Effects of the Chinese Herbal Medicine Serpentine

The Chinese medicine Snake Bed Zi has the effect of killing insects and relieving itching, drying dampness and dispelling wind, warming the kidney and strengthening yang (warming and tonifying yang qi in the kidney). Snakebed Zi is used as medicine after drying the mature fruit of the plant Snakebed. It is pungent, bitter, warm, slightly toxic and can enter the kidney meridian. Snake Bed Zi has the efficacy of killing insects and relieving itching, drying dampness and dispelling wind, warming the kidney and strengthening the yang, and can be clinically used for treating dampness paralysis and lumbago, itchy vagina, impotence of kidney deficiency, itchy eczema, and infertility of uterine cold and other evidence of diseases. Snake bed seed is generally decoction soup fumigation or powdered dressing and other external use, or made into ointment, suppository external use, can also be into the decoction of internal use. Its adverse effects are not clear, and it is not suitable for those who have dampness-heat in the lower jiao, and those who are suffering from yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, and hyperactivity of deficiency and fire). It should be used under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on its own to avoid damage. If there is any discomfort, please consult a doctor promptly.