Chan Tui
| Chan Tui in TCM:Explore the properties of Chan Tui according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cicada moulting
Pharmacuetical Name: Periostracum Cicadae
Properties: sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, LV
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat, disperses wind
Actions / Indications:
- Dispel Wind Heat (wind-heat or early stage of warm
febrile diseases causing fever, headache; especially for loss of voice,
sore throat and hoarseness)
- Vents rashes; relieves itching (early stage measles
with incomplete expression of rash; wind-rash; skin itch)
- Clears eyes; removes superficial visual obstruction
(eye problems due to wind-heat: red, swollen, painful eyes; blurry vision;
pterygium)
- Extinguishes internal wind; relieves spasms (internal
LV wind, tetanus, spasms, convulsions; night terrors)
Special Notes:
- Combine with Ju Hua to treat red eyes
- Tetanus: according to one report, 8 patients with tetanus were treated with Chan Tui with success. Adults were given 45-60g of Chan Tui powder with 90-120 mL of grain based liquor and antibiotic therapy for 7 to 17 days.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy caution)
- (cc: exterior deficiency)
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