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(Mon Tong. *Bencao Gangmu*)

[Names] Yuewang Bird (*Bencao Gangmu*), He Ding (same), Diao (same).

[Collected Explanations] Shizhen says: According to Liu Xinqi's *Jiaozhou Zhi*: It resembles a peacock, with a beak over one chi long, colored yellow, white, and black, glossy like lacquer. People in the south use it as a drinking vessel. Luo Shan's *Shu* states: The Yuewang Bird resembles a crow or kite, but has long legs and a hooked beak. It eats insects and fish, consuming only tree leaves. Its feces resemble frankincense; mountain people collect it as incense, which can be used in medicine. Yang Shen's *Danqian Lu* states: [Character missing], is the present-day He Ding. Feces [Character missing].

[Therapeutic Actions] Mix with water and apply to various sores (*Luo Shan Shu* by Zhu Fazhendeng).

(From Song Dynasty *Jiayou Bencao*)

[Names] Li Hu, [Character missing] (sound "Hu Ze"), [Character missing].
Su Song says: In the past, someone stole meat into a river and transformed into this bird; there is still meat inside it now, hence the name "Tao He" (Fleeing River).
Shizhen says: This is a colloquial saying. Checking *Shanhai Jing*, it states: There are many Li Hu in Sha Water, and their name is self-called. Later generations changed the pronunciation to "Ti Hu". There is also a Wu dialect proverb: Before the Summer Solstice, it is called Li Hu, meaning it governs rain; after the Summer Solstice, it is called Li Tu, meaning it governs drought. Lu Ji says: When encountering small pools, it uses its gular pouch to hold water, bailing out the water to catch fish for food. Hence it is called [Character missing], and also Tao He. Colloquially known as Tao E (Washing Goose), due to its shape. It is also mispronounced as Tuo He.

[Collected Explanations] Su Song says: Ti Hu is as large as a grey goose. It has a skin pouch under the chin capable of holding two sheng of material, expanding and contracting at will, storing water to raise fish. It is said that its body is made of water foam, with only two pieces of meat on the chest, arranged like fists. The *Classic of Poetry* says: "Only the Ti Hu on the dam does not wet its beak," referring to cherishing its beak.
Shizhen says: Ti Hu is found everywhere; it is a water bird. It resembles an owl but is much larger, grey like a grey goose. The beak is over one chi long, straight and wide, red inside the mouth. The gular pouch under the chin is as large as several sheng bags. It likes to fly in flocks, dives into water to eat fish, and can also drain small waters to catch fish. Villagers eat its meat and extract its fat for medicine. Using wing bones and [Character missing] bones made into tubes to blow powder into the throat and nose is very effective. The claims that it stores water to raise fish and that its body is water foam are likely false talk. Furthermore, checking Chao Yidao: Among the Ti group, there is one called "Man Hua," which draws lines in the water to seek fish without resting for a moment. There is one called "Xin Tian Yuan" (Trust Heaven's Fate), which stands still all day without changing position, waiting for fish to pass before catching them. The so-called "Xin Tian Yuan" is the colloquial name Qing Han, also named Qing Zhuang. This can metaphorically represent human greed and integrity.

Shizhen says: Peel off its fat, boil and skim it, then store it in its crop, so it will not leak. Other [Character missing].

[Properties and Flavor] Salty, warm, slippery, non-toxic.

[Therapeutic Actions] Apply to carbuncles and swellings, treat wind-bi syndrome, unblock meridians, cure deafness (Shizhen).

[Elucidation] Shizhen says: Tao E oil has a penetrating nature, capable of guiding other medicines into the disease site to draw out toxins. Therefore, it can treat deafness, bi-syndrome, swelling, and toxic sores.

[Attached Prescriptions] New prescription one.
Deafness: Use half a spoonful of Tao E oil, a magnet stone the size of a soybean, and a little musk. Mix evenly, wrap in cotton to form a stick, insert into the ear, and hold a little raw iron in the mouth. Use three to five times.

[Beak]

[Properties and Flavor] Salty, neutral, non-toxic.

[Therapeutic Actions] Treat chronic dysentery with red and white discharge progressing to infantile malnutrition (gan syndrome). Calcine until carbonized, grind into powder, and take one fangcun bi (a measure equivalent to a square inch) with water (*Jiayou Bencao*).

[Tongue]

[Therapeutic Actions] Treat ding sores (Shizhen).

[Fur and Skin]

[Therapeutic Actions] Treat regurgitation and vomiting. Calcine until carbonized, take two qian each time with wine (Shizhen. From *Puji Fang*).