Cicada Slough and its Application:How to use the Slough of Cryptotympana pubricius?

Referential Advice:Cicada Slough.:

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Referential Advice:

1. Dispersing wind-heat from the superficies: For treating cold due to wind-heat or seasonal febrile disease at the beginning stage and accompanied by the exterior syndrome, it is often combined with Herba Menthae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Gypsum Fibrosum, etc. for treating sore throat accompanied with hoarse voice due to wind-heat, it can be used as a single medicine or may be combined with Semen Sterculiae Scaphigerae; or nocturnal crying with restlessness, etc. with Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis, Medulla Funci, Herba Menthae, etc.

2. Promoting eruption and relieving itching: At the beginning stage of measles with retardation of eruption, it may be with Radix Puerariae, Fructus Arctii, Herba Menthae, Fructus Forsythiae.

3. Resolving nebula and brightening the eyes: For treating blood-shot eyes due to wind-heat, or nebula with poor vision, it is often combined with Flos Chrysanthemi, Flos Eriocauli, etc.

4. Dispelling evil wind and relieving pain: For treating tetanus marked by lockjaw, opisthotonus, it is often combined with Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Scorpic and other drug for dispelling wind and relieving convulsion; for treating infantile convulsion with fever, with Ramulus Uncariae aum Uncis, Radix Scutellariae, Cornu Antelopis, etc.

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Use slough,boil in water to wash and get rid of earth,flying,feet,boiling,then dry in the sun for apply...treat dizziness,skin hot,acne,tetanus,baby night crying,adult no voice,etc...cicada,main for all Wind heat disease,ancient people use the whole body,later use the slough,as for treatment of innner organs and vessels,whole body should be applied;as for skin disease and wind heat disease,slough prefered better.

Ben Cao Gang Mu

It is indicated for infantile convulsions.

Other Medical Records of Famous Physicians

It removes nebula...and treats infantile slow eruption of measles.

Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica

It treats dizziness due to pathogenic wind in the head, itching due to pathogenic wind-heat, tetanus, furuncles and scabies, adult aphonia, infantile lockjaw, convulsions, morbid night crying and swelling of the vulva.

Amplified Materia Medica

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