How much is the price of cicadas per jin? What are the effects of boiling water?

Cicada molt, also known as cicada clothing and cicada shell, is the molted shell of the black grasshopper of the cicada family. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of dispersing wind, heat and eyesight. It is generally sold in drugstores. How much is the price of cicada molt per jin? What are the effects of boiling water?

First, the introduction of cicada slough:

1. What is a cicada slough?

Cicada exuviate is the shell that cicada mature nymph changes into adults, also known as "cicada exuviate" or "cicada skin". Its main components contain chitin and protein, taste sweet, salty, cold, enter the lung and liver meridian, is an important pungent and cool traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Are cicadas beneficial insects or pests?

Cicadas are pests. The cicada is the destroyer of the tree. it inserts the needle-like mouth under its head into the branches of the tree to suck the plant sap to maintain its life. after mating, the female cicada also uses its spear-shaped ovipositor to insert into the woody part of the young branch to lay eggs, which is often inserted into a hole in a branch. after spawning, the lower part of the branch is pierced by mouthparts to pierce a circle of toughness, so that the upper part of the branch is deprived of water and nutrients. At last it withered and died, and the withered branches fell to the ground as soon as the wind blew. The eggs hatch into nymphs, drill into the soil, and begin to live a long underground life, sucking up the sap of the roots underground for a living, at least in 2023 to as many as 17 years. After living in the ground enough, they climb out of the ground, and then "golden cicadas get out of their shells" and become cicadas.

Second, how much is the price of cicada per jin?

The market price of cicada is different, generally about 300-400 yuan per jin, but due to the difference of origin, market and quality, the price will be different. For example, in Shandong, the price in Bozhou is about 290 yuan per jin, that in Anguo is about 280 yuan per jin, in Chengdu is about 295 yuan per jin, in Kangqiao area is about 290 yuan per jin, and in Puning area is about 300 yuan per jin. The price of washed goods is about 400 yuan per jin in Bo, 400 yuan per jin in Anguo, 405 yuan per jin in Chengdu and 410 yuan per jin in Cambridge. So the specific price still needs to go to the local market to check. The above prices are for reference, and the local prices shall prevail.

Third, what are the effects of cicada slough boiled water to drink?

Efficacy one: soothing wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and relieving spasm

Children's "childish yin and childish yang" is the body of "pure yang", and "the liver often has more than the spleen and the spleen is often insufficient". Exogenous wind heat or heat toxin is very easy to melt into the fire, and the wind can be induced by the hot pole. Cicada slough can soothe wind and clear heat, calm the liver and relieve spasm, with hooked rattan, peppermint, stiff silkworm, forsythia, honeysuckle, gardenia, Bauhinia mustard can often "tide over the danger".

Efficacy 2: soothing wind and relieving appearance, relieving pharynx and relieving cough

Feel the wind-cold, enter into the heat, or feel the evil of wind-heat, causing the lung to become stagnant, resulting in dry throat itching and frequent coughing. In this case, cicadas can be used to slough off the wind to solve the surface, and except for the throat wind, the cough will stop. It can also be used with Fructus Arctii, peppermint, forsythia, Platycodon grandiflorum, almond, perilla leaf, mulberry leaf, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Bupleurum, Shegan, the curative effect is better.

Efficacy 3: relieving superficial rash, dispelling wind and relieving itching

Measles, scarlet fever and rubella all belong to the category of wind-febrile disease. if the rash is not smooth in the early stage or itching in the rash stage, it can be treated with cicada slough with Pueraria lobata, peppermint, forsythia, honeysuckle, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and so on.

Efficacy 4. Extinguish wind and relieve spasm, relieve asthma and cough

Traditional Chinese medicine treats asthma by relieving wind and relieving spasm to relieve asthma and cough. Cicada slough is commonly used in clinical treatment with ground dragon, gallbladder star, fried ephedra, almond, gypsum, grilled licorice, Pinellia ternata, Asarum, dried ginger and Schisandra chinensis with remarkable results.

Efficacy 5. Expelling wind and dehumidification, promoting diuresis and detumescence

Hydrocele of testis in children with water hernia. Children often have more than one liver, often due to crying and panic, leading to disorder of liver qi, abnormal catharsis, stagnation of qi, gasification of Sanjiao, stopping accumulation of water and dampness along the liver meridian and accumulation in the vulva. Commonly used cicada clothes 30 grams, water frying outside washing and hot compress, general external use 3 days can be cured.

Generally speaking, the prices of cicadas vary, depending on where and which one you buy, so you need to go to the local market to check. In addition, cicada slough boiled water can soothe wind and clear heat, calm the liver and relieve spasm, relieve surface rash, dispel wind and itching, dispel wind and dehumidification, promote diuresis and detumescence, so it is very suitable for patients with various rash diseases, asthma, infantile febrile convulsions and so on. However, when drinking, try to carry out under the guidance of the doctor.