The market price of cicadas

Cicada molt, also known as cicada retreat, cicada skin, etc., is the molting of the black grasshopper of the cicadaceae, and it is a common medicine for dispelling wind and heat, cold, sweet and salty taste, and has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, relieving pharynx, penetrating rash and relieving spasmodic. It is often used to treat wind fever, cough, hoarseness, measles, rubella itching, red nebula, eczema, tetanus and other diseases. Let's take a look at the market price of cicadas.

The market price of cicadas

With less and less wild cicadas, the price of cicadas has risen year after year, and now the market price is about 220 yuan to 240 yuan per kilogram, usually about 20 yuan higher than that of washing goods.

Identification of true and false of cicada slough

1. Authentic: the whole shape is cicada-like and hollow, slightly oval and curved, the surface is tea-brown, translucent, shiny, 3-4 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide, covered with yellowish brown fine hairs, a pair of antennae on the head, filamentous, mostly broken, compound eyes protruding, transparent, forehead apex protruding, muzzle developed, upper lip short, lower lip lengthened into a tube, the back of the chest longitudinally split or cruciform longitudinal and transverse split. The crack curls inward. There are 2 pairs of small wings on both sides of the spine, the front pair is longer, the rear pair is shorter, the ventral side is 3 pairs, the front leg and tibia are serrated, the elbow is serrated, the teeth are black and brown, the middle foot and hindfoot are slender, the abdomen is obtuse and round, there are 9 sections from head to tail, the tail is triangular, light, membranous, fragile, the smell is weak, the taste is light.

2. Counterfeit products: the common fake cicadas shed their shell, which looks slightly like the real cicada, oval and curved, but it is smaller than the real one, about 1.7 cm long and 1 cm wide, with a grayish brown surface, translucent or opaque surface, slightly glossy, a pair of filamentous antennae on the head, and a cross-shaped crack on the back of the chest, but the crack does not curl inward.

The efficacy and function of cicada slough

The taste is sweet, salty and cold.

Lung and liver meridians.

[efficacy] dispersing wind-heat, opening pharynx, penetrating rash, retreating nebula, relieving wind and relieving spasm, it is used for wind-fever cold, early onset of febrile disease, hoarseness of pharynx, impenetrable measles, pruritus of rubella, scarlet of eyes, acute and slow shock, tetanus syndrome, children's restlessness at night and so on.

1. Evacuation of wind-heat: for wind-febrile cold, early onset of febrile disease, sore throat and hoarse sound.

2. Relieving wind and relieving spasm: suitable for children with hot active wind and tetanus.

3. Red eye barrier: this product enters the liver meridian and is good at evacuating the liver meridian with wind-heat and clear eyes, so it can be used to treat the swelling and pain of the eyes caused by wind-heat or liver-fire inflammation, and the nebula film can cover the eye. it is often used with chrysanthemum, Tribulus terrestris, Cassia seed, plantain seed and so on.

4. Sedative effect: both cicada slough and Wuhu Zhuifeng Powder can control the free movement of mice, have a synergistic effect with cyclohexobarbital, and can cause systemic reactions such as reduced activity, quiet, decreased tension of striated muscle and dull righting reflex in rabbits.