也。未尽，隔日再作。仍以田螺二枚，滚酒瀹食，后用白粥调理。（《积善堂经验方》）
小儿腹胀黄瘦∶用干鸡矢一两，丁香一钱，为末，蒸饼丸小豆大。每米汤下十丸，日三
服。（《活幼全书》）
心腹鳖症及宿症，并卒得症∶以饭饲白雄鸡取粪，同小便于瓦器中熬黄为末。每服方
寸匕，温酒服之，日四五服，以消为度。或以膏熬饭饲之，弥佳。（《集验方》）
食米成瘕∶好食生米，缺之则口中出清水。以鸡矢同白米各半合，炒为末，以水一钟调
服。良久，吐出如米形，即瘥。昔慎道恭病此，饥瘦如劳，蜀僧道广处此方而愈。（《医说》）
反胃吐食∶以乌骨鸡一只，与水饮四五日，勿与食。将五蒲蛇二条，竹刀切与食。待鸡
下粪，取阴干为末，水丸粟米大。每服一分，桃仁汤下。五七服即愈。（《证治发明》）
中诸菜毒发狂，吐下欲死∶用鸡矢烧末，水服方寸匕。（葛氏方）
石淋疼痛∶鸡矢白，日中半干，炒香为末。以酸浆饮服方寸匕，日二，当下石出。（《古
今录验》）
小儿血淋∶鸡矢尖白如粉者，炒研，糊丸绿豆大。每服三五丸，酒下，四、五服效。
产后遗溺不禁∶鸡矢烧灰，酒服方寸匕。（《产宝》）
转筋入腹∶其人臂脚直，其脉上下行，微弦。用鸡矢为末，水六合，和方寸匕，温服。
（张
中风寒痉口噤，不知人∶以鸡矢白一升炒黄，入酒三升搅，澄清饮。（葛氏）白虎风痛∶
诜曰∶铺饭于患处，以丹雄鸡食之。良久，取热粪封之。取讫，使伏于患人床下。破伤中风∶
腰脊反张，牙紧口噤，四肢强直。用鸡矢白一升，大豆五升，和炒黄，乘热以酒沃之，微烹
令豆澄下。随量饮，取汗避风。（《经验后方》）
产后中风∶口噤螈 ，角弓反张。黑豆二升半，同鸡矢白一升炒熟，入清酒一升半，浸
取一升，入竹沥服，取汗。（《产宝》）
角弓反张，四肢不随，烦乱欲死∶鸡矢白一升，清酒五升，捣筛，合扬千遍，乃饮。大
人服一升，少小五合，日二服。（《肘后》）
小儿口噤∶面赤者属心，白者属肺。用鸡矢白如枣大，绵裹，以水一合煮二沸，分二服。
一方∶酒研服之。（《千金方》）
小儿唇疮∶烧鸡矢白，研末敷之。有涎易之。（《圣惠》）小儿惊啼∶鸡矢白烧灰，米饮
服二字。（《千金方》）
头风痹木∶用腊月乌鸡矢一升，炒黄为末，绢袋盛，渍三升酒中。频频温服令醉。（《千
金方》）
喉痹肿痛∶鸡矢白含之咽汁。（《千金》）
牙齿疼痛∶鸡矢白烧末，绵裹咬痛处，立瘥。（《经验后方》）
鼻血不止∶鸡矢取有白色半截者，烧灰吹之。（唐氏《经验方》）
牙齿不生，《普济》∶不拘大人、小儿。用雄鸡矢、雌鸡矢各十四颗焙研，入麝香少许，
先以针挑破出血，敷之。年高者不过二十日，年少者十日必生。又方∶但用乌鸡雌雄粪，入
旧麻鞋底烧存性，等分，入麝香少许，三日夜不住擦，令热为佳。李察院亮卿尝用，有效。
耳聋不听∶鸡矢白（炒）半升，乌豆（炒）一升，以无灰酒二升，乘热投入服，取汗。
耳如鼓鼙勿讶。（《外台》）
面目黄胆∶鸡矢白、小豆、秫米各二分。为末。分作三服，水下，当有黄汁出也。（《肘
后方》）
子死腹中∶雄鸡粪二十一枚，水二升，煎取五合，下米作粥食，胎即出。（《产宝》）
乳妒乳痈∶鸡矢白炒研，酒服方寸匕，须叟三服愈。（《产宝》）乳头破裂∶方同上。梅
师。
内痈未成∶取伏鸡屎，水和服，即瘥。（《千金》）头疮白秃∶雄鸡屎末，和陈酱、苦酒
洗之。（《千金》）
消灭瘢痕∶以猪脂三斤，饲乌鸡一只，三日后取白矢，同白芷、当归各一两，煎十沸，
去滓，入鹰矢白半两，调敷。（《外台》）
耳中恶疮∶鸡矢白炒研，敷之。（《圣惠》）瘰 疮∶雄鸡矢烧灰，腊猪脂和，敷之。
（《千金》）
食金中毒已死∶取鸡矢半升，水淋取汁一升，饮之，日三。（《肘后方》）
缢死未绝∶鸡矢白如枣大，酒半盏和，灌口鼻。（《肘后》）
尸脚拆裂无冬夏者∶鸡屎煮汤，渍半日，取瘥乃止。（《千金》）射工溪毒∶白鸡矢（白
者）二枚，以饧和，涂疮上。（《肘后》）
骨疽不合∶骨从孔中出。掘地作坑，口小里大，深三尺。以干鸡屎二升，同艾及荆叶捣
碎，入坑内，烧令烟出。以疽口就熏，用衣拥之，勿令泄气。半日当有虫出，甚效。（《千
金方》）
阴毒腹痛∶鸡粪、乌豆、地肤子各一把，乱发一团，同炒，烟起，倾入好酒一碗浸之，
去滓，热服即止。（《生生编》）
小儿心痛∶白乌鸡屎五钱（晒研），松脂五钱，为末，葱头汁和，丸梧桐子大，黄丹为
衣。每醋汤服五丸。忌生冷、硬物，三、四日立效。（《婴童百问》）
鸡子（即鸡卵也） 黄雌者为上，乌雌者次之。
【气味】甘，平，无毒。
思邈曰∶微寒。畏醇醋。鼎曰∶不宜多食，令人腹中有声，动风气。和葱、蒜食之，气
