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解表药 · Exterior-releasing

Cicada moulting chán tuì · 蝉蜕

Cryptotympana atrata

Nature and flavour. Sweet, cold; Lung and Liver systems.

The shed skin of the cicada — an animal-derived exterior herb used in the wind-heat group, for the throat and the voice, for the eyes, and in classical texts for childhood convulsive presentations.

性味归经。甘,寒;归肺、肝经。

蝉科昆虫羽化时脱落的皮壳。属辛凉解表类,传统用于风热外感、咽喉与声音、目部,古籍中也用于小儿惊风一类表现。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. An animal product: allergic reactions are possible, and raw-material cleanliness and correct species identification matter. Safety in pregnancy is not established, so it should be avoided there. The traditional uses above are recorded in the literature rather than established by modern clinical evidence.

属动物药:可能引起过敏反应,原料洁净度与品种鉴别很重要。孕期安全性未确立,应避免使用。上述传统用途见于文献记载,并非由现代临床证据所确立。

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