Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) story (50) - snake, centipede, scorpions 
 
 
Snake, centipede, scorpions 

    Once upon a time there was a peddler, township market list every day, many way to run. 
 
    On this day, he got up very early, slept is a look at the wife, is your own cooking. Cook the meal tis good, day not bright. He walked to the door with him, into the house, wash the wife last night good amaranth made a bowl of soup. 
 
    Tis soup with rice to eat a full, lifting goods carry out. He go ah, go ah, a breath away more than ten miles. At this time, he suddenly feel belly, like a fire also thirsty very afflictive. Every drought this year, however, the ditch pond did see bottom, which is not water. Tis very not easy walk to a village, put the burden down and opened the first gate. The yard, there is only one child in play. 
 
    Tis ask: "your honor?" 
 
    The child said, "to countless bay water." 
 
    "Jian bay where is it?" 
 
    "Well." 
 
    "Are there any water in your urn? Give me something to drink." 
 
    "No." 
 
    Tis thirsty throat dry mouth dryness, belly to bear hard time again. He said a sentence: "let me look for them, even if there is a water to wet my whistle all right!" Then walked into the room, looking for west, east saw pot, pot, bowl, the bowl is not a drop of water. Finally, the peddler saw one on the top of the kitchen cupboard after break down dusty teapot. He hurried off to open the lid, the pot is half a pot of tea Chen. Tis, willy-nilly to spout son drink. By pour tea into the stomach, feeling much better. He thanked the children, and the market on the burdens. 
 
    Besides the peddler's wife, the morning get up to eat, when found of amaranth on a soup pot left, there is a die snake soup. She was scared to shout loudly 1: "oh, my mama!" Thought, it must be the bundle of amaranth, snake crept into their child his dad didn't see it, will do together into the soup. He must be poisoning, might even deadly! 
 
    Food is the peddler's wife, has been chased down along the path the fair. Her without her husband's body was found along the way, ran to the market, to find a husband. It is strange that her husband was like nothing to sell goods. Peddler saw his wife, he asked: "how did you come?" 
 
    The wife breath a sigh of relief, asks: "ouch, you still alive?" 
 
    "What's wrong?" 
 

    "Still ask me? You since morning eat what?" 
 
    "Amaranth soup." 
 
    "There are poisonous snakes in my soup!" 
 
    "Ah!" Tis a surprised: "no wonder just belly burned so badly?" 
 
    "Fetch the doctor and have a look. 
 
    "No, nothing at the moment." 
 
    "It's okay? Did you eat know poison?" 
 
    "Didn't eat." 
 
    "That is how not to burn again?" 
 
    I took half a pot of tea. " 
 
    Hey, something, mostly in the tea to the snake venom. " 
 
    Well, wait a minute we'll see. " 
 
    Set later, tis the couple went to the tea of the door in the morning, they knock on the door, out of a man. Peddler said: "eldest brother, I pass from here in the morning, drank half a pot of cool tea. You really thank you!" 
 
    "Oh, this is all children don't understand! The tea in the cupboard for half a year at most, can't drink!" 
 
    Peddler said: "drink I'd feel very comfortable." 
 
    "Is that so?" 
 
    "Let me look at you, that's what a pot of tea?" 
 
    Master teapot holds out, look for the lid open a look, there are a scorpion and a dead a centipede. Master surprised and said: "see, this is poisonous things, you are quick to go to see a doctor!" 
 
    Tis heart move, said: "that's right! In the morning drank snake venom of soup, so heart burn, then into a scorpion venom, the centipede poisonous tea, do not have a thing. It must be a poison can detoxify!" 
 
    This is a story, don't really have the matter. Set a thief to catch a thief, however, is justified. Later, doctors from snake venom extract medicine, can cure snake wound and many other symptoms of poisoning. It also found that scorpion venom extinguish wind, town antispasmodic and analgesic function; The centipede poison can be treated, migraines, evil sores, and snake bites. 
 
 
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