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1 Tail thorny.

2 Body slender, top part of abdomen relatively narrow.

3 5 pairs of punctiform stoma visible on abdomen side.

Periostracum Tibicinis Flammatae

Slough left during eclosion by larvae of Tibicen flammatus (Dist.) (Cicada flammata Dist.) (Cicadidae).
Expelling wind and heat; soothing the throat; promoting skin eruptions; removing nebula; relieving spasm.
Seasonal febrile diseases, sore throat and hoarseness; eruptive exanthema, itching; tetanus, convulsion due to high fever, infantile convulsion; conjunctivitis, nebula, cataract.
Top grades are intact, golden yellow.

Easy to confuse with Periostracum Tibicinis Flammatae's Medicine:

» Periostracum Cicadae and Periostracum Tibicinis Flammatae

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