Cicada Shell belongs to a group of Chinese herbs, and generally the single herb Cicada Shell is not used to treat insomnia.
Cicada metamorphosis has the effect of evacuating wind-heat, inducing pharyngeal pain and opening the voice, transmitting rashes, brightening the eyes and reducing cataracts (improving eyesight and blurred vision), and calming the wind and stopping spasms (calming the wind and relieving spasms). It is used for treating wind-heat colds, the first signs of warm diseases, sore throat and hoarseness (mute voice, unable to make a sound), impenetrable measles, itchy rubella, acute and chronic convulsions (pediatric diseases with dizziness, convulsions and seizures as the main manifestations), tetanus, etc..
Pregnant women should be cautious of using Cicada Shell. The adverse reactions of Cicada Shell are not clear.
Patients with insomnia are advised to seek timely medical treatment. When patients need to take Cicada Shell for treatment, they need to use it under the guidance of a physician.