纲目于灶马下附促织，仅列其名，云古方未用。附此以俟考。
性通利，治小便闭。 药性考∶蟋蟀辛咸温，能发痘，胜于桑虫。
治跌蹼伤小肚、尿闭不出。 养素园集验方∶用蟋蟀一枚，煎服，立验。
小儿遗尿 慈航活人书∶取全蟋蟀一个焙末，滚水下，照岁服，如儿十一岁者，每次服
一个
治男妇小水不通、痛胀不止。 集听∶用蟋蟀一个，阴阳瓦焙干为末，白滚汤下，小儿
半个即通。
催生 赵际昌云∶斗虫之戏，蟋蟀最盛，其百战百胜者，俗呼为将军。其虫至冬必死，
勿轻
弃去，留以救产厄，神验。凡产不下，用干者一枚，煎汤服即生，并无横倒之患。（许景尼
云∶斗蟋蟀家，冬则封盆，待其自死，成对干之，留为产科、痘科用。须成对者入药。）
治水蛊 朱 斋任城日钞云∶促织可治水蛊，昔有人患水蛊百治不效，一日偶饮开水，水中
先有促织一对在内，其人仓卒一并吞之，越数日，其病渐消，方知促织可治此症。后传此方
数人，无不验者。一对不足，连服二、三对自效。
纲目 螽仅引拾遗佩药一条，并无主治。
按∶蚱蜢初夏大火始有，得秋金之气而繁，性窜烈，能开关透窍。一种灰色而小者，各
土磔
，不入药用；大而青黄者入药，有尖头、方头二种，救生苦海五虎丹中用之，治暴疾气闭，
大抵取其窜捷之功为引也。
味辛平微毒，性窜而不守，治咳嗽、惊风、破伤，疗折损、冻疮， 疹不出。
治鸬 瘟 王氏效方∶鸬 瘟，其症咳嗽不已，连作数十声，类哮非哮，似喘非喘；小
儿多患此，取谷田内蚱蜢十个，煎汤服，三剂愈。 百草镜云∶鸬 郁小儿有之，其症如物
哽咽，欲吐难出之状，久之出痰少许，日久必死。治以干蚱蜢煎汤服。
破伤风 救生苦海治破伤，用霜降后稻田内收方头灰色蚱蜢，同谷装入布袋内，晒干，
勿令
痧胀 养素园集验方∶用蚱蜢五、六个，煎汤温服。
冻疮 养素园集验方∶用方头黄色蚱蜢风干 研，香油和搽，掺亦可。
小儿惊风 李氏表方∶用蚱蜢不拘多少 存性，砂糖和服，立愈。 一方，治急慢惊，
量大小人多寡用之，煎服。王立人易简方∶用蚂蜡焙干为末，姜汤调服少许，立愈。
急慢惊风 百草镜∶霜降后，稻田中取方头黄身蚱蜢，不拘多少，与谷共入布袋内风干，
常
晒勿令受湿虫蛀；遇此症，用十个或七个，加钩藤钩、薄荷叶各一撮，煎汤灌下，渣再煎服
，重者三剂愈。李东来常施此药。据云山东王虫尤妙，每服只须二个。 王站住不药良方∶
急慢惊风，先用白凤仙花根汁半盏服下，即用方头蚱蜢焙干研末，滚水调下，即愈。
产后冒风王良生救急方∶干蚱蜢数十个，瓦上 存性，好酒调服。
《本草纲目》在“灶马”条目下附注了“促织”（蟋蟀），仅列出其名称，称古代方剂中未曾使用。在此附上以供考证。
蟋蟀性味通利，用于治疗小便闭塞不通。
《药性考》记载：蟋蟀味辛、咸，性温，能够促使痘疹发出，效果优于桑虫。
治疗跌扑损伤导致的小腹部疼痛、尿闭不出。
《养素园集验方》记载：用蟋蟀一枚，煎汤服用，立即见效。
治疗小儿遗尿。
《慈航活人书》记载：取完整的蟋蟀一个，焙干研成粉末，用滚开水送服，按照孩子的年龄服药，如孩子十一岁，每次服用一个。
治疗男女小便不通、疼痛胀满不止。
《集听》记载：用蟋蟀一个，在阴阳瓦上焙干研成粉末，用白滚开水送服，小儿半个即可通畅。
催生。
赵际昌说：斗蟋蟀的游戏中，蟋蟀最为盛行，那些百战百胜的，俗称“将军”。这种虫子到了冬天必定死亡，不要轻易丢弃，留着用来救助难产，非常灵验。凡是分娩不下，用干燥的一枚，煎汤服用就能生产，并没有横生倒产的祸患。（许景尼说：斗蟋蟀的人家，冬天将盆封好，等待其自死，配对后晒干，留作产科、痘科用药。必须成对者入药。）
治疗水蛊（腹大如鼓的水肿病）。
朱斋任城日钞记载：促织可以治疗水蛊，过去有人患水蛊，各种方法治疗都无效，一天偶然喝开水，水中事先有一对促织在里面，那人匆忙间一并吞了下去，过了几天，病情逐渐消退，才知道促织可以治疗此症。后来将此方传给几个人，没有不灵的。一对不够，连服二、三对自然有效。
《本草纲目》关于螽斯（蝗虫类）仅引用了《拾遗佩药》的一条内容，并没有主治功效。
按语：蚱蜢初夏大火星出现时才有，得到秋季金气而繁殖，性质窜烈，能开通关窍、透达孔穴。一种灰色且小的，各地都不入药用；大而青黄色的入药，有尖头、方头两种，《救生苦海五虎丹》中使用它，治疗暴发性疾病气机闭塞，大致是取其窜捷之功作为引经药。
味道辛，平，微毒，性质窜动而不守静，治疗咳嗽、惊风、破伤，疗治折损、冻疮，以及麻疹出不出来。
治疗鸬鹚瘟（一种类似哮喘的咳嗽病）。
《王氏效方》记载：鸬鹚瘟，症状是咳嗽不停，连续发作数十声，像哮喘又不是哮喘，像喘气又不是喘气；小儿多患此病，取田间蚱蜢十个，煎汤服用，三剂痊愈。
《百草镜》记载：鸬鹚郁（同鸬鹚瘟）小儿也有，症状像有物哽咽，想吐又吐不出来的样子，久了吐出少许痰，日子久了必死。用干蚱蜢煎汤服用治疗。
治疗破伤风。
《救生苦海》治疗破伤，用霜降后从稻田里收集的方头灰色蚱蜢，同谷子装入布袋内，晒干，不要让……
治疗痧胀（感受暑湿秽浊之气引起的急性病症）。
《养素园集验方》记载：用蚱蜢五、六个，煎汤温服。
治疗冻疮。
《养素园集验方》记载：用方头黄色蚱蜢风干研末，香油调和涂抹，撒粉也可以。
治疗小儿惊风。
《李氏表方》记载：用蚱蜢不拘多少，煅存性，与砂糖和匀服用，立即痊愈。另一法，治疗急慢惊风，根据大小人多寡使用，煎汤服用。王立人《易简方》记载：用蚂蜡（蚱蜢）焙干研成粉末，姜汤调服少许，立即痊愈。
治疗急慢惊风。
