Herb

Chan hua (cicada fungus)

蝉花chan hua
1 sourceCryptotympana pustulata

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood fright epilepsy, convulsions, night-crying and palpitation, removing eye nebula like the cicada slough, and checking malaria.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉花·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：小儿天吊，惊痫瘈疭，夜啼心悸；功同蝉蜕，又止疟。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉花·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉花·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉花·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.