What is the medicinal value of cicada shells?

Cicada shells have great effects and are also known by many common names. Nowadays, there are many cicadas in many villages, and cicada shells will appear after the cicadas molt. Cicada shells have great medicinal properties and many aliases. Some people feel very unfamiliar when they mention cicada shells. In fact, cicada shells have a wide range of uses and can also prevent wind-heat colds. There are also some taboos when using the medicine. So what are the medicinal values ​​of cicada shells?

1. Used for exogenous wind-heat, fever, chills, cough, rashes, skin itching and other symptoms.

Cicada shells have the effect of dispersing wind-heat, and are often used in combination with mint for wind-heat symptoms. They also have the function of dispelling wind and relieving itching caused by rashes.

2. Used for measles with poor outbreaks.

Cicada shells can clear away heat and are mainly used to dispel wind-heat, so they are mostly used for patients with measles that have difficulty in clearing out the rash at the beginning. They are often used together with burdock seeds and mint. However, if the heat is severe and the rash is not clearing out smoothly, they can also be used with lithospermum officinale and forsythia suspensa.

3. Used for symptoms such as sore throat and hoarseness.

The sore throat treated by cicada shell is generally caused by external wind-heat, because it has the effect of dispelling wind-heat and relieving throat. It is often used in combination with mint, burdock, forsythia, platycodon, and licorice. As for the treatment of hoarseness, it is more appropriate to use herbs that are caused by wind evil stagnation in the lungs and failure of lung qi to be released. It can take advantage of its ability to open up the lungs and improve voice, and is often used together with Platycodon grandiflorum, Jade Butterfly, and Sterculia lychnophora.

4. Used for red and swollen eyes and opacity of the eyes.

This product has the effect of improving eyesight and removing cataracts caused by wind-heat, as well as cataracts after measles. It can be used in combination with chrysanthemum, herbaceous vine, and tribulus terrestris.

5. Used for tetanus, infantile convulsions, night crying, etc.

Cicada shells can both dispel external wind and calm internal wind, relieve convulsions and relieve spasms. For tetanus with convulsions of limbs, it can be used together with scorpions; for convulsions and night crying in children with epilepsy and restlessness, it can be used together with Uncaria rhynchophylla.

Cicada shells have many medicinal values ​​and can be used to treat various diseases, such as tetanus, rubella itching, infantile convulsions, and various night frights in children. The treatment effect is very obvious. Because the medicinal value of cicada shells is very high, you must be careful when using them, especially pregnant women must be careful not to eat cicada shells.