短；同韭子食，成风痛；共鳖肉食，损人；共獭肉食，成遁尸注，药不能治；同兔肉食，成
泄痢。归浓曰∶妊妇以鸡子、鲤鱼同食，令儿生疮；同糯米食，令儿生虫。时珍曰∶小儿患
痘疹，忌食鸡子，及闻煎食之气，令生翳膜。
【主治】除热火灼烂疮、痫 。可作虎魄神物（《本经》。弘景曰∶用欲 子（黄白混杂
者）煮作之，极相似，惟不拾芥尔。又煮白，合银口含，须臾色如金也）。镇心，安五脏，
止
惊安胎，治妊娠天行热疾狂走，男子阴囊湿痒，及开喉声失音。醋煮食之，治赤白久痢，及
产后虚痢。光粉同炒干，止疳痢，及妇人阴疮。和豆淋酒服，治贼风麻痹。醋浸令坏，敷疵
。作酒，止产后血晕，暖水脏，缩小便，止耳鸣。和蜡炒，治耳鸣、聋，及疳痢（《日华》）。
益气。以浊水煮一枚，连水服之，主产后痢。和蜡煎，止小儿痢（藏器）。大人及小儿发热，
以白蜜一合，和三颗搅服，立瘥（孟诜。《太平御览》云∶正旦吞乌鸡子一枚，可以练形。
嵝神书》云∶八月晦日夜半，面北吞乌鸡子一枚，有事可隐形）。
【发明】时珍曰∶卵白象天，其气清，其性微寒；卵黄象地，其气浑，其性温；卵
则兼黄白而用之，其性平。精不足者补之以气，故卵白能清气，治伏热、目赤、咽痛诸疾；
形不足者补之以味，故卵黄能补血，治下痢、胎产诸疾；卵则兼理气血，故治上列诸疾也。
【附方】旧九，新二十二。天行不解已汗者∶用新生鸡子五枚，倾盏中，入水（一鸡子）
搅浑，别以水一升煮沸，投入鸡子微搅，才似熟则泻置碗中，纳少酱清，似变腥气，带热啜
之，覆令汗出愈。（许仁则方）天行呕逆，食入即吐∶鸡子一枚，水煮三、五沸，冷水浸少
顷，吞之。（《外台》）
伤寒发狂，烦躁热极∶吞生鸡子一枚，效。（《食鉴》）
三十六黄救急方∶用鸡子一颗，连壳烧灰，研酢一合温之，顿服，鼻中虫出为效。身体
极黄者，不过三枚，神效。（《外台秘要》）
白虎风病∶藏器曰∶取鸡子揩病处，咒愿，送粪堆头上，不过三次瘥。白虎是粪神，爱
吃鸡子也。
身面肿满∶鸡子黄白相和，涂肿处。干再上。（《肘后方》）
年深哮喘∶鸡子略敲损，浸尿缸中三、四日，煮食，能去风痰。（《集成》）
心气作痛∶鸡子一枚打破，醋二合调匀，暖过顿服。（《肘后》）
小儿疳痢肚胀∶用鸡子一个开孔，入巴豆一粒（去皮），轻粉一钱，用纸五十重裹，于
饭
甑上蒸三度，放冷去壳研，入麝香少许，糊和丸米粒大。食后温汤下二丸至三丸。（《经验
方》）
预解痘毒∶保和方∶用鸡卵一枚，活地龙一条入卵内，饭上蒸熟，去地龙，与儿食。每
岁立春日食一枚，终身不出痘也。
李氏∶用鸡卵一枚，童便浸七日，水煮食之，永不出痘。
李捷∶用头生鸡子三、五枚，浸厕坑内五、七日，取出煮熟与食，数日再食一枚，永
不出痘。（徐都司得于浙人之方）
痘疮赤瘢∶鸡子一个（酒醅浸七日），白僵蚕二七枚捣末，和匀，揩赤涂之，甚效。（《圣
惠》）
雀卵面 ∶鸡卵醋浸令坏，取出敷之。（《普济》）妊娠时
疾令胎不伤∶以鸡子七枚，纳井中令冷，取出打破吞之。（《子母秘录》）
病欲去胎∶鸡子一枚，入盐三指撮，服。（张文仲方）胎动下血∶藏器曰∶鸡子二枚打
破，以白粉和如稀粥，顿食之。
子死腹中∶用三家鸡卵各一枚，三家盐各一撮，三家水各一升，同煮。令妇东向饮之，
立出。（《千金方》）
产后血多不止∶乌鸡子三枚，醋半升，酒二升，和搅，煮取二升，分四服。（《拾遗》）
产后心痛∶鸡子煮酒，食即安。（《备急方》）
产后口干舌缩∶用鸡子一枚打破，水一盏搅服。（《经验后方》）
头风白屑∶新下乌鸡子三枚，沸汤五升搅，作三度沐之，甚良。（《集验》）
腋下狐臭∶鸡子两枚，煮熟去壳，热夹，待冷，弃之三叉路口，勿回顾。如此三次效。
（《肘后方》）
乳石发渴∶水浸鸡子，取清生服，甚良。（《普济》）
解野葛毒已死者∶以物开口后，灌鸡子三枚，须臾吐出野葛，乃苏。（《肘后方》）
胡蔓草毒∶即断肠草。一叶入口，百窍流血。惟急取凤凰胎（即鸡卵抱未成雏者，已成
者不用）研烂，和麻油灌之。吐出毒物乃生，少迟即死。（《岭南卫生方》）
痈疽发背∶初作，及经十日以上，肿赤 热，日夜疼痛，百药不效者。用 鸡子一枚，
新狗屎如鸡子大，搅匀，微火熬令稀稠得所，捻作饼子，于肿头上贴之，以帛包抹。时时看
视，觉饼热即易，勿令转动及歇气，经一宿定。如日多者，三日贴之，一日一易，至瘥乃止。
此方秽恶，不可施之贵人。一切诸方皆不能及，但可备择而已。（《千金方》）
蛛蝎蛇伤∶鸡子一个，轻敲小孔合之，立瘥。（《兵部手集》）
蠼 尿疮∶同上法。身体发热不拘大人、小儿∶用鸡卵三枚，白蜜一合和服，立瘥。（《普
济方》）
卵白
【气味】甘，微寒，无毒。
