Cicada Slough in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Benefits, Uses, Contraindications and Price per Jin Explained
When I was a child, every summer I could always hear the sound of cicadas chirping in the trees outside the window. When I was at leisure it sounded pleasant, and when I was not, it sounded quite noisy. Although the cicada's song can sometimes be annoying, the cicada slough is very useful.So what are the benefits, uses and contraindications of cicada slough? And how much does it cost per jin?
1. What are the benefits, uses and contraindications of cicada slough?
Cicada slough is a medicinal material used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat illness. It is the shell shed by the cicada, and in some regions it is also called chantui, chanyi, chanke or zhaliaopi. It is sweet and salty in taste and cool in nature. The benefits and uses of cicada slough are as follows:
1. Cicada slough helps treat wind-heat colds: cicada slough can relieve the symptoms of internal heat and aversion to cold.
2. Cicada slough helps treat measles and rubella: used in the early stage of the illness, cicada slough can dispel wind and relieve itching, and treat poor eruption of the rash in its early stage.
3. Cicada slough helps treat sore, swollen throat and hoarseness: it can treat sore throat caused by wind-heat, and can clear heat and soothe the throat.
4. Cicada slough helps treat red, swollen eyes and eye covering that blocks vision: it can treat red, swollen eyes caused by wind-heat colds and the eye covering caused by measles.
5. Cicada slough helps treat tetanus, infantile convulsions and night crying: it can treat limb twitching caused by tetanus and crying caused by poor flow of liver qi in children.
6. Cicada slough helps treat asthma: it can treat various types of asthma, and can relieve cough and calm wheezing.
Contraindications of cicada slough:
Pregnant women must not take this medicine. When it is used to treat symptoms such as infantile convulsions and night crying, a doctor's advice must be followed, and medication must not be used indiscriminately.
2. How much does cicada slough cost per jin?
1. At the Anguo local market on market day, the amount of goods coming to market was moderate, trading was slow, merchants did not dare to buy rashly, and market activity was weak. The current market price of cicada slough is about 330 yuan for muddy-land goods; sandy-land goods range from 350-400 yuan; washed goods are around 500 yuan.
2. In the Bozhou market, movement is noticeably slow. New and old goods are flooding the market and asking prices are rather chaotic. Henan general goods are between 320-390 yuan, washed goods are 470-530 yuan; Shandong sandy-land clean goods are 350-410 yuan.
3. Prices in some regions are as follows: