Cicada Slough Extract(Periostracum Cicadae Extract)

[ Latin Name ] Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius
[ Active Ingredient ] Chitin,Isoxanthopterin
[ Detection method ] HPLC
[ Specification ] 10:1 20:1 5:1
[ Appearance ] Yellow Brown powder
[ Functions ]  To dispel wind-heat, to soothe sore throat, to promote eruption, to clear the eye of corneal opacity, and to arrest spasm.
[ Indications ] Upper respiratoty infection with sore throat, hoarseness of voice; measles with inadequate eruption; urticaria with itching; inflammation of the eye with formation of corneal opacity; convulsion, tetanus.
About Cicada Slough Extract(Periostracum Cicadae Extract)
Cicada Slough is the slough of Cryptotympana pustulata Fabricius (Fam.Cicadida e) dropped off the nymph during emergence.
Cicada Slough Extract is sweet in flavour, cold in nature and acts on the lung and liver channels. Light in quality for lifting and floating effects, it can disperse pathogenic wind-heat from the lung channel, promote eruption and relieve sore throat. It is an important drug to treat upward attack by wind-heat, sore throat and hoarseness. Sweet and cold in nature for clearing heat from the liver and dispelling pathogenic wind to relieve spasm, it can be used to treat infantile convulsion.