water snake

water snake

(compendium)

[synonym] male oyster snake (Tao Hongjing).

[source] it is the flesh of water snake.

[animal form] water snake

The total length is 25-7cm. The tail is short. There is one nasal scale. There are 1 frontal scale, 7-8 upper lip scales, the fourth entering the eye, 1 anterior scale, 2 posterior scales, and 1 + 2 temporal scales. Body scales smooth, 21 (23) rows. There were 128-154 abdominal scales. Anal scale is divided into two parts. There are 35-52 pairs of scales under the tail. The back of the body is olive, or cyan gray, with many small black spots. There is a black longitudinal line from the back of the head to the back of the neck. The outermost line of scales is black, and the second and third lines are white or orange yellow. The ventral surface is yellow with dark gray spots on the front and rear edges. There is a blue yellow longitudinal line in the center of the ventral tail.

Living in ponds, ditches, etc. It preys on fish. It is slightly toxic. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian and Taiwan.

The skin of this animal (water snake skin) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet and salty, cold, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. In the compendium, it is used to treat thirst, fever and dysentery. "

② Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "clear eyes. "

[prescription selection] for diabetes, febrile limbs, dry mouth and irritable heart: a water snake (skinned by the living, roasted yellow and mashed), no matter how many snails (soaked in water for five days, take saliva, fried in Greasy Powder to thicken), a musk (carefully studied). On medicine, with millet rice and pills, such as mung bean big. Every time, regardless of time, take ten pills with ginger soup. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Chinese PinYin : Shui She