The grasshopper

The grasshopper

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] Ming Tiao (the book of songs), Wu, Ma Tiao (Erya), Bi (dialect), Ming Chan (tangbencao), Qiu Chan (shenghuifang), Zhi Xiang (qixiulei manuscript), zhe Xiang (records of traditional Chinese Medicine), Zhizhi (records of Jiangsu medicinal materials).

[source] it is the whole insect of Cicadellidae.

[animal form] black Tetrix

The male is long and broad, 4.4-4.8 cm in length, 12.5 cm in wingspan, and the female is short, black and glossy. The head is wide, the center is concave downward, and the top and lateral edge of the face are light yellowish brown. One pair of compound eyes, large and wide, yellowish brown; three monocular eyes, located in the center of compound eyes, arranged in a triangle. The antennae are short and located in front of the compound eye. There are two faint central linear reddish brown conical spots on the middle sternum. There are 2 pairs of wings, which are transparent and reflective. The veins of the wings are obvious. The leading edge is light yellowish brown. One third of the wing base chamber is black, and the sub leading edge chamber is black with a light yellowish brown spot. The base 2 / 5 of hind wing is black. The male has a buzzer, but the female has no. There are 3 pairs of feet, light yellowish brown, black stripes on the leg, base and end of tibia. Each segment of abdomen is black, the end is slightly pointed and obtuse. The outer and posterior margin of the tegmentum, the posterior margin of each abdominal segment and the scattered points on the ventral surface are light yellowish brown. The abdomen of female is undeveloped and ovipositor is obvious.

Life history is long, a generation takes 12-13 years. The nymphs enter the soil, absorb the sap from the roots, molt and emerge into adults several times. Adults mostly live on willow, cuttings, maple poplar, apple, pear, peach, apricot and other broad-leaved trees. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

The molting of this insect (cicada molting) is also used for medicinal purposes.

[collection] catch in June to July, steam to death after catching, and dry in the sun.

[flavor] salty and sweet, cold.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes salty and cold. "

② Bielu: "sweet, nontoxic. "

[Guijing] Bencao Huiyan: "start with Taiyin and zujueyin meridians. "

[function indications] heat clearing, wind quenching and shock relieving. Treatment of infantile convulsion, epilepsy, night cry.

① Ben Jing: "it is mainly used for children's convulsion, epilepsy, night hoof, epilepsy, cold and heat. "

② "Bielu:" the main fear, a woman difficult to breast, not out of the coat, and abortion. "

③ According to the theory of medicinal properties, it is said that "the master is not only crying, but also killing the chancre insect, removing the strong heat and treating the quiet voice in the intestines. "

④ "Tang Materia Medica" says: "it is absolutely impossible to advocate infantile epilepsy. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3; or into pills, powder.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of children's wind heat palpitation: half a liang of cicada (remove wings and feet, stir fry), half a liang of Fuzhen, half a liang of Longchi (study carefully), half a liang of Ophiopogon japonicus (remove heart, bake), three parts of ginseng (remove reed head), three parts of Uncaria rhynchophylla (study carefully), two parts of Niuhuang (study carefully), five inches of snake molting (burn ash), two parts of almond (soak in soup, remove skin, tip, double kernel, stir fry slightly yellow with bran). It's better to smash it. Each service to new water transfer half money, the amount of children size, add or subtract service. (St. Huifang: cicada powder)

② For the treatment of epilepsy within 100 days after birth: three points for tetricicada (calcined), three points for red peony and two points for Scutellaria baicalensis. It's the end. Take a small cup of water and fry it for 5 minutes. (PU Ji Fang, tetrigera SAN)

③ For the treatment of rheumatic epilepsy, the chest is full of phlegm: seven dry grasshoppers (micro fried), one or two white moss skins, uncaria, asarum (removing soil), Chuanxiong (file, micro fried), Gastrodia elata and Niuhuang (bieyan), one point each, and the snake slough is about five inches (zhilinghuang). Mash and mix with bezoar. Each serving one money, water eight, into ginseng, mint each a little, fried five, to dross, slightly hot service. (PU Ji Fang, tetrigera soup)

④ For children's Tiandiao, their eyes are twitching, and their muscles and veins are urgent: one point for Tetrix cicada (stir fried), seven pieces for dried scorpion , one point for bezoar (careful research), one point for realgar (careful research). Take the medicine and study it carefully. Regardless of time, to mint soup tune the next word, the amount of children size plus or minus service. (St. Huifang: cicada powder)

Chinese PinYin : Zha Chan