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蛇蛻 Shetui
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Chinese Name |
蛇蛻 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Shetui |
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English Name |
Snake Slough |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Serpentis Periostracum |
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Category |
Zoological substances |
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Origin |
The dried sloughed outer skin of the snake Elaphe taeniura Cope, Elaphe carinata (Guenther), Zaocys dhumnades (Cantor). (Colubridae) |
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Production Regions |
Produced in most areas of China. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Cylindrical, often pressed flat and wrinkled, intact specimens are similar to a snake, up to more than 1m long. Back is silver-gray or pale grayish-brown, lustrous, scale marking is diamond or oval shape, and appear white where they come together, slightly wrinkled or indented; abdomen is milky-white or slightly yellow, scale marking is rectangular shape, in tile-like arrangement. Light in weight, slightly pliable texture, smooth and flexible feeling when twisted by hands, produces a rustling sound when slightly rubbed. Slightly fishy odor, tasteless or slightly salty taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is intact. |
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Properties |
Sweet, salty, Neutral |
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Functions |
Dispels wind, calms fright, resolves toxin, relieves eye screen. Apply to infantile convulsion, convulsive spasm, eye screen, throat impediment, swelling boil, skin itching. |
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00388 |
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