【主治】目热赤痛，除心下伏热，止烦满咳逆，小儿下泄，妇人产难，胞衣不出，并生
吞之。醋浸一宿，疗黄胆，破大烦热（《别录》）。产后血闭不下，取白一枚，入醋一半搅服
（藏器）。和赤小豆末，涂一切热毒、丹肿、腮痛神效。冬月以新生者酒渍之，密封七日取
出
【发明】宗 曰∶产后血晕，身痉直，口、目向上牵急，不知人。取鸡子一枚，去壳分
甚敏捷。乌鸡子尤善。
【附方】旧四，新六。时行发黄∶醋酒浸鸡子一宿，吞其白数枚。（《肘后方》）
下痢赤白∶生鸡子一个，取白摊连纸上日干，折作四重，包肥乌梅十个，安熨斗中，以
白炭烧存性，取出碗覆，冷定研末，入水银粉少许和匀。大人分二服，小儿三服，空心井华
水调下。如觉微利，不须再服。（《类证》）
蛔虫攻心，口吐清水∶以鸡子一枚去黄，纳好漆入鸡子壳中和合。仰头吞之，虫即出也。
（《古今录验》）
五种遁尸∶其状腹胀，气急冲心，或 踊起，或牵腰脊。以鸡卵白一枚，顿吞之良。
（《千金》）
咽塞鼻疮及干呕头痛，食不下∶用鸡子一枚，开一窍，去黄留白，着米酢， 火顿沸，
取下更顿，如此三次。乘热饮之，不过一、二度即愈。（《广济方》）
面生 疮∶鸡子，以三岁苦酒浸之三宿，待软，取白涂之。（《肘后》）
汤火烧灼∶鸡子清和酒调洗，勤洗即易生肌。忌发物。或生敷之亦可。（《经验秘方》）
头发垢 ∶鸡子白涂之，少顷洗去，光泽不燥。（《濒湖》）面黑令白∶鸡子三枚，酒浸，
密封四七日。每夜以白敷面，如雪白也。（《普济》）涂面驻颜∶鸡子一枚，开孔去黄留白，
入金华胭脂及 砂少许，纸封，与鸡抱之，俟别卵抱出，干以涂面。洗之不落，半年尚红也。
（《普济》）
卵黄
【气味】甘，温，无毒。
【主治】醋煮，治产后虚及痢，小儿发热。煎食，除烦热。炼过，治呕逆。和常山末为
丸，竹叶汤服，治久疟（《药性》）。炒取油，和粉，敷头疮（《日华》）。
猝干呕者，生吞数枚，良。小便不通者，亦生吞之，数次效。补阴血，解热毒，治下痢，
甚验（时珍）。
【发明】时珍曰∶鸡子黄，气味俱浓，阴中之阴，故能补形。昔人谓其与阿胶同功，正
此意也。其治呕逆诸疮，则取其除热引虫而已。颂曰∶鸡子入药最多，而发煎方特奇。刘禹
锡《传信方》云∶乱发鸡子膏，治孩子热疮。用鸡子五枚，去白取黄，乱发如鸡子大，相和，
于铁铫中炭火熬之。初甚干，少顷即发焦，乃有液出。旋取置碗中，以液尽为度。取涂疮上，
即以苦参末粉之。顷在武陵生子，蓐内便有热疮，涂诸药无益，而日益剧，蔓延半身，昼
夜
号啼，不乳不睡。因阅本草发 条云∶合鸡子黄煎之，消为水，疗小儿惊热、下痢。注云∶
(Continuing from the previous text) If symptoms are not fully resolved, administer again on the alternate day. Simultaneously, take two river snails (Tianluo), boil and eat them in hot wine, followed by regulation with white rice porridge. (From *Jishantang Jingyan Fang*)
Infant abdominal distension, yellow complexion, and emaciation: Use one tael of dried chicken feces (Jishi) and one qian of丁香 (Dingxiang, Clove Bud), grind into powder, make pills the size of small beans using steamed dough balls. Take ten pills per dose with rice soup, three times a day. (From *Huoyou Quanshu*)
Abdominal biomas resembling a turtle (Biezhen) and old accumulations, as well as sudden onset of mass disorders: Feed white roosters with rice to collect feces, combine with human urine, and simmer in a clay vessel until yellow, then grind into powder. Take one fangcun bi (a square-inch measure) per dose with warm wine, four to five times a day, until the condition resolves. Feeding the chickens with paste-coated rice yields better results. (From *Jiyan Fang*)
