Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 It was explained like this to me. Bai Hua She is the snake and Bai Hua She She Cao is the grass that it crawls in in that part of China. Therefore the grass is the antidote for the venom. Hopefully it works on the venom of the snake that bit your patient also. On Oct 20, 2004, at 7:25 AM, Chinese Medicine wrote: > > Hi all > > I have a male patient, 57, otherwise pretty healthy, who was bitten > by a rattlesnake around Sp 4 last Friday. He's been in hospital > since then with swelling moving up to the groin. They have had to > adminsiter at least 4 doses of anti-venin with no real reduction in > swelling. They are keeping him until at least Wed. at last report. > He is anxious to begin CM therapy to help recovery. The swelling is > red and hot in places. To my understanding this is heat toxin (?). I > find no formulas in Bensky that specifically talk about snake bite > althought there are several single herbs which do mention in. I was > wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Of the formulas in > Bensky, Xian fang huo ming yin or Wu wei xiao du yin seem most > likely to me. Should I add any specific snake bite herbs like Bai > Wei or Bai hua she she cao? I don't have chuan shan jia or zao jiao > ci--can these be left out or are there other substitutes? Or should > we just use single snake bite herbs? How about points? P6, Bl 40? > Others? Is it safe to needle the affected leg? Bleeding? > > Thanks, Shanna > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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