中州特产，中药上品。系蝉科昆虫红娘子的干燥体。形似蝉，体小，头胸部均呈黑色。头部两侧有复眼，大而突出。复眼前方有触角1对。身体左右两侧有两个大型板块，呈朱红色。腹部血红色，基部黑色。一般为6足，唯有叶县云梦山（俗称紫云山）的红娘为8足。叶县乡间流传有“搬云梯，上紫云，捉个红娘八条腿”的歌谣。它多栖息于低矮树丛中，不能高飞。每年6～8月朝露未干时波捉为宜。因为它分泌的毒液能刺激人的皮肤气泡，故捕时宜戴口罩及手套，捕后蒸死或烤死，晒干即可入药。以身干、翅黑、腹红、色艳、完整不碎、新鲜者为佳。入药可攻毒、通淤、破积。外用治瘰疬、癣疱；内服治雪淤、经闭、狂犬咬伤。据老中医谈云梦山红娘疗效高、副作用小，远近闻名。


 

Huechys sanguinea De Geer in Yunmeng Mountain

    Huechys sanguinea De Geer is a specialty in Henan Province as well as superior traditional Chinese medicine. It is dried body of insect which belongs to cicadidae and has cicada-liked shape, small body and white head and chest. This kind of insect always rests in low bushes and can’t fly highly. They can made into medicines after dried in the sun, among which the ones with dried and complete, bodies, black wings, red stomachs, bright color and fresh quality are the best. In the view of an old Chinese medicine, Huechys sanguinea De Geer in Yunmeng Mountain has a high reputation for its good curative effects and little side effects.