Chan Tui = Chan Yi
Periostracum Cicadae蝉蜕
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sour, Sweet
- Meridians
- Liver, Lung
- Class
- Acrid-Cool Exterior-Resolving Medicinals (Xin Liang Jie Biao Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 · 15–30 g
Actions / Functions
- Dissipates Wind-Heat
- Dissipates Wind
- Clarifies Heat
- Liberates the Surface
- Favors eruptions
- Stops pruritus
- Restores the voice
- Clarifies the eyes
- Reduces nebula (corneal opacities)
- Extinguishes the Wind
- Stops spasms
- Stops convulsions