Mass disorder caused by eating raw rice: A craving for raw rice, accompanied by clear saliva flowing from the mouth when denied. Use half he of chicken feces and half he of fine white rice, stir-fry until cooked, grind into powder, and take mixed with one zhong of water. After some time, material resembling rice grains will be vomited out, and the disease will heal. Previously, Shen Daogong suffered from this, appearing hungry and emaciated like consumptive disease; the Buddhist monk Daoguang from Shu cured him with this prescription. (From *Yishuo*)
Regurgitation and vomiting: Take one black-bone hen, provide only water for four to five days without food. Cut two five-step snakes (Wubu She) with a bamboo knife and feed them to the hen. Once the hen defecates, collect the feces, dry in shade, and grind into powder. Make pills the size of millet seeds using water. Take one fen per dose with peach kernel decoction. Healing occurs after five to seven doses. (From *Zhengzhi Faming*)
Madness due to poisoning from various vegetables, with severe vomiting and diarrhea approaching death: Burn chicken feces to ash, take one fangcun bi with water. (From Ge's Formula)
Lithuria (Stone strangury) pain: Take the white part of chicken feces, dry in the sun until half-dried, stir-fry until fragrant, and grind into powder. Take one fangcun bi with sour grain water, twice a day; stones should be passed. (From *Gujin Luyan*)
Pediatric hematuria: Take the tip of chicken feces that is white like powder, stir-fry and grind, make pills the size of mung beans with paste. Take three to five pills per dose with wine; effective after four or five doses.
