Cut three to five drops of blood from a rooster's comb into the wound (use a hen for large snake bites, use a rooster for small snake bites), or drink juice extracted from horse manure, and simultaneously wash the affected area.

Urgently drink one bowl of sesame oil, and wash the wound clean with oil. Then, drink a decoction of Kudzia root (Puerariae Lobatae Radix) five or six times day and night. Continue to wash the wound with the Kudzia root decoction, and grind the dregs into powder to apply externally.

Drink ginger juice, and wash the wound with a boiled solution. Apply alum (Alumen) to the wound. Alternatively, drink juice extracted from Chinese leek (Allium macrostemon) pulp and apply the residue. Leeks (Allium tuberosum) can also be used.

Crush earthworms (Pheretima aspergillum) and apply the paste.

Boil shed snake skin (Ophiopogonis Dermis) in water and wash the wound two or three times. Mix calomel (Hydrargyri Chloridum Mite) with ginger juice and apply to the wound.

Crush several earthworms and apply to the wound. Then, crush garlic (Allii Sativi Bulbus) and apply it externally to achieve healing. Alternatively, chew and swallow almonds (Prunus Armeniaca Seed).

Another prescription: Scrape soot from the bottom of a cooking pot, mix with sesame oil, and apply. Or, drink plenty of leek juice, or apply earthworm feces. Or, take a handful of peach inner bark (Persicae Cortex), add three sheng of water, boil down to one sheng, and drink. Or, grind pepper (Piperis Longi Fructus) into powder and apply several times; efficacy is seen only when pain subsides.

Another prescription: Scrape dust from an old wooden chopping block in a meat shop, mix with old bricks from a urine pit, crush thoroughly, and apply. Or, crush green moss and rock sugar (Saccharum) and apply (effective for both new and old wounds). Or, burn old red bamboo chopsticks to ash, grind into an extremely fine powder, mix with sesame oil, and apply.

First wash with scallion (Allii Fistulosi Bulbus) soup, then wash with clear oil. Drink one bowl of clear oil. Place sesame oil and a small amount of alum into the wound, cover externally with winter melon rind (Benincasae Exocarpium), and change frequently.

Urgently tie cloth tightly above and below the wound. Soak the wound in urine to wash out the snake fang. Chew bedbugs (Cimicidae) in the mouth, swallow them, and apply the residue to the wound. Or, urgently drink two bowls of good vinegar, or drink sesame oil. Or, crush a large amount of ginger and apply heavily. Or, rinse with distilled liquor (Baijiu), and seal thickly with human feces. Or, drink Chuan Bei Mu (Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus) powder mixed with wine until finished.

In a snake bite, a tooth is often left behind in the wound, causing swelling and rotting.

Burn rush grass (Junci Medulla) to ash and sprinkle on the wound.

Another prescription for snake bites: Rub two knives together in water, collect the water, and drink it. This can save someone who is near death; it is considered an immortal prescription.

Another method to extract the fang: Heat a tobacco pipe, collect the tar/oil inside, and drip it frequently into the wound to pull out the fang.

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