《心》云∶去翳膜用之，取其意也。
《日华子》云∶止呕逆，小儿惊悸客忤，催生。 疡、白癜风，煎汁敷。入药炙用。
《心》云∶治同蛇蜕。
《药性论》云∶使。治小儿浑身壮热惊痫，兼能止渴。又云∶其蜕壳，头上有一角，如
冠状，谓之蝉花，最佳。味甘，寒。无毒。主小儿天吊，惊痫螈 ，夜啼，心悸。
味咸，辛平。无毒。
《本草》云∶主小儿惊痫夜啼，去三虫。灭黑 ，令人面色好。男子阴疡病，女子崩中
赤白，产后余痛。灭诸疮瘢痕。生 川平泽，四月取自死者，勿令中湿。湿有毒，不可
用。
味辛，寒。有毒。
《本草》云∶主寒热，鬼疰蛊毒，鼠 ，疥癣，恶疮疽蚀，死肌。破石癃血积，伤人肌
，堕胎。畏巴豆。
《本草》云∶主诸风瘙瘾疹，疥癣，皮肤不仁，顽痹诸风。用之炙，入丸散，浸酒，合
膏。背有三棱，色黑如漆，性善，不噬物。江东有黑稍蛇，能缠物至死，亦是其类。生商洛
山。
味甘，温。无毒。
《本草》云∶主疗心腹冷气，小儿五疳，辟疫，治肠风，通利气脉，女子月闭。出北地
，此是寒号虫粪也。
《液》云∶主恶疮疔肿，毒肿，诸疮有根者。作膏∶用帛如手大，取露蜂房、弯头棘刺
、烂草节二寸许、乱发。烧末。主疔疮肿。又主小儿初生脐未落时，肿痛、水出，烧
，为末，细研，敷之。又，五色帛主盗汗，拭干讫，弃五道头。仲景治坠马，及一切筋骨损
方中用。
《心》记载：用于治疗眼部翳膜，是取其象征意义。
《日华子》记载：能止呕逆，治疗小儿惊悸、客忤（外邪侵袭引起的惊恐病症），以及催产。对于疮疡、白癜风，煎煮药汁外敷。入药时需炙烤后使用。
《心》记载：功效与蛇蜕相同。
《药性论》记载：作为使药。治疗小儿全身高热、惊痫，兼能止渴。又记载：蝉蜕壳的头部有一角，形状像冠状物，称为“蝉花”，品质最佳。味甘，性寒。无毒。主治小儿天吊（惊风抽搐）、惊痫、抽搐、夜间啼哭、心悸。
味咸，辛，性平。无毒。
《本草》记载：主治小儿惊痫、夜间啼哭，去除体内三虫。消除黑斑，使人面色红润。治疗男子阴部疮疡，女子崩漏（非经期大量出血或淋漓不断）及赤白带下，产后余痛。消除各种疮疡留下的瘢痕。生长在川地和平原沼泽地带，四月间采集已死亡的蛇蜕，不要让其受潮。受潮则有毒，不可使用。
味辛，性寒。有毒。
《本草》记载：主治寒热往来、鬼疰蛊毒（泛指传染性或寄生虫性疾病）、鼠瘘（淋巴结结核）、疥癣、恶疮疽蚀（溃烂坏死的疮疡）、死肌（坏死组织）。破除石癃（尿结石导致的排尿困难）、血积，损伤人体肌肉，导致堕胎。畏巴豆。
《本草》记载：主治各种风瘙瘾疹（荨麻疹类皮肤病）、疥癣、皮肤麻木不仁、顽痹等各种风邪病症。使用时需炙烤，可入丸剂、散剂，浸酒，或合制成膏药。背部有三棱，颜色黑如漆，性情温和，不咬人。江东地区有黑梢蛇，能缠绕物体直至致死，也是此类蛇。生长在商洛山。
味甘，性温。无毒。
《本草》记载：主治心腹冷气，小儿五疳（五种营养不良性儿科疾病），辟除疫气，治疗肠风（便血），通利气脉，治疗女子月经闭止。出产于北方地区，这是寒号虫的粪便。
《液》记载：主治恶疮疔肿、毒肿、各种有根脚的疮疡。制作膏药的方法：取手掌大小的帛，搭配露蜂房、弯头棘刺、腐烂的草节约二寸、乱发。烧成灰末。主治疔疮肿毒。又主治新生儿脐带未脱落时，肿痛、渗水，将其烧灰研末，细细研磨后外敷。另外，五色帛主治盗汗，擦拭干净后，丢弃带有五个方向的头部部分。张仲景治疗坠马伤及筋骨的各种方剂中会使用到它。
*The Xin* records: It is used to remove corneal opacities (翳膜), taking advantage of its symbolic meaning.