Postpartum urinary incontinence: Burn chicken feces to ash, take one fangcun bi with wine. (From *Chanbao*)
Muscle spasms entering the abdomen: The patient's arms and legs are straight and rigid, pulse travels up and down, slightly wiry. Use chicken feces ground into powder, mix with six he of water and one fangcun bi, take warm. (Zhang Zhongjing)
Wind-stroke with cold-spasm, locked jaw, and unconsciousness: Take one sheng of chicken feces white part, stir-fry until yellow, add three sheng of wine, stir, clarify, and drink. (Ge's)
White Tiger Wind Pain: Meng Shen said: Spread rice on the affected area, let a red-crested rooster eat it. After a while, apply the hot feces to the area. After application, place the hen under the patient's bed.
Traumatic wind-stroke: Opisthotonos (back arching), tight teeth, locked jaw, rigid limbs. Use one sheng of chicken feces white part and five sheng of soybeans, stir-fry together until yellow, pour hot wine over them while hot, simmer slightly until beans settle. Drink according to tolerance, induce sweating, and avoid wind. (From *Jingyan Houfang*)
Postpartum wind-stroke: Locked jaw, convulsions, opisthotonos. Mix two and a half sheng of black soybeans with one sheng of chicken feces white part, stir-fry until cooked, add one and a half sheng of clear wine, steep to extract one sheng, add bamboo sap, and drink to induce sweating. (From *Chanbao*)
Opisthotonos, limbs unresponsive, severe restlessness and distress: Take one sheng of chicken feces white part and five sheng of clear wine, pound and sieve, mix and toss a thousand times, then drink. Adults take one sheng, children take five he, twice a day. (From *Zhouhou*)
Pediatric locked jaw: Red face indicates Heart involvement; pale face indicates Lung involvement. Use chicken feces white part the size of a date, wrap in cotton, boil in one he of water for two boils, divide into two doses. Another method: Grind with wine and take. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Pediatric lip sores: Burn chicken feces white part, grind into powder and apply. Replace if there is discharge. (From *Shenghui*)
Pediatric startled crying: Burn chicken feces white part to ash, take "two characters" amount (approx. 2 grams) with rice drink. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Head wind and numbness: Use one sheng of chicken feces from black hens collected in the twelfth lunar month, stir-fry until yellow, grind into powder, place in a silk bag, and steep in three sheng of wine. Frequently take warm doses until intoxicated. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Sore throat obstruction and swelling: Chew chicken feces white part and swallow the juice. (From *Qianjin*)
Toothache: Burn chicken feces white part to ash, wrap in cotton, and bite against the painful area for immediate relief. (From *Jingyan Houfang*)
Unstopping epistaxis: Take the white middle section of chicken feces, burn to ash, and insufflate into the nose. (Tang Shi *Jingyan Fang*)
Failure of teeth to erupt, *Puji*: Regardless of adult or child. Use fourteen pieces each of male and female chicken feces, roast and grind, add a little musk. First prick the gum to bleed, then apply the powder. Elderly persons will see results within twenty days; young persons within ten days. Another formula: Use only black hen feces (male and female), burn old hemp shoe soles to charred state, mix equal parts, add a little musk, rub continuously for three nights and days until warm. Li Chayuan Liangqing used this with success.
