Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 1990 Nov; 10(11): 660-3, 644.

[503 cases of pallas pit viper bite with traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment]

Ni YS, Sun AZ, Bao JY.

Nantong Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jiangsu.

In this paper 503 cases of pallas pit viper bite had been treated with the method of TCM-WM. Among the 503 patients 491 were cured (curative rate 97.61%), however, 12 patients were unfruitful (unfruitful rate 2.39%). The results showed that the poisoning degree of these cases had a positive correlation with patient's age, distance of snake teeth prints in wound, duration before admission, local and systemic clinical manifestation, degree of secondary infection and the number of the organ and system affected. In the treatment of the pallas pit viper bite, it was considered that should insisting the excluding poison and detoxifying methods, so as to cut off the absorption of the poison into the body and promote the discharge of the poison from the body, protect and improve the hepatic and renal functions, keep the balance of inter-circumstance. Attach importance to prevent and treat secondary infection, and raise the awareness to prevent and treat respiratory failure. All these mentioned above were considered the key points to increase the curative rate of the patients.