Venomous Snake Bite

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

局部伤口不红不肿不痛，仅有皮肤麻木感，全身症状有头昏、眼花、嗜睡、气急，严重者呼吸困难、四肢麻痹、张口困难、眼睑下垂、神志模糊甚至昏迷，舌苔薄白，舌质红，脉弦数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The wound surface is not red, swollen, or painful; it only feels numb.
  • May experience dizziness, blurred vision, drowsiness, and rapid breathing.
  • In severe cases, there may be difficulty breathing, numbness and weakness of the limbs, difficulty opening the mouth, drooping eyelids, confusion, or even coma.
  • Tongue coating is thin and white.
  • The tongue body tends to be red.
  • The pulse is tight and slightly rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

活血通络，祛风解毒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps promote blood circulation and unblock the meridians, relieving discomfort such as ecchymosis, numbness, or pulling pain.
  • Helps dispel wind evil and eliminate unhealthy elements from the body, reducing manifestations such as fever with headache, red swollen sores, or sore swollen throat.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

局部肿痛严重，常有水疱、血疱或瘀斑，严重者形成局部组织坏死，全身症状可见恶寒、发热、烦躁、咽干口渴、胸闷心悸、胁肋胀痛、大便干结、小便短赤或尿血，舌质红，苔黄，脉滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Local swelling and pain are severe.
  • Blisters, blood blisters, or ecchymosis are commonly seen.
  • In severe cases, local tissue necrosis may occur.
  • Systemic symptoms may include aversion to cold and fever, irritability, dry throat and thirst, chest tightness and palpitations, distending pain in the hypochondriac region, dry and bound stools, scanty dark yellow urine, or bloody urine.
  • The tongue body tends to be red.
  • Tongue coating is yellow.
  • The pulse tends to be slippery and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

泻火解毒，凉血活血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps clear and purge excessive fire from the body and eliminate unhealthy elements, reducing manifestations such as fever with thirst, irritability, sore swollen throat, or red swollen sores.
  • Helps cool the blood and promote blood circulation, reducing manifestations such as facial flushing and tidal fever, skin bleeding spots, ecchymotic pain, or menstrual irregularities.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

局部红肿较重，一般多有创口剧.痛，或有水疱、血疱、瘀斑、瘀点或伤处溃烂，全身症状有头晕、头痛、眼花、寒战发热、胸闷心悸、恶心呕吐、大便秘结、小便短赤，严重者烦躁抽搐，甚至神志昏聩，舌苔白黄相兼，后期苔黄，舌质红，脉弦数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Local redness and swelling are pronounced, with severe wound pain.
  • There may be blisters, blood blisters, ecchymosis or petechiae; the wound may also become ulcerated.
  • May experience dizziness, headache, and blurred vision.
  • May have chills and fever, with shivering.
  • May feel chest tightness and palpitations.
  • May experience nausea or even vomiting.
  • Stools are dry and difficult to pass; urine is scanty, dark yellow, or reddish.
  • In severe cases, there may be irritability and convulsions, or even confusion and stupor.
  • The tongue coating initially appears mixed white and yellow, later mostly turning yellow.
  • The tongue color is reddish.
  • The pulse is tight and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热解毒，凉血息风

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps clear heat from the body and eliminate unhealthy elements, reducing manifestations such as fever, sore swollen throat, or red swollen sores.
  • Helps cool the blood and calm internal wind, reducing manifestations such as dizziness and vertigo, convulsions, or skin bleeding spots.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

毒蛇咬伤后失治误治，出现高热、躁狂不安、惊厥抽搐或神昏谵语；局部伤口由红肿突然变成紫暗或紫黑，肿势反而稍减，舌质红绛，脉细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • After a venomous snake bite, due to improper management, the body temperature is very high, presenting with restlessness, convulsions, or unconsciousness with delirious speech.
  • The wound, originally red and swollen, suddenly turns dark purple or black, while the swelling slightly subsides.
  • The tongue color is deep red, turning crimson.
  • The pulse is thready and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清营凉血解毒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Helps clear heat from the nutrient aspect and cool the blood, reducing manifestations such as high fever, irritability, or skin bleeding spots.
  • Helps eliminate unhealthy substances from the body, reducing manifestations such as sore swollen throat, red swollen sores, or skin rashes.

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