\r乌蛇\pd464.bmp\r
无毒。主诸风瘙瘾疹，疥癣，皮肤不仁，顽痹诸风。用之炙，入丸散，浸酒、合膏。
背有三棱，色黑如漆。性善，不噬物。江东有黑梢蛇，能缠物至死，亦如其类。生商洛山。
（今附）
臣禹锡等谨按药性论云∶乌蛇，君，味甘，平，有小毒。能治热毒风，皮肌生疮，眉髭
脱落， 痒疥等。
图经曰∶乌蛇，生商洛山，今蕲州、黄州山中有之。背有三棱，色黑如漆。性至善，不
噬物
称之
头
尔
圣惠方∶治面上疮及 。易容方∶用乌蛇二两，烧灰末，以腊月猪脂调敷之。千金方∶
治耳聋。
以绵裹蛇膏塞耳中，神效。朝野佥载∶商州有人患大风，家人恶之，山中为起茅屋。有乌蛇
坠酒罂中，病患不知，饮酒渐瘥。罂底尚有蛇骨，方∶知其由也。
衍义曰∶乌蛇，尾细长，能穿小铜钱一百文者，佳。有身长一丈余者，蛇类中此蛇入药
最多
。
尝于须安军塘泺堤上，见一乌蛇，长一丈余，有鼠野狼啮蛇头，曳之而去，是亦相畏伏尔。
市
者多伪以他蛇熏黑色货之，不可不察也。乌蛇脊高，世谓之剑脊乌稍。
\r金蛇\pd465.bmp\r
无毒。解生金毒。人中金药毒者，取蛇四寸，炙令黄，煮汁饮，频服之，以瘥为度。
大如中指，长尺许，常登木饮露，身作金色，照日有光。亦有银蛇，解银药毒。人中金毒，
候之法，合瞑取银口中含，至晓银变为金色者，是也。令人肉作鸡脚裂。生宾、澄州。（今
附）
臣禹锡等谨按陈藏器云∶金蛇，味咸，平。
图经曰∶金蛇，出宾、澄州。大如中指，长尺许，常登木饮露，体作金色，照日有光。
及能
彼人呼为金星地鳝，冬月收捕之，亦能解众毒，止泻泄及邪热。
衍义曰∶金蛇，今方∶书往往不见用。
Black Snake (Wushe)
Non-toxic. Primarily treats various wind-induced skin itching, urticaria, tinea, cutaneous anesthesia, stubborn bi-syndrome, and other wind disorders. It is used after roasting, incorporated into pills and powders, soaked in wine, or made into ointments.
It has three keels on its back, with a color black as lacquer. Its nature is gentle, and it does not bite objects. In the Jiangdong region, there is the Black-tailed Keelback, which can coil around objects to death; it also belongs to this category. It is produced in Shangluo Mountains.
(Added later by subsequent authors)
Minister Yuxi et al. respectfully note according to *Yaoxing Lun* (Treatise on Medicinal Properties): Black Snake, as a sovereign drug, has a sweet taste and neutral nature, with slight toxicity. It can treat heat-toxic wind, sores on skin and muscles, loss of eyebrows and beard, as well as itching and scabies.
*Tujing Bencao* (Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica) records: Black Snake is produced in Shangluo Mountains; nowadays, it is also found in the mountains of Qizhou and Huangzhou. It has three keels on its back, with a color black as lacquer. Its nature is extremely gentle, and it does not bite.
*Shenghui Fang* (Prescriptions from the Holy Grace Bureau) records: Treating facial sores and... *Yirong Fang* (Prescriptions for Facial Appearance) records: Use two liang of Black Snake, burn it to ash and powder, mix with lard from the twelfth lunar month, and apply externally. *Qianjin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) records: Treating deafness.
Wrap the snake fat in cotton and insert it into the ear; the effect is miraculous. *Chaoye Qianzai* (Records of the Court and the World) records: A person in Shangzhou suffered from Da Feng disease (leprosy). His family members despised him and built a thatched hut for him in the mountains. A Black Snake fell into a wine jar. Unaware of this, the patient drank the wine and gradually recovered. Later, they found snake bones at the bottom of the jar and realized the reason.
*Yanyi* (Expanded Meaning) records: For Black Snake, if the tail is slender and long enough to pass through a hole pierced in one hundred copper coins, it is considered excellent. Some individuals are over ten zhang long. Among snakes, this species is used most frequently in medicine.
I once saw a Black Snake on the dike of Tangluo in Xu'an Army, over ten zhang long. A mouse and a wild wolf bit its head and dragged it away; this demonstrates mutual fear and subjugation among creatures.
Those sold in the market are often fakes, where other snakes are smoked to turn them black for sale. One must not fail to examine this carefully. The Black Snake has a high dorsal ridge, known in the world as "Jianji Wushao" (Sword-backed Black Keelback).
Golden Snake (Jinshe)
Non-toxic. Resolves the toxicity of raw gold (mercury/quicksilver). If a person is poisoned by gold medicine, take a four-cun long snake, roast it until yellow, boil it in water to make a decoction, and drink it frequently until recovery.
It is as thick as a middle finger and about one chi long. It often climbs trees to drink dew, its body appearing golden and shining in the sunlight. There is also the Silver Snake, which resolves silver medicine toxicity. To diagnose human poisoning by gold, the method is: close the eyes, hold silver in the mouth, and by dawn, if the silver turns golden, it indicates the presence of the Golden Snake. It causes the flesh to develop chicken-foot-like cracks. It is produced in Binzhou and Chengzhou. (Added later by subsequent authors)
Minister Yuxi et al. respectfully note according to Chen Cangqi: Golden Snake has a salty taste and neutral nature.
*Tujing Bencao* (Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica) records: Golden Snake is produced in Binzhou and Chengzhou. It is as thick as a middle finger and about one chi long. It often climbs trees to drink dew, its body appearing golden and shining in the sunlight.
The locals call it "Jinxing Di Shan" (Venus Ground Eel). It is captured in winter and can also resolve various toxins, stop diarrhea, and clear pathogenic heat.
*Yanyi* (Expanded Meaning) records: Golden Snake is rarely seen in use in current medical formularies.