Drug name: Chan tui
Nickname: Fuke, Cicada Clothes
Source: "Treatise on Medicinal Properties"
Classification: Antitumor drugs
Origin: Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places
Taste: Cold in nature, sweet in taste
Meridian return: return to the lung and liver meridians
Effect: Disperse wind heat, promote swallowing and opening of the voice, penetrate rash, brighten the eyes and reduce haze, calm the wind and stop spasms
Indications: Wind heat cold, initial onset of warm illness, fever, headache, sore throat, hoarse cough, impenetrable measles, rubella itching, blurred vision, acute and chronic convulsions, pediatric convulsions, tetanus, and restless night crying in children
Character identification
This product is slightly elliptical and curved, approximately 3.5cm long and 2cm wide. The surface is yellow brown, semi transparent, and glossy. There is one pair of filamentous antennae on the head, many of which have been broken off, and the compound eyes protrude. The tip of the forehead protrudes, the muzzle is well-developed, the upper lip is wide and short, and the lower lip elongates into a tubular shape. The back of the chest is split in a cross shape, with the opening curling inward. There are two pairs of small wings on both sides of the spine; There are three pairs on the abdomen, covered with yellow brown fine hairs. The abdomen is round and round, with a total of 9 sections. Lightweight, hollow, and fragile. Odorless, with a light taste.
Usage&Taboos
Internal administration: decoction, 3-6g, or pill or powder.
External use: Boil and wash with water; Or adjust and apply at the end of the study.
Taboos: Pregnant women should take it with caution.
chemical composition
This product contains various hydrolyzed amino acids, including methionine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, etc; Multiple trace elements, mainly calcium, aluminum, iron, manganese, as well as a large amount of chitin and its degradation products such as chitosan and glucosamine hydrochloride.
pharmacological action 
1. Analgesic effect: Cicada molting water extract was subcutaneously injected into mice and determined by twisting method, proving that Cicada molting has a significant analgesic effect.
2. Immunosuppressive effect: Cicada molting extract can significantly reduce the weight of immune organs such as thymus and spleen. The chicken red blood cell method has shown that cicada molting can significantly reduce the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages.
3. Anti cancer effect: In vivo experiments of cicada molt extract have shown that cicada molt exhibits high anti-tumor activity against Ehrlich ascites cancer cells, and its anti-tumor components have been purified and found to be high molecular weight compounds.
Chinese herbal formula
1. Treatment for colds, coughs, and loss of voice: 5 grams of cicada clothes, 15 grams of burdock seeds, 5 grams of licorice, 7.5 grams of platycodon grandiflorus, taken in decoction. (Modern Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine)
2. At the beginning of treating wind and warmth, there is a new feeling of wind and heat. In winter, it warms the lungs and coughs: 7.5g of mint, one coin of cicada molt (removing feet and wings), 7.5g of front beard, 20g of light fermented black beans, 10g of melon and Lou shells, 7.5g of burdock seeds, fried and taken. (Xin Liang Jie Biao Fa in Shi Bing Lun)
3. Not suitable for treating cough and lung qi obstruction: 50g each of cicada shells (soil removed, slightly fried), ginseng (reed removed), Schisandra chinensis, 25g each of tangerine peel and licorice (roasted), all in fine powder. Take 25 grams per serving, ginger soup, no time. (Cicada Shell Soup in the General Micro Treatise on Pediatric Health)
Ancient book records
"The Treatise on Medicinal Properties": It can treat children with strong fever and convulsions, and can also quench thirst.
Famous Doctor's Record: It has a salty, sweet, cold, and non-toxic odor, and is mainly used to treat children with convulsions, nocturnal crying, removal of three pests, inability to give birth to children in women, and long-term dysentery treated with boiled ash water.
"Compendium of Materia Medica": Cicadas are used to treat all wind and heat syndromes. In ancient times, the body was used, and later generations used molting to treat the internal organs and meridians. Cicada bodies should be used; To treat skin ulcers and wind heat, cicada molt should be used.