Cicada shells can be soaked in water and drunk. Zhike is a traditional Chinese medicine called cicada. Drinking it soaked in water can disperse wind and heat, soothe the throat, clear up rash, reduce nebula and relieve spasm. It is used for wind-heat cold, sore throat, hoarse voice, measles, itching, rubella, red eyes, convulsions and tetanus.

1. Used with peppermint, burdock, honeysuckle and forsythia, it can be used for throat redness, pain, hoarseness and other symptoms caused by wind, heat and fire poison.

2. Used with Schizonepeta, Fangfeng, and Sophora flavescens, it can be used for rheumatism soaking the skin blood vessels and skin itching.

3. It can be used with chrysanthemum, white tribulus, cassia seed, and plantain seed. It can be used for symptoms such as redness, swelling and pain in the eyes due to wind-heat attack or liver-fire inflammation, and nebula covering the eyes.

4. It can be used with Gastrodia elata, Bombyx elata, Quanxing scorpion, and Aroid star. It can be used for tetanus syndrome, trismus, tetany, and opisthotonus.