Herb

Cicada slough (Chan tui)

蝉蜕chan tui
1 sourcePeriostracum Cicadae

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for childhood fright epilepsy and difficult delivery, removing eye nebula, and for head-wind dizziness, skin wind-heat, itchy pox-rash, lockjaw and sores, and adult voice-loss.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉蜕·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：小儿惊痫，妇人生子不下；除目昏障翳；治头风眩运，皮肤风热，痘疹作痒，破伤风及丁肿毒疮，大人失音。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 咸、甘，寒，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十一·虫部·化生类·蝉蜕·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·蝉蜕·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·蝉蜕·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.