Cicada Slough
Periostracum Cicadae, Cicadae Periostracum
Chan Tui

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of 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.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of 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.