lizard

lizard

(records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

The grass green dragon lizard.

[source] it belongs to the whole family of iguanas.

[animal morphology] Phrynocephalus viridis

The total length is about 20 cm, and the tail is very long, accounting for about 2 / 3 of the total length. All are scaly. The snout is blunt and round, the snout length is 1.5 times of the eye diameter; the nostril is in the center of the nasal scale; there are 2-3 small scales between the nasal scale, the snout scale and the first upper lip scale; the scales of the head are different in size, with edges; there is tympanic membrane, and the tympanic membrane is covered with small scales; the eyelids are developed, active, and the pupils are round. The scales on the back and on the side of the body are smaller; there are hyena scales in the center of the back, and the smaller they are, the smaller they are until the tail disappears; there are one row of ridge scales on each side. The most common color is grass green or brown green. There are 5-6 deep horizontal lines on the head, 4-5 wide horizontal spots on the trunk, yellow wide vertical lines on the two Fu, purple black lines on the outside of the vertical lines, horizontal lines on the limbs, more than 20 light and deep ring lines on the tail, and white on the abdomen. The side of fingers and toes are flat, 5 in each. The ends of fingers and toes have sharp claws.

They are good at crawling on the stones and soil on roadsides and barren slopes. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[nature and taste] it is cold, salty and poisonous.

[function and indications] it is used to treat gall tumor, tuberculosis, scrofula and Jiuzi ulcers.

[usage and dosage] oral: Kang dry grind powder. External use: dip the eggs and spread them inside.

[prescription selection] 1. To cure the disease of stagnant scrofula and tuberculous gall: use one egg, punch a hole at the top, chop the tetrapod, put it into the egg, seal it, hang it in the wind, take it off after seven weeks in winter, and grind it with a hot Kang. Take one point at a time and swallow it with yellow rice wine.

② Cure Jiuzi's rotten ulcer: use a green shell duck egg, punch a hole at the top, put the four legged snake into the egg, seal it, hang it in the windy place, and wait for about four weeks in summer; after the snake is melted, mix it with the egg juice, and rub it on the affected area.

Chinese PinYin : Si Jiao She