Silver-ringed Snake Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Dispels wind, unblocks meridians, dispels cold, and relieves pain. Suitable for cervical spondylosis of the nerve root type
in the absence of frank deficiency, or where an excess or heat pattern prevails, indiscriminate warming tonic use is inadvisable
Commentary
With silver-ringed snake as the sovereign, with warm nature and sweet, salty flavor, having Liver tropism, it dispels wind, unblocks the meridians, and settles fright, and this opening sets the main therapeutic direction. A single sovereign, silver-ringed snake, is used with focused force, suited to the kidney deficiency with wind-damp pattern and light enough to dispel excess. Viewed as a whole, the formula addresses the kidney deficiency with wind-damp presentation, treating both root and branch.