Lumbricus, cicada slough, (expelling wind and clearing heat, relieving sore throat, penetrating rash, relieving convulsion. For wind-heat cold, sore throat, hoarseness, measles, rubella itching, red eyes, convulsion, tetanus), the silkworm molts and grinds into powder to stop bleeding (folk prescription, self-practice). Efficacy of Trichosanthes root: clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, expelling pus and reducing swelling.

Indications: used for fever, polydipsia, lung heat, dry cough, internal heat to quench thirst, sores and swelling.

For the treatment of diabetes, it is often used in combination with nourishing yin drugs to achieve the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root causes.