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Medicinal value of cicada slough
Periostracum Cicadae: (Cicadae Cicadae) (relieving exterior syndrome: medicine for dispelling wind and heat) is sweet in taste and cold in nature. Enter the liver meridian and lung meridian.

Efficacy:

Dispelling wind and clearing heat, penetrating rash and relieving itching, relieving nebula and improving eyesight, calming wind and stopping spasm.

Application:

1. can be used with Schizonepeta, mint, honeysuckle, etc. For those with excessive heat in exterior and interior, plaster should be used to clear the heat in exterior and interior. Wind-heat aphonia, sore throat, often used with boat-fruited Sterculia.

2, used for measles, rash, rubella, rash, skin itching. The former is often combined with Fructus Arctii, Herba Menthae and Radix Puerariae. Penetrating measles; The latter is often combined with tribulus terrestris, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Saposhnikovia divaricata to dispel wind and relieve itching.

3, used for wind-heat blindness or obstacles. The former is often combined with chrysanthemum, equisetum and tribulus to dispel wind and improve eyesight, such as chrysanthemum powder; The latter is often combined with Concha Haliotidis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Radix Angelicae Sinensis.

4. Used for tetanus and infantile convulsion. Tetanus, with closed teeth and upturned corners, is often used with Gastrodia elata, Scorpio and Rhizoma Arisaematis, such as Wuxu Zhuifeng Powder; For infantile convulsion, fever and convulsion, it can be combined with Uncaria rhynchophylla, Bombyx Batryticatus and Scutellaria baicalensis to clear heat and calm wind.

[Dosage, Precautions and Contraindications]

3 to 9 grams. Used to stop wind and spasm, up to 30 grams.

Research:

Contains a lot of chitin.

It has a calming effect. It can reduce reflex reaction and striated muscle tension, and has a blocking effect on nerves.