Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Ootheca Mantidis |
Zoological name: 動物學名﹕ | Tenodera sinensis Saussure （大刀螂） Statilia maculata Thunberg（小刀螂） Hierodula patellifera Serville （巨斧螳螂） |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | sohyosho |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | sangpyoso |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | song1 piu1 siu1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | tuan piao xiao 團螵蛸，chang piao xiao 長螵蛸，hei piao xiao黑螵蛸 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | mantis egg casing |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Guangxi, Yunnan, Hebei, Gansu, Liaoning (Hierodula patellifera ), Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei (Statilia maculata) , Hebei, Shaanxi (Hierodula patellifera ). 廣西，云南，河北，甘肅，遼寧 （巨斧螳螂），浙江，江蘇，安徽，山東，湖北（小刀螂)，陕西 （巨斧螳螂）。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, salty, neutral. 甘，鹹，平。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, kidney 歸肝，腎經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in spermatorrhea, incontinence,frequent urination, cloudy urine. 用於遺精滑精，遺尿尿頻，小便白濁。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | Taking orally: 5 to 10 g in decoction, or3 to 5 g in powder form, or in pill form. External use: appropriate amount in powder form or make into paste with oil and apply to affected area. 內服：煎湯，5-10g；研末，3-5g；或入丸劑。外用：適量，研末撒或油調敷。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | san piao xiao san 桑螵蛸散 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Use care in cases yinxu (yin deficient) with heat. 陰虛火旺或膀胱有熱者慎服。 |
