Snake wine

The drink was first recorded to have been consumed in China during the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1040–770 BC) and believed in folklore to reinvigorate a person according to Traditional Chinese medicine.

[2] It can be found in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, Goa (India), Vietnam, Okinawa (Japan), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and throughout Southeast Asia.

The Huaxi street night market (華西街夜市) of Taipei, Taiwan, is renowned for its snake foods and wine products.

Consumption of snakes and their viscera has long been considered by followers of traditional Chinese medicine to promote health.

and 200 A.D.[4] The detailed uses of various snake feces, their body parts, and various preparations were elaborated in Li Shizhen's Bencao Gangmu (本草綱目).

A bottle of snake wine photographed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou .
Snake is one of Vietnamese varieties of rượu thuốc . [ 1 ] The bottle on the left is a cobra wine (Rượu rắn).
Scorpion and snake wine.