Nicknames: Chunpi Wax Cicada, Chunfei, Spotted Clothes Wax Silkworm
Harvesting and processing: Capture from July to August, steam or roast after capture, and dry in the sun.
Medicinal parts: Adults
Origin: Northern China
Family: Cicadaceae
Original plant: Spotted wax cicada (Spotted wax cicada)
Shi Zhen said, 'The Chinese toon is also known as the Chinese toon tree.'. This object is newly born with a square and flat head, a pointed beak pointing downwards, six legs with heavy wings, and is black. Long enough to fly, with gray yellow speckled outer wings and five colored inner wings. They live on trees and are arranged in rows. Autumn gave birth to a child on the bark of a tree.
When a nymph is young, its body is black with many small white spots on top. Older nymphs are the most beautiful, with red bodies with black and white markings. The base of the adult's hind wings is red, and it is very bright when flying. Adults and nymphs both jump and feed on various plants, with Ailanthus altissima being their favorite.
Body length 15-25 millimeters, wings spread 40-50 millimeters, whole body gray brown; The forewings are leathery, with about two-thirds of the base being light brown, and the wing surface having about 20 black spots; About one-third of the end is dark brown; Posterior wing membrane material, with a bright red base and black spots; The end is black. The surface of the body wings is covered with white wax powder. The corners of the head roll upwards, forming short protrusions. A blue wing color indicates males, while a beige wing color indicates females.
Slightly beige color for females
Blue leaning for males
Male adults have a body length of 14-17 millimeters and wingspan of 40-45 millimeters; Female body length is 18-22 millimeters, with wings spread by 50-52 millimeters. The body is gray and yellow in color, covered with a thin layer of white wax powder; There are black spots on each body segment on the back of the abdomen. The base 2/3 of the forewings is light gray brown with over 20 scattered black dots, and the end 1/3 is smoky black. Vein pattern gray brown; The base to the posterior horn of the hind wing is bright red, with a white horizontal band in the middle and black at 1/3 of the end.
Chicken herb:
Chicken medicinal properties:
The taste is bitter, flat, and has a small poison. Treat evil qi in the heart and abdomen, impotence, nourish essence, strengthen willpower, have children, be lustful, nourish the middle, and lighten the body. On the Ikugawa Tani tree.
Shi Zhen said, "When removing wings and feet, stir fry glutinous rice or flour until it turns yellow, and remove rice and flour.
[Smell] Bitter, flat, with a small poison, not close to the eyes ("Bielu").
【 Indications 】 Heart and abdomen evil qi, impotence, nourishing essence and strengthening willpower, having lustful children, tonifying the middle and lightening the body ("Ben Yin Duo Jing" in "Bielu"). Blood circulation is blocked, and there is blood stasis (Zong). Main scrotum, scattered eyes with shadows, precious.
【 Invention 】 Hongjing said: The prescription is used sparingly, and it is used for the Big Musk Pill.
Shi Zhen said: It is commonly used in ancient prescriptions such as the Banwen Kill Ghosts Pill and in modern prescriptions. It is a medicine that covers the Jueyin meridian and can promote blood circulation. In the "Puji Formula" for treating Mu Yi Bi Yun Gao, it is used together with Yuan Qing and Dan Dan, which is also the meaning of promoting blood circulation and dispersing knots.
[Attachment] New Fourth.
Uterine deficiency and coldness: "Summary of Apricot Grove" states: Women without children are caused by uterine deficiency and coldness, deficiency of the lower element, irregular moon water, or closure or leakage, or collapse of 120 beans. Jujube meat is a pill, as big as a marble. Wrap it with cotton and tie it up, then use a bamboo tube to deliver it into the vagina. A little feverish and thirsty for a while, he used cooked fried scrofula tubercle: 14 pieces of Red Lady, a penny for frankincense and arsenic, a penny and a half for sand, and five cents for yellow lead, which was the end, and sticky rice Congee and cake were pasted. However, in January, its core naturally detached. ("Hygiene Easy Recipe") If bitten by a mad dog, die if not treated: Use two Red Maidens and five Cantharides (with wings and feet removed). If you are 40 years old, add one each, and if you are 50 years old, add one more each. If you are 50 years old, add half each of frankincense, agarwood, and Campanula grandiflorum, and add a little butter, it is the end. For those who are 10 years old, take four doses; for those who are 15 years old, take three doses; for those who are 20 years old, take two doses; and for those who are 30 years old, take one dose. ("Talking about Wild Weng Formula")
Horizontal rectal toxin: one hole in the chicken, six red ladies are put in, wrapped in paper and cooked. Go to the Red Lady, eat chicken and drink. Urine dripping with thick blood will heal. (Lu's "Jide Tang Fang")“
【 Taste 】 Bitter taste; Xin; Sexual flatness; Toxic
【 Guijing 】 Liver meridian
【 Indications and Functions 】 Promote blood circulation and unblock meridians; Meidu disperses. Master blood stasis and meridian closure; Lower back pain; Erectile dysfunction; Infertility scrofula; Tinea sores; Rabies bite
[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: Grind into powder, add into pills or powder, 0.1-0.2g. External use: Apply in moderation, grind and paste or adjust. "