味咸寒。主小儿惊痫夜啼。 病寒热。生杨柳上。
柳都美荫。蜕秽扬清。过枝音曳。抱叶身轻。月斜露饱。风急秋惊。清高冠饰。乐召琴
声。
陆龟蒙诗。全仗柳为都。庄子。蝉得美荫而忘其身。郭璞赞。潜蜕弃秽。曹植赋。惟夫
蝉之
清素兮。方千诗。蝉曳残声过别枝。贾岛诗。早蝉孤抱芳槐叶。沈鹏诗。依树愧身轻。子
夜
歌。斜月垂光照。罗隐诗。风栖露饱今如此。卢照邻诗。急响送秋风。汉书志注。武冠侍臣
附
蝉为文者。取其清高。后汉书传。有以酒食召蔡邕者。至门潜听客弹琴曰。以乐召我而有杀
心何也。客曰。我向鼓弦见螳螂方捕鸣蝉。
味咸微温。主恶血血瘀。痹气。破折血在胁下坚满痛。月闭。目中淫肤。青翳白膜。
一名 蛴。生平泽。
不母而生。 偻俯。湿郁根株。热蒸粪土。变食还明。杂羹通乳。莫误蝤蛴。殊形柳
腐。
李时珍曰。宋齐邱言。蛴螬不母而生。久则羽化。其状如蚕。生树根及粪土中。皆湿热
之气
熏蒸而化。言 者。其状肥也。晋书传。中书郎盛冲母王氏失明。婢取蛴螬蒸熟与食。母
目即开。陶弘景曰。同猪蹄作羹食。下乳汁。苏恭曰。一名蝤蛴。生腐柳中。韩保升曰。以
木中所生者为胜。生产既殊。主疗亦别。
[Oak Cicada]
Taste: Salty. Nature: Cold.
Indications: Pediatric convulsion (Xiao'er Jingfeng), epilepsy, and night crying in children. Treats alternating chills and fever (Bianhan). Grows on willow trees.
Willows provide excellent shade; the cicada sheds its husk to discard filth and promote clarity. Its sound drags along branches, while its body remains light clinging to leaves. Under the slanting moon, it is full of dew; in urgent autumn winds, it is startled. Adorned with a clear and noble crest, its song resembles the sound of a zither.
Quoting Lu Guimeng's poem: "Relying entirely on the willow as its capital." Quoting *Zhuangzi*: "The cicada enjoys fine shade and forgets itself." Quoting Guo Pu's eulogy: "Secretly shedding its skin to abandon filth." Quoting Cao Zhi's fu: "Only this cicada possesses purity and simplicity." Fang Qian's poem: "The cicada drags its fading voice past other branches." Jia Dao's poem: "The early cicada lonely clings to fragrant locust leaves." Shen Peng's poem: "Leaning on the tree, ashamed of its lightness." *Ziye Ge*: "Slanting moon casts downward light." Luo Yin's poem: "Perching in wind, saturated with dew, now thus." Lu Zhaolin's poem: "Urgent sounds send off autumn winds." *Book of Han* commentary: "Attendants wearing Wu caps adorned with cicada patterns do so to symbolize their purity and nobility." *Book of Later Han* biography: Someone invited Cai Yong with wine and food. Upon arriving at the gate, he secretly heard a guest playing the qin and said, "You summon me with music, yet harbor killing intent; why?" The guest replied, "While I was playing strings earlier, I saw a mantis preparing to catch the singing cicada."
[Grub / Cockchafer Larva]
Taste: Salty. Nature: Slightly Warm.
Indications: Evil blood (E'xue), blood stasis (Xueyu). Bi syndrome qi (Biqi). Breaks down blood accumulation causing hardness, fullness, and pain under the ribs. Amenorrhea (Yuebi). Ocular hyperplasia/pterygium (Muzhong YinFu), blue pterygium (Qingyi), and white membrane (Qingyi Baimo).
Also known as "Qi". Grows in marshy areas.
Born without a mother. Body curved and stooped. Dampness stagnates in root stocks; heat steams manure and soil. Transformation allows consumption to restore vision; mixed into soup promotes lactation. Do not mistake it for *Youqi* (Scolytus larva); they differ in shape, and this one grows in rotting willow wood.
Li Shizhen states: Qi Qiu of the Song Dynasty said that the cockchafer larva (*Qicao*) is born without a mother and eventually metamorphoses. Its shape resembles a silkworm, growing in tree roots and manure/soil, transformed by the steaming of damp-heat qi. The character "Qi" describes its fat appearance. *Book of Jin* biography records: The mother of Sheng Chong, a Director of the Secretariat, went blind. A maid steamed cockchafer larvae and fed them to her, after which her eyesight immediately recovered. Tao Hongjing states: Cooked in soup with pig trotters, it promotes milk secretion. Su Gong states: Also known as "Youqi", it grows in rotten willow wood. Han Baosheng states: Those found within wood are superior. Due to different origins, their therapeutic effects also differ.