Elaphe carinata
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Elaphe carinata
Elaphe carinata in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Shetui
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Snake Slough
Specific Name : Pericarpium serpentis
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected from the end of spring to early winter, removed from soil and sand and dried.
Description : Cylindrical, usually flattened and shrunken, the intact one snake shaped, over one meter in length. Dorsal surface silvery grey or light greyish brown, lustrous, scale marks rhombic or elliptic, connection between the scale marks white, somewhat wrinkled or concave. Ventral surface milky white or slightly yellow, scale marks rectangular, imbricate. Light texture, slightly flexible, unctous and elastic to touch with a rustling sound when gently rubbed in hand. Odour slightly stinking taste weak or slightly salty.Acid insoluble ash: Not more than 3.0% (appendix lX K)
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter and cut into sections.Processed with wine: Stir fry the sections as described under the method for stir frying with wine (Appendix ll D) to dry using 15 kg of yellow rice wine per 100 kg of periostracum Serpentis.
Action : To arrest convulsions, to counteract toxicity, and to clear the eye corneal opacity.
Indication :
Precautions :
Dosage : 2 to 3 g to be made into decoction, or 0.3 to 0.6 g to be ground into powder for oral administration.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place, protected from moth.
Synonymns for Elaphe carinata
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Elaphe carinata
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Elaphe carinata in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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Jiale Fan, Ruyi Huang, Diancheng Yang, Yanan Gong, Zhangbo Cui, Xinge Wang, Zicheng Su, Jing Yu, Yi Zhang, Tierui Zhang, Zhihao Jiang, Tianming Lan, He Wang, Song Huang
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Cheng-Yan Zhou, Jun Ma, Qi-Wu Tang, Xing-Quan Zhu, Qian-Ming Xu
The mitogenome of Ophidascaris wangi isolated from snakes in China.
Parasitol Res: 2021, 120(5);1677-1686
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Chen-Pan Liao, Jung-Ya Hsu, Shi-Ping Huang, Rulon W Clark, Jhan-Wei Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng, Wen-San Huang
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Proc Biol Sci: 2021, 288(1944);20202631
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Shaukat Ali Khan, Jun He, Shuaitao Deng, Huijuan Zhang, Guangxuan Liu, Shikun Li, Dong Tang, Jihui Zhang, Yilin Shu, Hailong Wu
Integrated analysis of mRNA and miRNA expression profiles reveals muscle growth differences between fast- and slow-growing king ratsnakes (Elaphe carinata).
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol: 2020, 248-249;110482
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W Liu, L Tan, Y Huang, W C Li, Y S Liu, L C Yang
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J Helminthol: 2020, 94;e131
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