Chan Tui - Release Exterior: Wind Heat 
      (LU,LV) - (3-9g) | 
  
	 
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      Chan Tui the Cicada bug flew into some smokey wind 
      heat and got and itchy rash  with blindness, 
      all because she smelled fried liver wind inside. 
       
      She should have been more careful and considered that fact that flying inside 
      could cause (cc: exterior deficiency) that 
      would be dangerous to her unborn child (cc: pregnancy) 
	  
  
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              English Name: cicada moulting 
               
		 
              Pharmacuetical Name: Periostracum Cicadae 
            
		 Properties: sweet, cold
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            Explanation of Key Words in this story... | 
         
         
          | wind heat | 
          Dispel wind heat | 
         
         
          | itchy rash | 
          vents rashes; relieves itching | 
         
		 
          | blindness | 
          clears eyes; removes superficial visual obstruction | 
         		
         
          | liver wind inside | 
          extinguishes internal wind; relieves spasms | 
         
       
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	         Chan Tui Actions and 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)
 
        - (cc: pregnancy caution)
 
        - (cc: exterior deficiency)
 
       
		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.
 
		 
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