| English
Name |
| Agkistrodon
Acutus |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Origin |
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It
is the dried herb of Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther)
(family Crotalidae) |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet and salty in taste, warm in nature, poisonous in
property, and distributed to the Liver Channel. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
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DESCRIPTION |
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a
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ACTION |
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a |
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INDICATIONS |
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a |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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Expelling
wind and reactivating channels, relieving convulsion and stopping
pain.
To treat
arthralgia-syndrome due to wind and dampness, marked by numbness
of muscles and painful joints, etc.; to treat leprosy with
numbness of extremities, with Zaocys, Realgar, etc.; to treat
tetanus, with Scolopendar, etc.
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TIPS |
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Poisonous;
the drug is highly effective against tetanus infectons and attendant
spasmic convulsions. |
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