即雄雀粪
苦,温。微毒。疗目疾,消积块,决痈疽,治痘疮倒 ,通咽塞口噤。
白汤化下,治急黄欲死。和人乳,点 肉翳膜。热酒服,治破伤风疮。(作白痂无血者,
杀
人最急。)和沙糖为丸,绵裹含咽,愈喉痹乳蛾。和桂心、干姜、艾叶为丸,治 癖诸块。
入麝香少许,米饮下,治痘疮倒 。
两头尖挺直者,是雄雀屎。腊月采得,去两畔附着者,研细,以甘草水浸一宿,去水焙
干用
。
一名燕蔬
甘、淡、平。补阴润肺,生津养胃,化痰止嗽,能使金水相生,肾气上滋于肺,而胃气
自安
。调理虚损之品,惟此为最。化痰润肺,淡煎。滋阴养胃,和米煎粥,或冰糖煎。
燕粪
辛,平,有毒。治久疟,临发日搅酒熏鼻即止。配独蒜,用燕粪三合,炒研为丸,清
汤送下,除蛊毒,杀邪疰,破五癃,利小水。
即伏翼
逐五淋,去目翳。
拭去毛肠并爪,酒浸一宿,黄精汁涂炙用。
即夜明砂
恶白蔹、白薇。
辛,寒。入足厥阴经血分。活血消积,散内外结气,疗肝经血分诸病。和朱砂、麝香末,
治
五疟。猪胆丸,米饮下,治雀盲。掺猪肝,治翳障。酒送末,下死胎。
淘净晒干,焙用。
即寒号虫屎
恶人参。损人。
甘,温。入足厥阴经血分。治痰涎挟血成窠,去胸腹血结疼痛,愈疟痢,疗目翳,除肠
风。
得半夏,治痰血凝结。得蒲黄,治心腹疼痛。佐胡桃、柏子仁,治咳嗽肺胀。合木香、乌药
,理周身血气刺痛。酒调,治蛇咬昏溃。
酒飞,去沙石晒干用。
怪症∶目中白珠墨黑,视物如常,毛发直如铁丝,能食而不能语,昏昏如醉,名曰血溃。
服
五灵脂末二钱,即愈。
That is, the feces of male sparrows.
Bitter, warm. Slightly toxic. Treats eye diseases, resolves accumulations and masses, discharges carbuncles and sores, treats inverted smallpox (inverted 痘疮倒靥), unblocks throat obstruction and trismus (lockjaw). Dissolved in plain boiled water and taken orally, it treats acute jaundice (acute yellow disease) approaching death. Mixed with human milk and applied to the eyes, it treats pterygium and corneal opacity. Taken with hot wine, it treats traumatic tetanus wounds. (Those that form white scabs without blood are extremely lethal.) Made into pills with rock sugar, held in the mouth and swallowed slowly, it cures pharyngitis and tonsillitis. Made into pills with Cinnamon Heart (Guixin), Dried Ginger (Ganjiang), and Mugwort Leaf (Aiye), it treats fixed masses and various swellings. With a small amount of Musk (Shexiang) added and taken with rice drink, it treats inverted smallpox.
Those with two straight pointed ends are the feces of male sparrows. Collected in the twelfth lunar month, remove the impurities attached at both ends, grind into fine powder, soak overnight in Licorice Root (Gancao) water, drain the water, and dry by roasting for use.
Also known as Swallow Feces.
Sweet, bland, neutral. Tonifies Yin, moistens the Lung, generates fluids, nourishes the Stomach, resolves phlegm, and stops coughing. It promotes the mutual generation of Metal (Lung) and Water (Kidney), allowing Kidney Qi to nourish the Lung from below, thereby calming Stomach Qi. Among herbs for regulating deficiency and damage, this is the best. For resolving phlegm and moistening the Lung, decoct lightly; for nourishing Yin and the Stomach, cook with rice into porridge or decoct with rock sugar.
Swallow Feces.
Pungent, neutral, toxic. Treats chronic malaria; stirring wine and inhaling the fumes on the day of onset stops the attack. Paired with a single clove of garlic, take three he of Swallow Feces, stir-fry, grind into powder, make into pills, and send down with clear soup. It removes gu poison (parasitic toxicity), kills epidemic miasma (zhuzhu), breaks five types of strangury, and promotes urination.
That is, the bat (Fuyi).
Expels the five types of strangury, removes eye opacities.
Wipe off hairs, intestines, and claws, soak in wine overnight, coat with Polygonatum Juice (Huangjing Zhi), and roast for use.
That is, Ye Ming Sha (Night-Shining Sand).
Incompatible with White Peony Root (Bailian) and Pale Anemone Root (Baiwei).
Pungent, cold. Enters the Blood aspect of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Invigorates blood, resolves accumulations, disperses internal and external qi stagnation, and treats various diseases of the Liver Meridian Blood aspect. Mixed with Cinnabar (Zhusha) and Musk (Shexiang) powders, it treats five types of malaria. Made into pills with Pig Bile (Zhudan) and sent down with rice drink, it treats nyctalopia (night blindness). Mixed into pig liver, it treats visual obstructions. Powder sent down with wine expels dead fetus.
Thoroughly washed, sun-dried, roasted for use.
That is, the feces of the Hanhao Chong (flying squirrel).
Incompatible with Ginseng Root (Renshen). Damages the body.
Sweet, warm. Enters the Blood aspect of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Treats phlegm-saliva mixed with blood forming nests, removes pain from blood stasis in the chest and abdomen, cures malaria and dysentery, treats eye opacities, and clears intestinal wind.
Paired with Pinellia Tuber (Banxia), it treats phlegm-blood coagulation. Paired with Lygodium Spore (Puhuang), it treats heart and abdominal pain. Assisted by Walnut Kernel (Hetao) and Biota Seed (Baiziren), it treats cough and lung distension. Combined with Aucklandia Root (Muxiang) and Lindera Root (Wuyao), it regulates stabbing pain throughout the body due to blood and qi stagnation. Mixed with wine, it treats snake bites causing coma and ulceration.
Processed with wine (jiu fei), sand and stones removed, sun-dried for use.
Strange Syndrome: The white part of the eyeball turns ink-black, vision remains normal, hair stands straight like iron wires, the patient can eat but cannot speak, appears dazed as if drunk, named "Blood Collapse" (Xue Kui). Take two qian of Wulingzhi powder, and recovery occurs immediately.