Cobra (Naja naja)

蚺蛇rán shéRanshe

Naja naja · Animal

Naja naja
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Animal product, not a plant; potentially toxic; contains neurotoxins; avoid all internal use; significant safety concerns.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Cobra for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Cobra does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit Pain Relief

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Naja naja and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.