This product is the molted shell of the black grasshopper (Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius) after it emerges from the Cicadae family. Mainly produced in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces. Harvest in summer, remove the soil, and dry in the sun for raw use.

[Property]

sweet, cold. act on lung and liver channels.

[Efficacy]

Releasing exterior with pungent-cool, promoting eruption, relieving itching, improving vision, relieving nebula, relieving spasm.

[Indications]

1. It is used for common cold, sore throat and hoarse voice. This product is herbs sweet in taste and cold in nature clearing away heat, light and floating, good at dispersing wind-heat in the lung meridian, ventilating the lungs to treat dumbness, so it can be used to treat common cold or early onset of warm disease, fever headache, often used with Mentha, Forsythia, Chrysanthemum Flower are equivalent; used to treat wind-heat attack, sore throat and hoarse voice, often used with Boat-Fruited Sterculia Seed used together, like sea cicadas scattered.
2. Used for measles opaque, rubella cutaneous pruitus, this product releases exterior with pungent-cool, promotes eruption and relieves itching, used to treat wind and heat external beam, measles opaque, often used with Mentha , Great Burdock Achene, Arnebia are used equally, such as promoting eruption soup; used to treat wind-dampness, rubella eczema, cutaneous pruitus, often Use with Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia Root, Sophora, etc., such as Wind-Dispersing Powder.
3. For red eye nebula disorder. This product enters the liver meridian, is good at dispersing wind-heat in the liver meridian, and has the effect of improving vision and reducing nebula. Therefore, it can be used to treat wind-heat attack, red eye swelling and pain, and nebula membrane covering the eyes. It is often used with Chrysanthemum Flower, Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit, Cassia Seed and the like, such as Cicada Slough and Chrysanthemum Flower Powder.
4. Used for night crying and tetanus syndrome. This product is sweet and cold. It can not only release the exterior with pungent-cool, but also cool the liver, relieve wind and relieve spasm. Therefore, it can be used to treat infantile common cold, fright epilepsy night crying, and this product can be ground into powder. Mentha, Uncaria can be decoctioned and given away, such as Zhixian Powder. If children have acute fever and infantile convulsion, this product can be combined with Cow-Bezoar, Coptis Rhizome and Stiff Silkworm are used equally; used to treat tetanus syndrome. For mild cases, this product can be ground into powder alone and taken infused with rice wine. For severe cases, it can be combined with medicinals Gastrodia Tuber, Stiff Silkworm, and scorpion are used together, that is, Five Tigers Wind-Chasing Powder.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Cure infantile epilepsy."
2. Bencao Shiyi: "Remove blurred vision and nebula...treat infantile smallpox." "Unpleasant."
3. Bencao Yanyi: "Treatment of head wind vertigo, skin itching caused by wind-heat, tetanus and boil and sore sores, loss of voice in adults, lockjaw in children, and crying at night. crying, swelling of vulva."

[Usage and Dosage]

Take it as a decoction, 3 to 10g, or grind it into powder and take infused. For general diseases, the dosage should be small; for antispasmodic treatment, a large amount is needed.

[Precaution]

Bielu has records that "housewives cannot give birth to children", so pregnant women should use it with caution.

This product contains a large amount of chitin, protein, amino acids, organic acids, etc. Cicada Slough has an anticonvulsant effect. Its wine preparation can prolong the average survival period of experimental tetanus rabbits and reduce the tetanus convulsions that have developed in rabbits. Cicada Slough can resist the effects of central stimulants such as strychnine, cocaine, and nicotine. The mice died of convulsions. The anti-convulsant effect of cicada slough is stronger on the body than on the head and feet; Cicada Slough can inhibit the spontaneous activities of mice, and can synergize with the anesthetic effect of cyclohexobarbital sodium to show a sedative effect. Cicada Slough also has antipyretic properties. Among them, Cicada Slough has a stronger antipyretic effect on the head and feet than on the body.