There is no difference between Snake Needlewort and Snake Tonguewort, both are aliases for the Chinese herb White Flower Snakeweed.
White-flowered Snake Tongue Grass is the dried whole grass of White-flowered Snake Tongue Grass in the family of Rubiaceae. It is bitter, sweet and cold in nature. Attributed to the stomach, large intestine, small intestine meridian. It is effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing lumps and swelling, and inducing diuresis and lymphatic flow.
It has the function of treating carbuncle, sores, sore throat, poisonous snake bite, feverish drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of pulling in the abdomen), astringent pain and other diseases. Yin gangrene (a general term for a class of slow-acting negative sores and ulcers) and those with cold spleen and stomach are contraindicated, and the adverse effects are not clear.
White-flower Snake Tongue Herb is used to treat carbuncle, swollen sores and poisons, can be used with honeysuckle, forsythia, wild chrysanthemum; with the treatment of intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurs in the intestines and bowels, with fever, right abdominal pain, can be felt as a manifestation of the mass) abdominal pain, often with red vine, septoria, moutanpi, and so on; the treatment of sore throat, with scutellaria baicalensis, xuanzhenshen, and bananjiangen, and so on.
If you need to take White Flower Snake Tongue Herb, it is recommended to consult a healthcare professional.