Chan Tui

Cicada Moulting

Cicada Moulting Properties: SWEET, SALTY - COOL
Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Meridian: LUNG, LIVER

-disperse wind, clear heat – loss of voice, swollen throat
-vents rashes – accelerates early stage of rash
-clears liver – red-painful-swollen eyes, blurry vision
-stops infantile wind – spasm, delirium, night terrors, convulsion

Reference
Benskey and Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press