Golden cicada shell can evacuate wind-heat, clear the pharynx and open the voice, penetrate the rash, brighten the eyes and reduce cataracts, rest the wind and stop spasms;
It can be used for wind-heat colds, the first signs of warm disease, sore throat and hoarseness, measles, acute and chronic convulsions, tetanus, and children's night crying and restlessness.
Golden cicada shells, also called cicada shells, for the cicada family insect black grasshopper shell after feathering. The whole shape of the cicada and hollow, slightly curved. The surface is yellowish brown, translucent and shiny.
The head has 1 pair of filiform antennae, and the spine has 2 pairs of small wings on both sides; the ventral surface has 3 pairs of feet, which are covered with yellowish brown fine hairs. Abdomen bluntly rounded, ***9-segmented. Body light, hollow, fragile. Mainly produced in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui and other places. Shandong production is larger.
Expanded Information:
Alias: Cicadas retreated, robin's skin, insect retreated, immortal clothes.
Source: The skin shells shed by the black grasshopper, an insect of the Cicadidae family, when it plummets.
Trait identification: the whole shape of the cicada wingless and hollow. Yellowish brown, translucent, shiny. Membranous friable. Odor faint to complete, yellow bright, no soil is better.
Golden cicada shell is also cicada molt. It is the shell that is shed when the golden cicada becomes an adult. This golden cicada shell also has medicinal value, is our traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, and the golden cicada can also be eaten, rich in protein, high nutrition, delicious flavor, the same health care role.
And the golden cicada shell contains chitin protein and other ingredients, cold in nature, can disperse wind-heat, eliminate sore throat, antibacterial, sedative and diuretic effect. Treatment of pediatric eclampsia, wind-heat colds, skin rashes acne diseases, etc. have good results.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Cicada Molts