| English
Name |
| Cicada
Slough |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Cicada
Slough is the slough of Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius
(Fam. Cicadidae) dropped off the nymph during emergence. |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet to the taste, cold in nature, and is distributed
to the Lung and Liver Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place, protected from pressure. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Slightly
ellipsoidal and curved, about 3.5cm long, 2cm wide. The outer
surface yellowish-brown, translucent, lustrous. The head with
a pair of filiform antennae, usually dropped, compound eyes
projected. The anterior end of the frons projected, mouth
and snout developed, labrum short and wide, labium extended
into a tube. The dorsal surface of the thorax with a cross
split of inward curved margin. Each side of the dorsum bears
two small wings. The ventral surface bears three pairs of
legs, covered with yellowish-brown minute hairs. The abdomen
obtuse rounded, 9 segments. Light, hollowed, fragile. Odourless;
taste, slight.
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ACTION |
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To dispel
wind-heat, to soothe sore throat, to promote eruption, to clear
the eye of corneal opacity, and to arrest spasm. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Upper
respiratory infection with sore throat, hoarseness of voice;
measles with inadequate eruption; urticaria with itching;
inflammation of the eye with formation of corneal opacity;
convulsion, tetanus. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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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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TIPS |
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For
cataracts, mix with Chrysanthemum morigolium. |
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