【Peripheral Medicine】No. 96
Introduction: Cicada molt, the nymph shell that falls off when the nymph of the insect black grasshopper of the cicada family is feathered. The black grasshopper is large and inhabits trees such as poplar, willow, elm, locust and maple poplar. After 1 generation, it often takes 12-13 years, and China is distributed in most areas south of Liaoning. So what are the medicinal effects and effects of cicada metamorphosis? Let's take a look at it with me.
Cicadas molt
chantui
[Aliases] Cicada retreat, cicada clothes, know the skin.
【Source】This product is the shell of the nymphs of the insect black grasshopper of the cicada family that shed when it feathers.
【Sexual taste returns to the scriptures】 sweet, cold. Attributed to the lungs and liver meridians.
【Function and indications】Evacuation of wind fever, pharynx, diaphragm, blind retreat, antispasmodic. It is used for wind fever colds, sore throat hoarseness, measles impermeable, rubella itching, eye redness, convulsions, tetanus.
【Dosage and usage】Internal use: decoction, 3 ~ 6g, or into pills, loose. External use: decoction wash or grinding powder to adjust the compress.
【Purchase Guide】The shape is like a cicada and hollow, slightly curved. The surface is tea-brown, translucent, shiny, covered with black-brown or yellow-brown fine hairs. The back of the thorax is longitudinally lobed or cross-shaped, and the abdomen is flattened and rounded. Light, membranous, hollow, fragile. The breath is weak and the taste is light. It is best to be yellow in color, light in body, complete and free of mud and sand.
【Storage and preservation】Light, hollow, fragile. Place in a dry place, throttle-proof.
【Use precautions】Pregnant women should take with caution, and acne fever deficiency cold certificate should not be taken.
【Effect test one-sided】
Children with wind fever asthma After the end of the study of cicada clothes, zombie silkworms, and mint, take 1 to 2g each time, 3 times a day, and take it with boiling water. Use the cicada coat to remove its wing limbs, take the upper half of it, and use the tip of the mint in order to "walk above", the mild symptoms of wind and fever asthma, see phlegm in the throat, and its voice is especially suitable. This party has the effect of relieving wind and heat, relieving spasm and calming the nerves, removing phlegm and dissipating heat and calming. [Source] [Wang Yiqian. Silkworm cicada thin in the treatment of pediatric asthma[j].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1982,(12):22]
Cataract Cicada metamorphosis 9g, 1 dose per day, warm boiled water or rice wine to take, take medicine for 1 month, vision has been improved to varying degrees. 【Source】[Cataract[j].Guangxi Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1981,(1):106]
Wind-hot urticaria Cicada molt 100g, washed, dried, roasted and ground into fine powder, 3g each time, 2 times a day, warm boiled water. [Source] [Yang Tao,Cong Aili. Prescription for the treatment of urticaria[j].Chinese Folk Therapy,2012,20(5):27]
Hydrocele take 6 grams of cicada molting, fry 2 times in water, and filter out the residue. Take half of the liquid medicine internally, the other half with gauze soaked and then apply hot compresses to the affected area, once a day, generally continuous medication for 3 to 5 days to get healed. [Source] [Huang Liya. Traditional Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Andrology Diseases[j].Family Traditional Chinese Medicine,2002,(2):55]
Frostbite Cicadas, angelica in equal parts, crushed through 80 mesh sieve, with walnut oil into a paste, applied to the affected area, covered with petroleum jelly gauze, gauze bandaged, once every other day, generally 5 times can be healed. [Source] [Pan Yong. 8 Rules for Curing Diseases of Cicadas[j].New Rural Technology, 2010(23):47]
Children prolapse the cicadas in an appropriate amount, bake dry, and grind very fine powder. Wash the affected area with 1% alum water, apply sesame oil, sprinkle with cicada molting powder, and slowly return the prolapsed anus. [Source] [Pan Yong. 8 Rules for Curing Diseases of Cicadas[j].New Rural Technology, 2010(23):47]