Periostracum Cicadae is the slough of Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius (Fam.Cicadida e) dropped off the nymph during emergence

Periostracum Cicadae is the slough of Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius (Fam.Cicadida e) dropped off the nymph during emergence.

[property] gan, cold.

 [Channels entered]  lung, Liver

[Action]

      To dispel wind-heat, to soothe sore throat, to promote eruption, to clear the eye of corneal opacity, and to arrest spasm.

[Indications]

      Upper respiratoty infection with sore throat, hoarseness of voice; measles with inadequate eruption; urticaria with itching; inflammation of the eye with formation of corneal opacity; convulsion, tetanus.

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