (compendium), king snake (compendium Collection), Qin snake.

It is 4.6-6 meters long. Head small, snout flat. Upper lip scales 11-13, not touching eyes. There are 6-8 scales around the anterior, inferior and posterior edge of the eye. The eye is small and the pupil is vertical and oval. The scales on the dorsum of the head are symmetrical, small and numerous. The scales of the body are smooth without edges, about 54-64 lines in the neck, 65-72 lines in the middle of the body and 40-44 lines in front of the anus. There are about 255-202 abdominal scales in the middle of abdomen. There are 65-71 scales under the tail. There are calcareous hind legs on both sides of anus. On the back and both sides of the body, there are large clouded leopard like stripes; on the back of the head, there is a black yellowish brown spot about 10 scales long and 3 scales wide from the back of the scales on the top of the skull to the neck. From the snout to the upper edge of nostril, 1 / 2 of the scales in front of eyes to the back of eyes, there is a yellow stripe about 2.5 scales wide on both sides, which goes through both sides of the back of the body to the tail. There is a black spot behind eyes and at present. The throat is yellow and white.

Living in tropical and subtropical forests, it can strangle and swallow wild muntjacs and goats weighing 20-30 Jin, but mainly feeds on rats, birds, reptiles and amphibians. non-toxic. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other places.

The gall (snake gall) and fat (snake ointment) of this animal are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special article for details.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, warm, with little poison. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and killing insects. Treatment of wind arthralgia, paralysis, pestilence wind, scabies.

① Meng Shen: "it can be used to remove crevices; children's brain heat can be injected into the nose with water stains; root of teeth can be used to spread dew, and musk powder can be used to apply it. "

② "Dietotherapy Materia Medica": "it is mainly used for warming and pestilence Qi, and can be used for eating. "

③ "There is something in the main throat that can't be breathed out, so it's for eating. "

④ "Compendium": "in addition to hand and foot wind pain, kill three insects, to dead muscle, skin wind poison, pestilence wind, scabies and sores. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: cooking, soaking or baking.

[prescription selection] 1. It is used to treat paralysis of wind, tendon contracture and bone pain, itching of Bi wood, killing insects and eliminating miasma, and pestilence, wind and scabies: one jin of snake meat, one or two pieces of notopterygium (in a silk bag). Use two buckets of glutinous rice, steam them, place them at the bottom of the jar, and place the snake on the top of the jar. Then the rice is served and the wine is covered tightly. When the wine is hot, the snake is used to bake and study the medicine. Drink several cups of the wine with the amount of the wine. Avoid wind and desire. You can also drink the wine in a bag. (snake wine in Linhu Jijian Fang)

② Treatment of rabies bite: a snake breast, fried, to the head, rammed at the end, take five daggers, three days. (Qian Jin Fang)

Chinese PinYin : Ran She Rou