《百草镜》记载：霜降后，从稻田中取方头黄身蚱蜢，不拘多少，与谷子共入布袋内风干，经常晒不要让它受潮虫蛀；遇到此症，用十个或七个，加钩藤钩、薄荷叶各一撮，煎汤灌下，药渣再煎服用，重症三剂痊愈。李东来常施以此药。据说是山东王虫尤其妙，每服只需二个。
《王站住不药良方》记载：急慢惊风，先用白凤仙花根汁半盏服用，随即用方头蚱蜢焙干研末，滚水调下，即愈。
治疗产后冒风。
王良生《救急方》记载：干蚱蜢数十个，在瓦上煅存性，好酒调服。
Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica) appended "Cu Zhi" (Cricket) under the entry for "Zao Ma" (House Cricket), listing only its name and stating that it was not used in ancient prescriptions. This is attached here for further verification.
The cricket has a penetrating and promoting nature, treating urinary retention.
*Yao Xing Kao* (Record of Drug Properties): The cricket is acrid, salty, and warm; it can induce the eruption of smallpox/variolous eruptions, superior to *Sang Chong* (Mulberry Insect).
It treats abdominal pain and urinary retention following traumatic injuries.
*Yang Su Yuan Ji Yan Fang* (Collected Effective Prescriptions from Yangsu Garden): Use one cricket, decoct and take orally; effect is immediate.
Treating pediatric enuresis.
*Cihang Huo Ren Shu* (Book of Compassion Saving Lives by Cihang): Take one whole cricket, roast until dry, grind into powder, and swallow with boiling water. Dosage corresponds to age: for an eleven-year-old child, administer one cricket per dose.
Treating urinary obstruction with continuous pain and distension in both men and women.
*Ji Ting*: Use one cricket, dry-roast on a Yin-Yang tile, grind into powder, and take with plain boiling water. For children, half a cricket suffices to restore urination.
Facilitating childbirth.
Zhao Jichang states: In the game of cricket fighting, crickets are most prevalent. Those that win every battle are commonly called "General". These insects inevitably die in winter; do not discard them lightly. Preserve them to rescue obstetric emergencies; they are miraculous. For difficult labor, use one dried cricket, decoct in water and drink; delivery occurs immediately without the risk of malpresentation. (Xu Jingni says: Cricket fighters seal their pots in winter, waiting for the crickets to die naturally, then pair and dry them for use in obstetrics and variolology. Only paired specimens should be used medicinally.)
Treating *Shui Gu* (Hydrops/Ascites characterized by abdominal distension like a drum).
