Traditional Chinese Medicine use of Snake
A man of Chinese heritage stares at the alive but restrained cobra he has chosen to be bled by a female waitress at a Bangkok restaurant, which specialises in harvesting snake to make aphrodisiacs, rheumatism cure, and skin enriching medicine. Bangkok, 20 December 1980. Other customers wait in line to be served. In traditional Chinese medicine, snake bile from the gallbladder has long been valued as a tonic. (Photo by Alex Bowie/Getty Images)
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Hulton Archive
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20 December, 1980
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- 1980-1989,
- Adult,
- Alternative Medicine,
- Animal,
- Animal Themes,
- Animal Wildlife,
- Archival,
- Asian and Indian Ethnicities,
- Bangkok,
- Blood,
- Business,
- Business Finance and Industry,
- Chinese Culture,
- Chinese Herbal Medicine,
- Cobra,
- Colour Image,
- Food and Drink,
- Harvesting,
- Healthcare And Medicine,
- Herbal Medicine,
- Indoors,
- Medium Group Of People,
- Men,
- People,
- Reptile,
- Restaurant,
- Rheumatism,
- Small Group Of People,
- Snake,
- Staring,
- Thailand,
- Three Quarter Length,
- Tradition,
- Women,