Mantis Egg Case (Sangpiaoxiao)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Ootheca Mantidis |
| Botanical Name: | Tenodera sinensis Saussure Statilia maculata (Thunb.) Hierodula patellifera (Serville) |
| Common Name: | Mantis Egg Case |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The egg case is collected in late autumn or spring, and then boiled or steamed and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet, salty and neutral |
| Meridian: | Liver and kidney |
| Functions: | To tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang To control essence and decrease urination |
| Indications and Combinations: | Deficient yang of the kidneys manifested as seminal emissions, nocturnal enuresis or leukorrhea. *Use with Dragon’s bone (Longgu), Oyster shell (Muli), Dadder seed (Tusizi) and Psoralea fruit (Buguzhi). |
| Dosage: | 3-10 g |
| Cautions: | This substance is contraindicated in cases with deficient yin with excessive fire, or heat in the urinary bladder with frequent urine. |