*Zhu Zhai Ren Cheng Ri Chao* (Daily Notes from Zhu Zhai's Time in Rencheng): Cu Zhi can treat *Shui Gu*. Once, a person suffered from *Shui Gu* unresponsive to all treatments. One day, while drinking boiled water, he accidentally swallowed a pair of crickets already inside the water. After a few days, his condition gradually subsided, revealing that *Cu Zhi* could treat this syndrome. Later, this prescription was passed to several people, all responding effectively. If one pair is insufficient, continue taking two or three pairs until effective.
Regarding *Zhong* (Locust/Grasshopper), *Bencao Gangmu* only cites one entry from *Shi Yi Pei Yao* (Supplement to Precious Medicines Carried in the Pocket), lacking therapeutic indications.
Note: *Zha Meng* (Grasshopper) appears when the Fire Star rises in early summer and proliferates upon receiving the Qi of Autumn Metal. Its nature is aggressive and penetrating, capable of opening orifices and penetrating apertures. A grey, small variety is not used medicinally in various regions; large green-yellow varieties are used. There are two types: pointed head and square head. They are used in *Jiu Sheng Ku Hai Wu Hu Dan* (Five Tiger Pill from the Sea of Suffering) to treat acute Qi blockage, primarily leveraging their agile, penetrating action as guiding herbs.
Taste is acrid, neutral, slightly toxic. Nature is mobile and unstatic. Treats cough, convulsions, traumatic wounds, fractures, frostbite, and failure of measles rash to erupt.
Treating *Lu E Wen* (A respiratory illness resembling asthma).
*Wang Shi Xiao Fang* (Effective Prescriptions of Mr. Wang): *Lu E Wen* presents with incessant coughing, occurring in dozens of bursts consecutively; it resembles asthma but is not asthma, and resembles panting but is not panting. Children often suffer from this. Take ten grasshoppers from grain fields, decoct in water and drink; cured after three doses.
*Bai Cao Jing* (Mirror of Hundred Herbs): *Lu E Yu* (same as *Lu E Wen*) also occurs in children. Symptoms resemble choking on an object, wanting to vomit but unable to; eventually, a small amount of phlegm is expectorated. If prolonged, death ensues. Treat with decoction of dried grasshopper.
Treating Tetanus (*Po Shang Feng*).
*Jiu Sheng Ku Hai* (Sea of Suffering for Salvation) treats trauma using square-headed, grey grasshoppers collected from rice fields after Frost Descent. Store them in a cloth bag with grain, dry them, and ensure... [Text fragment implies drying process].
Treating Sha Distension (*Sha Zhang*).
*Yang Su Yuan Ji Yan Fang*: Use five or six grasshoppers, decoct in water and take warm.
Treating Frostbite (*Dong Chuang*).
*Yang Su Yuan Ji Yan Fang*: Use square-headed, yellow grasshoppers, air-dry and grind into powder. Mix with sesame oil for topical application; sprinkling powder directly is also acceptable.
Treating Pediatric Convulsions (*Xiao Er Jing Feng*).
*Li Shi Biao Fang*: Use grasshoppers in any quantity, calcine to retain charred properties (*Cun Xing*), mix with rock sugar and take; cure is immediate. Another method for acute and chronic convulsions uses dosage based on patient size and number of patients, decocted and taken orally. Wang Liren's *Yi Jian Fang* (Easy and Simple Prescriptions): Roast *Ma La* (grasshopper) until dry, grind to powder, mix with ginger juice and take a small amount; cure is immediate.
Treating Acute and Chronic Convulsions (*Ji Man Jing Feng*).
*Bai Cao Jing*: After Frost Descent, collect square-headed, yellow-bodied grasshoppers from rice fields in any quantity. Place in a cloth bag with grain, air-dry, and keep drying regularly to prevent moisture and insect damage. Upon encountering this syndrome, use seven or ten specimens, add one pinch each of Uncaria Rhynchophylla (*Gou Teng Gou*) and Mentha Haplocalyx (*Bo He Ye*), decoct in water and administer. Dregs can be re-decocted and taken. Severe cases resolve in three doses. Li Donglai frequently administers this medicine. It is said that grasshoppers from Shandong ("Wang Chong") are particularly effective; only two specimens are needed per dose.
*Wang Zhan Zhu Bu Yao Liang Fang* (Excellent Prescriptions Without Medicine by Wang Zhan Zhu): For acute and chronic convulsions, first administer half a cup of juice from the root of White Balsam Apple (*Bai Feng Xian Hua Gen*). Immediately follow with powder of roasted, square-headed grasshoppers mixed with boiling water; cure is immediate.
Treating Postpartum Wind Invasion (*Chan Hou Mao Feng*).
Wang Liangsheng's *Jiu Ji Fang* (Emergency Rescue Prescriptions): Use dozens of dried grasshoppers, calcine on a tile to retain charred properties, mix with good wine and take.