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(Cinnabar Rooster) is slightly cold in nature and non-toxic. It primarily treats wounds that have not yet ulcerated.

(Oyster Shell) has a sour taste and is slightly warm in nature. It primarily directs Qi downward, treats manic delirium, stabilizes the five Zang organs, treats middle Jiao injury, and xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome).

(Duck Meat) is slightly warm in nature. It primarily tonifies the middle Jiao and alleviates pain.

(Duck Blood) is slightly cold in nature. It primarily treats blurred vision and skin sores.

(Duck Fat/Lard) treats the "five evils" (pathogenic factors affecting the body).

(Duck Bones/Related Parts) treats fractures, bone pain, and wei bi (flaccidity and numbness).

(Duck Droppings, named Ya Tong) is neutral in nature. It primarily treats frequent urination with incontinence.

(Duck Head) treats yang deficiency impotence or diseases of the yin region.

(Duck Lard/Fat) treats difficult lactation.

(Duck Blood/Other Duck Parts) is slightly cold in nature. It promotes free flow of urine, treats enuresis, clears heat, and relieves irritability and thirst.

(Duck Bones/Other Duck Parts) is slightly cold in nature. It breaks stone lin (lithiasis) and treats muscle spasms, promotes diuresis, stops enuresis, and eliminates scars.

(Duck Meat/Other Duck Parts) treats wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, the "five slacknesses and six urgencies," and calms the fetus. Its blood is non-toxic and neutral in nature. It treats sudden abdominal pain due to evil invasion, as well as flaccidity, fractures, bone pain, and difficult lactation.

(Duck Meat) has a sour and sweet taste and is neutral in nature. It treats middle Jiao injury, xiao ke (wasting-thirst), urinary frequency with incontinence, intestinal diarrhea, tonifies the five Zang organs, repairs severe injuries, treats deficiency, and boosts Qi and strength.

(Duck Meat/Other Duck Parts) treats emaciation in children and failure of flesh to grow from diet.

(Duck Meat/Other Duck Parts) is slightly cold in nature. It treats red and painful eyes, clears latent heat under the heart, relieves fullness and irritability, cough and rebellious Qi, pediatric diarrhea, dystocia in women, and retained placenta. After being soaked in vinegar overnight, it treats jaundice and breaks severe irritability and heat.

(Duck Meat/Other Duck Parts) treats chronic cough with accumulated Qi; when taken together with Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba) and Ziwan (Asteris Radix et Rhizoma), recovery is immediate. It originates from Korea.

*Shennong Bencao Jing* Original Text: Cinnabar Rooster has a sweet taste and is slightly warm in nature. It treats metrorrhagia, leukorrhea with blood and white discharge, tonifies deficiency, warms the middle, stops bleeding, and unblocks vessels. It treats diarrhea. Duck droppings are white and named Ya Tong. They counteract the toxicity of mineral drugs and resolve constrained heat accumulation. Duck meat tonifies, clears heat, harmonizes the Zang-Fu organs, and promotes water passage. Additionally, duck fat treats edema. Duck blood treats detoxification of various poisons. Duck meat treats infantile convulsions. The duck head treats edema and promotes free flow of urine.

(Oyster Shell) is slightly cold in nature and non-toxic. It clears lingering heat in the joints, Ying, and Wei levels; irregular deficient heat; irritability and fullness; stops sweating; treats heart pain and Qi stagnation; stops thirst; removes old blood; astringes the large and small intestines; stops diarrhea and constipation; treats seminal emission; pharyngolaryngeal obstruction; cough; and epigastric/hypochondriac stuffiness and heat. Also known as Mu Ge. Grows in the East Sea. (Peimu (Fritillariae Bulbus) serves as its guiding herb; it works well with Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Niuxi (Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix), Yuanzhi (Polygalae Radix), and Shechuangzi (Cnidii Fructus)). It is incompatible with Mahuang (Ephedrae Herba), Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus), and Xinyi (Magnoliae Flos).

*Shennong Bencao Jing* Original Text: Oyster Shell has a salty taste and is neutral in nature. It treats chills and fever from Shanghan (Cold Damage), shivering chills from Wen Nue (Warm Malaria), fright, anger, and resentment; relieves stiffness and spasms and scrofula; and treats leukorrhea in women.