Cicada shell as a medicinal herb is known as Cicada Molt, antispasmodic, pharyngeal, brightening the eyes and cataract (to improve eyesight and blurred vision), penetrating rashes, and evacuating wind-heat, this medicine can be decocted and used in pills or bulk.
Cicada metamorphosis is cold and sweet in nature, good at penetrating rashes and relieving itching, relieving spasm in the pharynx, evacuating wind-heat, and brightening the eyes to reduce cataract.
There are many ways to take this medicine. It can be combined with snake molt, chrysanthemum, angelica, chuanxiong and other Chinese herbs to make Duiyun Xiefei Pill, which is used for unclear vision, hidden pain and tearing, cataracts of the eyes caused by wind-heat upward disturbance. It can also be used to treat rubella and eczema by combining it with other herbs such as Fenghuang, Bitter Ginseng and Jingwu.
This medicine has a certain degree of coldness, and pregnant women should be cautious of using it. The specific use of the medicine should be based on the patient’s actual condition and individual constitution, under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used on one’s own.