Cicada shell is cicada slough, which has the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, relieving sore throat and opening sound, penetrating rash and improving eyesight, and relieving spasm.

Cicadas are all shaped like cicadas, and they are hollow and slightly curved. The surface is yellowish brown, translucent and shiny, with little wings on both sides of the back. Two pairs are light, hollow and fragile. Location: Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui and other places. Shandong has a large output.

It can be used for wind-heat common cold, early onset of epidemic febrile disease, sore throat, hoarseness, measles, rubella itching, red eyes, acute and slow convulsion, tetanus syndrome, and children crying at night.

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1, mixed with mint, burdock, honeysuckle and forsythia, can be used for sore throat and hoarseness caused by wind-heat toxin.

2. It is equivalent to Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Sophora flavescens, and can be used for rheumatism, skin soaking, blood, skin itching and other diseases.

3. It is equivalent to chrysanthemum, tribulus terrestris, cassia seed and plantain seed, and is used for red eyes and swelling caused by wind-heat attack or liver fire.

4. It is equivalent to Gastrodia elata, Bombyx Batryticatus, Scorpio and Rhizoma Arisaematis, and can be used for tetanus, such as clenching teeth, limb twitching and rigidity.

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