Long-Nosed Pit Viper
Agkistrodon
Qi She

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; salty; warm; toxic

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Extremely toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treament of chronic rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis with numbeness and contracture, hemiplegia in stroke, convulsion, tetanus, leprosy, scabies ringworm.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treament of chronic rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis with numbeness and contracture, hemiplegia in stroke, convulsion, tetanus, leprosy, scabies ringworm.