原禽类 水禽类 林禽类 畜类 兽类 鼠类
大养肺阴、润化痰。
甘淡平。大养肺阴。化痰止嗽。补而能清。为调理虚损痨瘵之圣药。一切病之由于肺虚。
不
能清肃下行者。用此皆可治之。开胃气。已劳痢。益小儿痘疹。（王世懋闽部疏云∶燕窝菜
、竟不辨是何物、漳海边已有之、燕飞渡海中、翮力倦则掷置海面、浮之若杯、身坐其中久
之、复衔以飞、陈懋仁泉南杂记云∶闽之远海近番处、有燕名金丝者、首尾似燕而甚小、毛
如金丝、临卵育子时、群飞近沙汐泥有石处、啄蚕螺食之、有询海商闻之土番云∶蚕螺背上
肉、有两肋、如枫蚕丝、坚洁而白、食之可补虚损、已劳痢、故此燕食之、肉化而肋不化、
并津液呕出、结为小窝、附石上、久之与小雏鼓翼而飞、海人依时拾之、故曰燕窝、而予近
闻之漳人、殊为不然、燕窝国大海中、有高山、冬月群燕来巢其上、燕矢之浓、没人两膝、
春取小鱼、累之窝中、人取之林中、窝毁子坠、倾复阑干、燕之雌雄、群然悲鸣、伤物特甚
、呜呼、谁为群燕毁房哉、生命之苦、过火 刀割矣、苏长公谓虽八珍之美、投箸而不忍食
、此物此志耶、周栎园闽小记云∶余在漳南、询之海上人、皆云燕衔小鱼粘之于石、久而成
窝、有乌白红三色、乌色品最下、红色最难得、能益小儿痘疹、白色能愈痰疾、广东新语
云∶崖州海中石岛、有玳瑁山、其洞穴皆燕所巢、燕大者如乌、啖鱼辄吐涎沫、以备冬月退
毛之食、土人皮衣皮帽、秉炬探之、燕惊扑人、年老力弱、或致坠崖而死、故有多获者、有
空手而还者、或谓海滨石上、有海粉积结如苔、燕啄食之、吐出为窝、累累岩壁之间、岛人
俟其秋去、以修竿接铲取之、海粉性寒、而为燕所吞吐则暖、海粉味咸、而为燕所吞吐则甘
、其形质尽化、故可以消痰开胃云∶凡有乌白二色、红者难得、盖燕属火、红者尤其津液、
一名燕蔬、香有龙涎、菜有燕窝、是皆补草木之不足者、故曰蔬、榆肉产于北、燕窝产于南
、皆蔬也。）可入煎药。须用陈久者。色如糙米者最佳。燕窝脚。（色红紫、名血燕。）功用
相仿。性重、能达下。微咸、能润下。治噎膈甚效。假燕窝、无边无毛。（或微有边毛、皆
伪为之。）色白。（甚有白如银丝者。）
Original avian species, aquatic birds, forest birds, domestic animals, beasts, rodents.
(Yanwo / Bird's Nest) greatly nourishes Lung Yin (Lung Yin), moistens and resolves phlegm. Its taste is sweet and bland, nature is neutral. It greatly nourishes Lung Yin, resolves phlegm and stops coughing. It possesses the properties of tonifying while clearing, making it a sacred medicine for regulating deficiency consumptive diseases and tuberculous diseases (Lao Zhai). For all diseases resulting from Lung deficiency where Lung Qi cannot descend clearly and purify, this substance can be used to treat them. It opens the stomach qi, cures labor dysentery, and benefits children with smallpox/rash. (Wang Shimao in *Min Bu Shu* stated: Yanwo Cai [Bird's Nest Vegetable], people did not know what it was; it already existed by the sea in Zhangzhou. When swallows fly across the sea, when their wing strength becomes exhausted, they drop it onto the sea surface, floating like a cup, sitting within it for a long time, then picking it up again to fly. Chen Maoren in *Quan Nan Za Ji* stated: In the distant seas near foreign lands in Fujian, there is a swallow named "Golden Thread". Its head and tail resemble a swallow but are very small, and its feathers are like golden threads. When laying eggs and raising young, they flock near sandy mud areas with stones, pecking at silkworm snails. Someone asked maritime merchants, who heard from local natives that the flesh on the back of silkworm snails has two ribs, similar to maple silk, hard, clean, and white. Eating it can tonify deficiency and cure labor dysentery. Thus, after these swallows eat it, the flesh digests but the ribs do not, and together with saliva, they vomit it out, forming small nests attached to stones. Over time, they fly with their chicks. Seaside people collect them according to season, hence called Yanwo. However, I recently heard from people in Zhangzhou that this is entirely incorrect. In the country of Yanwo, in the great sea, there are high mountains. In winter, flocks of swallows come to nest on them. The swallow droppings are thick, reaching half the depth of one's knees. In spring, they catch small fish and pile them into the nests. People take them from the woods; the nests are destroyed, chicks fall, railings are overturned, male and female swallows mourn in groups, causing great harm to living things. Alas, who destroys the houses of the swallows? The suffering of life exceeds burning and cutting with knives. Su Changgong said that even if it were the beauty of the Eight Treasures, one would put down chopsticks and not bear to eat it. Is this the sentiment regarding this substance? Zhou Liyuan in *Min Xiao Ji* stated: While I was in southern Zhangzhou, asking those on the sea, all said swallows carry small fish and stick them to stones, which over time become nests. There are black, white, and red colors. Black is the lowest grade, red is the most rare, benefiting children with rashes; white can cure phlegmatic diseases. *Guangdong Xin Yu* stated: On stone islands in the sea of Yazhou, there is a Daimao Mountain. Its caves are all swallows' nests. Large swallows are like crows; upon eating fish, they spit out saliva to prepare food for molting in winter. Locals wearing leather clothes and hats, holding torches to explore, startle the swallows which pounce on people. The old and weak may fall off cliffs to their death. Thus, some gain much, others return empty-handed. Some say that on seaside stones, sea powder accumulates like moss. Swallows peck and eat it, spitting it out to form nests, hanging densely between rock walls. Islanders wait until autumn when swallows leave, using long poles with shovels to collect them. Sea powder is cold in nature, but becomes warm after being swallowed and spat out by swallows; sea powder is salty in taste, but becomes sweet after being swallowed and spat out by swallows. Its form and substance are completely transformed, thus it can resolve phlegm and open the stomach. Generally, there are black and white colors, red is rarely obtained. Swallows belong to Fire, and red represents their saliva. Another name is Yan Shu. Incense has dragon ambergris, vegetables have bird's nest. These supplement what plants lack, hence called vegetables. Elm meat is produced in the North, bird's nest in the South; both are vegetables.) It can be added to decoctions. One must use aged ones. Those colored like brown rice are best. Yanwo Jiao (Bird's Nest Feet). (Color is red-purple, named Blood Bird's Nest.) Functions are similar. Nature is heavy, capable of reaching the lower jiao. Taste is slightly salty, capable of moistening downward. Very effective in treating Yige (dysphagia/choking). Fake bird's nest has no edges and no hairs. (Or slight edge hairs, all artificially fabricated.) Color is white. (Some are as white as silver threads.)