蝉蜕为常用中药,但其拉丁学名各书籍所载不一,比较混乱。如《中国药典》1990年版用Crypto-tympana pustulata Fabr.,《中药大辞典》(1977年)、《中药志》第四册(1961年)用C.atrataFabr.。中文名称亦相应地有两个:黑蚱和蚱蝉,容易使人误以为这是两个不同的种,所以有的书籍就将这两个学名一并收载,如《全国中草药汇编》(1975 Since it is a commonly used Chinese medicine, it is not completely consistent with the books of its Latin name. It is rather confusing. For example, in the 1990 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Crypto-tympana pustulata Fabr., “Chinese Dictionary of Medicine” (1977), and “Chinese Herbal Medicine” (Volume 4) (1961) used C. atrata Fabr. There are also two Chinese names correspondingly: black crickets and crickets, which are easy to mislead people into believing that these are two different species, so some books will be included together with these two scientific names, such as the “National Herb Collection” ( 1975