Liu Y Z, Wang Y L
School of Chinese Classics, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, ChinaCorrespondance author:Wang Yulin,Email:
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2023 Jan 28;53(1):3-7. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220729-00105.
This paper examined the history of snakes as a source of drugs from the Han to the Song Dynasties. Snake products, for medicinal purposes, were not widely used in the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties out of worship and fear of snakes.The source of snake products taken for medical purposes might be partly because local people ate snakes in the South area. Palace snakes and pit viper products were taken as drugs in the Tang Dynasty for the treatment of leprosy and ulcers of the female external genitals. Zaocysdhumnades were seldom used as medicine because they were not recorded in medical documents in the Tang Dynasty, but only seen in some notes. They were widely used in medical practice in the late Tang and the early Song Dynasties and were formally recorded in medical documents for the diseases caused by Wind. Their effectiveness, rarity, high value and toxicity contraindication were repeatedly stressed while palace snakes and pit vipers were seldom mentioned and used.
本文考察了汉至宋时期蛇类作为药物来源的历史。出于对蛇的崇拜和恐惧，蛇制品在汉代、魏晋时期并未被广泛用于医疗目的。医疗用蛇制品的来源可能部分是因为南方当地人食用蛇类。唐代将宫蛇和蝮蛇制品用作药物来治疗麻风病和女性外阴溃疡。乌梢蛇在唐代医学文献中未被记载，仅在一些笔记中出现，因此很少被用作药物。它们在唐末和宋初被广泛应用于医疗实践，并正式被记载于治疗风病的医学文献中。文中反复强调了它们的功效、稀有性、高价值和毒性禁忌，而宫蛇和蝮蛇则很少被提及和使用。
