Chan Tui Granules

Cicada Molting is cold, light, and ascending, disperses exterior wind-heat, extinguishes internal wind, cools the Lungs and Liver, vents rashes, stops itching, soothes the throat

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Disperses wind and clears heat: for patterns of externally-contracted wind-heat, especially with loss of voice and swollen, sore throat, as in Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction (sang yu yin).*
• Vents rashes: for early stage of measles with an incomplete expressioin of the rash.*
• Clears the eyes and removes superficial visual obstruction: for wind-heat eye problems such as red, painful, and swollen eyes, or blurry vision.*
• Stops spasms and extinguishes wind: for childhood febrile diseases in which wind causes convulsions, spasms, delirium, or night terrors. Also used as an auxiliary substance in treating tetanus.*