What is the efficacy of cicadas

Cicada molt has the effect of transmitting rashes, relieving the throat and relieving the surface. Cicada molt is the skin shell shed by the cicada family insect, black grasshopper, when it feathers. It is sweet in flavor and cold in nature. Attributed to the lung and liver meridians. It can evacuate wind-heat, relieve pharyngeal pain, dispel rashes, brighten eyes and reduce cataracts (improve eyesight and blurred vision), and antispasmodic. It is used for wind-heat cold, sore throat and hoarseness, impenetrable measles, itchy rubella, convulsions, tetanus and so on. The efficacy of Cicada Shell as a single herb is limited, and it is often used together with Mentha piperita, Arctium lappa, and Radix et Rhizoma Qianhu to treat wind-heat epiphenomena. It is also used together with mint, burdock seed and fat sea water to treat coughs caused by wind-heat and lung congestion. It is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor, do not take it on your own.