Mantis Egg-Case and its Origin.

Applications and Properties:

Applications:

Deficient yang of the kidneys manifested as seminal emissions, nocturnal enuresis or leukorrhea.
For insufficiency of kidney-yang with deficiency cold of the lower-jiao, spermatorrhea and cloudy urine, impotence and premature ejaculation.
Insufficiency of kidney-yang with deficiency-cold of the lower-jiao and frequent urination.
Deficiency Kidney yang and blood of women.
Deficiency of the kidney-yang with deficiency-cold of the lower-jiao and frequent urination.
Female Sexual Stimulant:a very useful Kidney/Liver tonic use primarily to conserve essence while building Yang.
Very useful Kidney/Liver tonic/Female Sexual Stimulant:a very useful Kidney/Liver tonic use primarily to conserve essence while building Yang. It is one of the Kidney Yang herbs most suitable and beneficial to women. It is often found in women's formulas where Kidney Yang is deficient manifesting in sluggishness, obesity, low sexual drive, infertility and premature aging. Many women claim that Mantis Egg Case is a female sexual stimulant.

Properties:

Properties:Sweet, astringent and salty in flavour, neutral in nature, it is tropistic to the liver and kidney channels,replenish the kidney and support Yang, preserve essence and reduce urination, serving to treat symptoms of lumbago and spermatorrhea due to insufficiency of kidney-qi and debility of the lower-jiao.
To tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang: Nourish the kidney, suplement yang, preserve qi and alleviate polyuria (excessive secretion of urine). Tonifying the kidney, supplementing Yang, preserving essence and alleviating polyuria.
To control essence and decrease urination: The astringent flavor of the mantis egg-case can draw matters together and the salty taste can act on the kidney. As a sweet, mild and moist astringent remedy, it can replenish the kidney and support yang, preserve qi and reduce urination, serving to treat symptoms of lumbago and spermatorrhea due to deficiency of kidney-qi and debility of the lower-jiao.
Dosage: 3-10 g.

Safety and Toxicity:

Toxicity: The LD50 of the three species of Ootheca Mantidises are all over 320 g/kg.Cautions: This substance is contraindicated in cases with deficient yin with excessive fire, or heat in the urinary bladder with frequent urine.