Coin-like White-banded Snake is the dried body of Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus Blyth (Fam. Elapidae).

Action: To dispel wind, to remove obstruction of the collaterals, and to relieve spasm.

Indications: Chronic rheumatiod arthritis with numbness and muscula contracture; apoplectic hemiplegia and facial paralysis; convulsion, tetanus; festered scrofula.

Usage: to be ground into powder and taken with water.