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Ophisaurus

Glass snake

脆蛇 〔脆蛇〕 cuì shé

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in unofficial sources: Ophisaurus harti Boulenger; Ophisaurus gracilis (Gray)

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Salty; balanced.

Channel entry: Liver, spleen, and kidney channels.*

Actions and indications: Disperses stasis, dispels wind, disperses swelling, and resolves toxin. Treats injury from knocks and falls and bone fractures; great numbing wind (leprosy); toxin swelling of welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū).

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