Black snake gall

Black snake gall

(compendium)

[source] it is the gall of the snake. The animal morphology is detailed in the article "black snake".

[collection] cut open the abdomen of the snake, find out the gallbladder, tie the upper end of the bile duct with thread, then cut it along the upper part of the ligation, and take it out to dry.

[herbal medicine] the dried gallbladder is brown or greenish brown in color, shrunken, about 1cm long, 0.5cm thick, and the upper bile duct is 1.5cm long. Transparent to light, yellow brown or yellow green inside. It tastes bitter and sweet.

[nature and taste] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "the nature is cool, the taste is bitter and slightly sweet, and it is non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, clearing heat, resolving phlegm and improving eyesight.

① "Compendium": "for the treatment of gale and pestilence, the wooden tongue is swollen and blocked. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat phlegm, dizziness, wind heat, unclear eye fog, hemorrhoids, redness and swelling, skin heat toxin, etc. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Yanmo pill and powder. External use: grind powder, sprinkle or mix.

[selected prescriptions] 1. Treatment of phlegm and confusion: snake gall, tangerine peel, Danxing, Coptis chinensis, Chuanbei, amber. The end of the study was pills.

② Cure wind heat Madness: snake gall, Ba frost, cinnabar, scorpion, cold water stone, Coptis. The end of the study was pills.

③ For unknown eye fog, skin heat toxin and heat rash: Swallow snake gall mixed with wine. (1) Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals

④ Treatment of wood tongue inflation: a snake gall, baked at the end, applied to the tongue, saliva to spit. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑤ Treatment of internal and external hemorrhoids: snake gall, with sesame oil. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

[clinical application] for the treatment of corneal diseases

Take 5g of snake bile (the species of snake has not been identified), dissolve it with 5-10 times of 95% alcohol to precipitate the protein, and filter it with filter paper; evaporate the filtrate in water bath until there is no alcohol smell, add proper amount of distilled water and 0.6g of sodium chloride to dissolve and filter, and then add distilled water to 100ml. Eye drops were given 3-4 times a day and once every 2 hours in some cases. Seven cases of various corneal diseases (corneal ulcer, superficial punctate keratitis, superficial diffuse keratitis, corneal pannus, etc.) were treated. The shortest treatment time was 8 days and the longest was 14 days. 3 cases were cured and 4 cases improved. In addition to its anti-inflammatory effect, this drug can also promote the absorption of corneal opacity. Therefore, it can make the inflammatory signs subside rapidly, reduce the corneal opacity and eliminate the infiltration. There was no side effect. Only a few patients had slight pain after dripping, but it disappeared quickly.