Cicada metamorphosis is a wind-heat dispersing medicine, sweet in flavor and cold in nature, belonging to the lung and liver meridians, with the efficacy of dispersing wind-heat, clearing the throat and penetrating rashes, clearing the eyes and reducing cataracts (improving vision and blurring of vision), and antispasmodic. Cicada shell is often used for wind-heat colds, sore throat, hoarseness, measles, itching rash, red cataracts, convulsions, tetanus and so on. Therefore, Cicada Shell does not have the effect of treating tinnitus. Adverse effects of Cicada Shell are not clear, and pregnant women should be cautious. Proprietary Chinese medicines containing Cicada exuviae include Children’s Oral Liquid for Clearing Heat, Huang’s Rattling Pills, Jianmin Throat Tablets, and Dial Cloud Retreating Cataract Pills. If you need to use cicadas, please under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence, do not self-medication, so as not to affect your health.