Can black tea detoxify snake venom?

Snakes are not common in cities, but are more common in mountainous areas. There are many reasons why people are afraid of snakes. Generally speaking, it is mainly because many snakes are poisonous and can even threaten our lives. Sometimes we will encounter snakes unintentionally, and if we are not careful we will be bitten by them. This is when the method of interpretation comes into play. Many people believe that black tea has the effect of detoxifying snake venom. So, can black tea detoxify snake venom? Let’s take a closer look below.

Absolutely not. Snake venom can damage the human nervous and blood systems.

1. Wind poison method: The wound is neither red nor swollen, and there is numbness, dizziness, blurred vision, hoarseness, difficulty breathing in severe cases, numbness of the limbs, drooping eyelids, staring eyes, convulsions, pale red tongue, thin white fur, and a stringy and rapid pulse.

Prescription: Qufeng Jiedu Decoction [Angelica Dahuricae 3g-10g, Taraxacum mongolicum 10g-30g, Herba Prunellae 9g-15g, Aucklandiae Radix 3g-10g, Viola yedoensis 10g-15g, Alumen 1g-3g, Licorice 3g-10g]

In severe cases, Xifeng Jiedu Decoction [chrysanthemum 9g-15g, angelica 3g-10g, centipede 3g-5g, Uncaria 10g-15g, Prunella Vulgaris 9g-15g, Lobelia 10g-15g, cicada shell 6g-15g, scorpion 2.5g-4.5g] should be added if there is asthma and cough with sputum [Fritillaria 3g-6g, Pinellia 3g-10g, Beef Ligusticum 30g-50g]

2. Fire poison syndrome: local swelling and pain, bleeding or blood blisters, ecchymosis, and even wound necrosis and ulceration, fever, irritability, thirst, nausea and vomiting, or fever that is worse at night, faint macules, bleeding from all seven orifices, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and stringy or rapid pulse.

Prescription: Wuwei Xiaodu Yin [9g honeysuckle, 4g wild chrysanthemum, 4g dandelion, 4g Viola yedoensis, 4g purple back taro 4g]

Xijiao Dihuang Decoction [6g-15g of buffalo horn, double the amount, 30g-50g of fresh Rehmannia root, 6g-12g of peony bark, peony root] for abdominal pain and constipation [3g-15g of Aucklandia lappa, 10g-15g of raw rhubarb] for hematuria [15g-30g of Imperata root, 10g-20g of Cirsium japonicum, 10g-20g of Cirsium sibiricum] for bloody stool [10-15g of Sophora japonica flower, 10g-15g of Sanguisorba officinalis, 6g-15g of Yinhua charcoal (palm charcoal)]

3. Wind-fire syndrome: local redness, swelling, pain, accompanied by numbness or blisters, blood blisters, ecchymosis, local ulceration, dizziness, blurred vision, chills and fever, constipation, yellow and red urine, and in severe cases, irritability and convulsions. Confusion, red tongue, yellow fur, and rapid and stringy pulse.

Prescription: Wuwei Xiaodu Yin, Xijiao Dihuang Tang, Wuhu Zhuifeng Powder [Cicada Periostracum 6g-15g, Arisaema 1.5g-6g, Gastrodia elata 3g-10g, Scorpion 2.5g-4.5g, Bombyx Batryticatus 3g-10g]

Obviously, can black tea detoxify snake venom? The answer is no. Snake venom is a substance that is quite harmful to the human body, and it is useless to use tea to detoxify it. Therefore, after being bitten by an unknown snake, the first thing to do is to determine whether it is poisonous. If it is poisonous, it is recommended to go to the nearest hospital for treatment to avoid further damage.