What are the five poisons and three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine in China?
Toads, snakes, scorpions, geckos and centipedes People think that May is the time when the five poisons (scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos and toads) appear. The folk song says, "Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot, and the five poisons' wake up', which is not peaceful. "The Dragon Boat Festival aims to remind people to prevent injuries and diseases. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people should use various methods to prevent the harm of the five poisons. Generally, a map of five poisons is posted in the house, five poisons are printed on red paper, and then five needles are stuck on the five poisons, that is, the poisons are stabbed to death, and they can no longer be rampant. This is a witchcraft legacy to ward off evil spirits. Folk people also embroider five poisons on clothes and decorate five poisons on cakes, all of which mean expulsion. In some places, people cut the five poisons into images (that is, paper-cut) with colored paper, or stick them on doors, windows, walls, kang, or tie them on children's arms to avoid poison. The three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine have been inconclusive, and there are basically three opinions: 1, Ma Shangbao, Niuhuang and Goubao, which are called the main three treasures in the medical field. Stones in the viscera of horses, cows and dogs. The main three treasures mentioned by Li Shizhen in Compendium of Materia Medica are ginseng, velvet antler and donkey-hide gelatin. 3. Three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine: Angong Niuhuang Pill, Zixuedan and Zhibaodan. Angong Niuhuang Pill is suitable for patients with high fever, coma and "muddleheaded"; Zixuedan is suitable for patients with high fever, irritability and even coma accompanied by febrile convulsions, hand-foot convulsions and frequent banging. Zhibaodan is more suitable for patients with coma, fever, excessive phlegm and quiet behavior, because a lot of aromatic medicinal materials are used in the prescription.