(materia medica)

Different names pheasant (Classic), gray flower moth (compendium), matchmaker (medicinal materials collection), Gu Mo worm (annals of traditional Chinese medicine), red girl, red girl (annals of traditional Chinese medicine in Sichuan).

The source is the dried whole insect of Cicadaceae insect Red Lady.

A girl in red in animal form

It looks like a cicada, with a small size, a body length of 15 ~ 25mm and a width of about 5 ~ 7mm. The head and chest are black and the lips are scarlet. There are compound eyes on both sides of the head, which are large and prominent, mixed with dark brown patches; Antenna 1 pair, located in front of the compound eye. The front chest backboard is narrow at the front and wide at the back, black; The middle chest back plate is black. There are two large spots on the left and right sides, which are vermilion; Male insects have alarms on both sides of the posterior thoracoabdominal plate. 2 pairs of wings, long, gelatinous, black front wings, brown rear wings, shiny, dark brown veins, obvious. Three feet, dark brown, strong. The abdomen is blood red and the base is black; Female insects have dark brown ovipositor tubes.

Mostly born in hilly areas, they live in low bushes when they are adults, and they can't fly high; Nymphs live in uncultivated sand. Distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

Collect from June to August, and capture when the morning dew is not dry. This insect can secrete venom and make human skin foam, so wear gloves and masks when catching it. Caught, steamed or roasted, and then dried.

After drying, the insect body is rectangular and the tail is narrow. The head is black and the arms are red, and the compound eyes are big and prominent. The neck is brown and black, and the shoulders are red. The wings on the back are dark brown, fragile and easily broken. The chest is brown and black, with 3 pairs of feet, most of which have fallen off, and the abdomen is red. You can see that there are eight links, and the tail is pointed. The texture is loose and light, and you can see that the body is pale yellow after cutting it open. The smell is slightly smelly, preferably dry, with black wings and red abdomen, bright color and good freshness.

Produced in Hunan, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Anhui, Hebei and other places; The output of Hunan and Henan is relatively large.

Red lady and pheasant are two different families and genera of insects in modern zoology, but materia medica of past dynasties are often confused. Or the cloud is "like a cold worm" or "like a silkworm moth". "Cold bug" is a cicada, which looks like a "cold bug" in cloud shape, quite like a red lady of Cicadaceae; Similar to the "silkworm moth", it is very similar to the pheasant of the pheasant family. But at present, only the red lady is used as medicine, and the preserved chicken has not been used as medicine. This hen is smaller than the red lady; Ash adheres to the body surface and wings. The head is narrow, light brown and the compound eye is dark brown. The chest backboard is light brown, with a 1 uplift line in the center, and the small shield is triangular, quite large and dark brown. The forelegs are leathery, the base half is light brown and slightly green, with more than 20 black spots and white veins; The hind wing is membranous, the base is red, accounting for about 1/2 of the wing, and there are 7 ~ 8 black stripes on it, the tip of the wing is black, the center has white stripes, the abdomen is wide, and the tail is gradually narrowed. Many groups inhabit trees, elms, Robinia pseudoacacia, tung trees, maple trees, Ligustrum lucidum and various fruit trees; Sucking sap from trees is harmful to trees.

The chemical constituents of Red Lady contain cantharidin, wax, fatty oil and red melanin. Pickled chicken contains acidic mucopolysaccharides, mucins and lipoproteins.

Processing, removing impurities, removing head, feet and warpage, parching with rice until brown, taking out, and sieving rice grains.

Compendium: "All envoys (matchmakers) should remove their wings and feet, fry brown rice or flour, and remove rice and noodles for later use."

It tastes bitter, flat and toxic.

1 classic: "Bitter and flat."

② Don't record: "It's a little poisonous."

(3) Compendium of Materia Medica: "Bitter and pungent in taste, flat in gas and low in toxicity."

Return to the Meridian Outline: "Jueyin Meridian."

Function: mainly used for attacking poison, removing blood stasis and breaking accumulation. External treatment of scrofula and tinea; Oral treatment of blood stasis amenorrhea and rabies bite.

(1) Classic: "The evil in the main heart is yin-impotence."

(2) Don't record: "Treat low back pain, diarrhea."

3 "Materia Medica": "Stagnation of the Moon."

(4) Compendium: "Focus on scrofula, and loose eyes will cure dog injuries."

⑤ Collection of medicinal materials: "The efficacy is the same as that of Mylabris."

⑥ Shanxi traditional Chinese medicine records: "External treatment of sores and ringworm."

Usage and dosage for external use: grinding, smearing, foaming or coating. For oral administration: stir-fry and grind into pills and powder.

Avoid being highly toxic and be careful when taking orally; Weakness and pregnant women should not take it.

Choice ① Treatment of lymphadenitis: Fourteen tablets of Red Lady, one yuan for frankincense and arsenic, one yuan for arsenic and five points for Huang Dan. For the end, glutinous rice porridge and make cake paste. However, in January, its nuclear took off naturally. ("Healthy Simple Prescription")

(2) Treatment of transverse dysentery: one point for chicken, six points for matchmaker, paper boiling, matchmaker going, chicken eating and drinking. (Classic folk prescription of Jidetang)

③ Treatment of mad dog bites: two matchmakers, five Mylabris (one for 40 years old and two for 50 years old), three green matchmakers (one for 40 years old and three for 50 and 60 years old), half seahorse, one for Asari, half for frankincense, agarwood and platycodon grandiflorum, and a little ghee. To end it. Take four clothes at the age of ten, three at the age of fifteen, two at the age of twenty and one at the age of thirty. ("Talking about Wild Weng's Trial of Folk Prescriptions")

Remind you: matchmaker, this Chinese herbal medicine comes from the internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before use.