*Ri Hua Zi* records: It stops vomiting and regurgitation, treats infantile palpitations due to fright, *ke wu* (a condition in infants caused by external pathogenic factors leading to fright), and induces labor. For sores and vitiligo, decoct the juice for external application. When used in medicine, it should be processed by roasting.
*The Xin* records: Its therapeutic effects are the same as those of snake slough.
*Yao Xing Lun* records: It serves as an envoy drug. It treats infantile high fever with convulsions and epilepsy, and also relieves thirst. It further records: The shed skin of the cicada has a horn-like projection on its head, resembling a crown, called "cicada flower" (Chan Hua), which is of the best quality. It is sweet in taste and cold in nature. Non-toxic. It mainly treats infantile tetanus (Tian Diao), convulsions, spasms, night crying, and palpitations.
Salty, pungent, neutral in nature. Non-toxic.
*Ben Cao* records: It mainly treats infantile convulsions and night crying, removes three types of parasites, eliminates black spots, and improves complexion. It treats male genital sores, female metrorrhagia (Beng Zhong) with red and white discharge, and postpartum residual pain. It eliminates scars from various sores. It grows in river valleys and flat marshes. Collect the dead snakes in April; do not let them get damp. Damp ones are toxic and cannot be used.
Pungent, cold in nature. Toxic.
*Ben Cao* records: It treats chills and fever, *gui zhu gu du* (ghostly infections and蛊毒, referring to infectious or parasitic diseases), scrofula (Shu Lou), scabies and tinea, malignant sores with ulceration and necrosis, and dead flesh. It breaks up lithiasis with urinary retention (Shi Long), blood stasis, damages human muscle, and causes abortion. It is inhibited by Croton seed (Badou).
*Ben Cao* records: It treats various wind-induced itching and urticaria (Feng Sao Yin Zhen), scabies and tinea, skin numbness, stubborn bi-syndrome, and other wind disorders. When used, it should be roasted. It can be incorporated into pills and powders, soaked in wine, or made into ointments. It has three ridges on its back, is black as lacquer, has a gentle nature, and does not bite objects. In Jiangdong, there is the black rat snake (Hei Shao She), which can constrict objects to death; it belongs to the same category. It grows in Shangluo Mountain.
Sweet, warm in nature. Non-toxic.
*Ben Cao* records: It treats cold qi in the heart and abdomen, the five kinds of childhood malnutrition syndromes (Wu Gang), wards off epidemics, treats intestinal wind (blood in stool), promotes the flow of qi and vessels, and treats amenorrhea in women. It originates from northern regions; this is the feces of the cold-number bird (Hanhao Chong).
*Ye* records: It treats malignant sores, carbuncles, toxic swellings, and all sores with a root. To make an ointment: use silk cloth the size of a hand, along with honeycomb (Lu Feng Fang), curved thorns, about two cun of rotten grass joints, and tangled hair. Burn them to ash. It mainly treats carbuncles and swelling. It also treats newborns whose umbilical cords have not yet fallen off, presenting with swelling, pain, and weeping; burn the material, grind it into powder, finely process it, and apply externally. Additionally, five-colored silk treats nocturnal sweating; after wiping dry, discard the part with five directional heads. Zhang Zhongjing uses it in formulas for treating falls from horses and all kinds of bone and tendon injuries.