What are the medicinal values ​​of cicada shells?

In daily life, cicada shells are a common type of insect. In some dialects in northern my country, cicada shells are called "zhiliao" or "flying insects". Cicada shells crawl out of the soil. After a period of time, the skin on the cicada shells will turn dark brown, and finally break out of the shell and grow a flying creature with wings. The shed cicada shells contain great medicinal value. So what are the medicinal values ​​of cicada shells? Let’s take a look at it together below.

1. Anticonvulsant: Cicada slough fluid extract and cicada slough decoction can delay the death time of mice injected with tetanus toxin. Decoctions of Chantui San and Wuhuzhuifeng San (Cicada Shell, Tianma, Arisaema, Cinnabar, Bombyx Batryticatus, and Scorpion) can counteract the convulsions and deaths of mice caused by strychnine, cocaine, and nicotine. It can partially eliminate the muscle tremors caused by nicotine, and prolong the survival time of rabbit tetanus caused by tetanus toxin, whether it is given at the same time as tetanus toxin injection or after the onset of systemic tetanus symptoms. Wuhu Zhuifeng Powder can also resist convulsions and death caused by Cardiazo.

2. Sedative effect: Both Chan Tuo and Wu Hu Zhui Feng San can inhibit the free movement of mice, and have a synergistic effect with cyclohexylbarbital sodium; they can also cause systemic reactions such as reduced activity, quietness, decreased skeletal muscle tension, and slow righting reflex in rabbits.

3. It has a blocking effect on ganglia, but has no effect on adrenergic receptors and acetylcholine antihypertensive response. Cicadae mol extract may have the effect of blocking myocardial β-receptors. Injection of 60-250 mg/kg of Cicadae mol extract into rabbit ear vein can prevent acute ischemic electrocardiogram changes (TV-5 and S-T segment elevation) caused by intravenous injection of 2 units/kg of vasopressin, but has no significant effect on heart rate and QT interval.

4. Wind-heat cold, initial stage of febrile disease, sore throat and hoarseness. This product is sweet, cold and heat-clearing, light in nature and floats upward, and is good at dispersing wind-heat in the lung meridian to clear the lungs and relieve sore throat, as well as opening the voice and curing hoarseness. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for those with wind-heat colds, the initial stage of febrile diseases, and symptoms of hoarseness or sore throat. It is used to treat wind-heat cold or the initial stage of febrile disease, fever, aversion to wind, headache and thirst. It is often used in combination with mint, burdock, peucedanum and other medicines, such as the pungent and cool relieving exterior method in "Treatise on Seasonal Diseases". It is used to treat throat swelling, pain and hoarseness caused by wind-heat and fire poison. It can be used together with mint, burdock, honeysuckle, forsythia and other medicines, such as Chanboyin.

This is the end of the topic about the medicinal value of cicada shells. I believe that after reading the above article, you will have a deeper understanding of cicada shells. Cicada shells are the most common insects in my country. As early as ancient times, people used cicada shells as medicine to treat some physical diseases, and they taste very good too.