Deafness: Stir-fry half sheng of chicken feces white part, stir-fry one sheng of black beans, throw into two sheng of non-intoxicating wine while hot, drink, and induce sweating. Do not be surprised if ears sound like drums. (From *Waitai*)
Facial and bodily jaundice: Chicken feces white part, adzuki beans, and broomcorn millet, each two fen. Grind into powder. Divide into three doses, take with water; yellow fluid should be discharged. (From *Zhouhou Fang*)
Fetus dead in uterus: Twenty-one pieces of male chicken feces, two sheng of water, decoct to obtain five he, add rice and cook into porridge to eat; the fetus will be expelled. (From *Chanbao*)
Milk stasis and mastitis: Stir-fry and grind chicken feces white part, take one fangcun bi with wine; healed after three doses taken shortly after. (From *Chanbao*) Cracked nipples: Same formula as above. Mei Shi.
Internal abscess not yet formed: Collect feces from a brooding hen, mix with water and take; heals immediately. (From *Qianjin*) Head scurf and baldness: Male chicken feces powder, wash with aged sauce and vinegar. (From *Qianjin*)
Eliminate scars: Use three jin of lard to feed one black hen. After three days, collect white feces, combine with one tael each of Angelica dahurica (Baizhi) and Chinese angelica root (Danggui), decoct for ten boils, remove dregs, add half liang of hawk feces white part, mix and apply. (From *Waitai*)
Malignant sores in ear: Stir-fry and grind chicken feces white part, apply. (From *Shenghui*) Scrofula sores: Burn male chicken feces to ash, mix with lard from the twelfth lunar month, apply. (From *Qianjin*)
Death from gold ingestion poisoning: Take half sheng of chicken feces,淋 (drip/leach) with water to obtain one sheng of juice, drink, three times a day. (From *Zhouhou Fang*)
Strangulation not yet completely ceased: Take chicken feces white part the size of a date, mix with half a cup of wine, instill into mouth and nose. (From *Zhouhou*)
Chronic leg ulcers regardless of season: Boil chicken feces in water, soak for half a day, stop when healed. (From *Qianjin*) Toxic stream insects: Two pieces of white chicken feces, mix with maltose, apply to sore. (From *Zhouhou*)
Bone carbuncle not healing: Bone protrudes from the hole. Dig a pit, small opening, large interior, three chi deep. Put two sheng of dry chicken feces, mugwort, and briar leaves, pound into pieces, put in pit, burn until smoke rises. Expose the carbuncle opening to the smoke, cover with clothes to prevent gas leakage. In half a day, worms should emerge; very effective. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Yin toxin abdominal pain: One handful each of chicken feces, black beans, and Kochia scoparia fruit (Difuzi), one clump of tangled hair, stir-fry together until smoking, pour into one bowl of good wine to steep, remove dregs, take hot to stop pain. (From *Shengsheng Bian*)
Pediatric heart pain: Five qian of white black-hen feces (sun-dried and ground), five qian of pine resin, grind into powder, mix with green onion head juice, make pills the size of paulownia seeds, coat with red lead oxide (Huangdan). Take five pills per dose with vinegar soup. Avoid cold, raw, and hard foods; effective in three to four days. (From *Yingtong Baiwen*)
Chicken egg (Jizi, i.e., chicken ovum): Eggs from yellow female hens are superior; those from black female hens are secondary.
[Flavor and Toxicity] Sweet, neutral, non-toxic.
Sun Simiao said: Slightly cold. Adversely affected by strong vinegar. Chen Cangqi said: Should not be eaten in excess; causes bowel sounds and agitates wind qi. Eaten with garlic and onions, causes shortness of breath; eaten with leek seeds, causes wind pain; eaten with softshell turtle meat, damages the body; eaten with otter meat, causes Dunshi Zhu (wandering corpse accumulation), untreatable by medicine; eaten with rabbit meat, causes dysentery. Gui Nong said: Pregnant women eating eggs and carp cause infants to be born with sores; eating with glutinous rice causes infants to have parasites. Li Shizhen said: Infants suffering from smallpox/rash must avoid eggs and the smell of cooking eggs, as it causes eye membrane formation.
[Indications] Treats heat-fire burning sores and epilepsy. Can be used to manufacture amber-like divine substances (*Benjing*). Tao Hongjing said: Using unhatched eggs (mixed yolk and white) for boiling produces something very similar, except it does not attract mustard seeds. Also, boiling the white part and holding it in silver containers turns it golden quickly. Calms the heart, stabilizes the five zang organs, stops fright, calms the fetus, treats epidemic febrile diseases with mania during pregnancy, male scrotal dampness and itching, and restores voice loss in throat obstruction. Vinegar-boiled eggs treat chronic red and white dysentery and postpartum deficiency dysentery. Fried with Guangfen (calamine/light powder) stops childhood malnutrition dysentery and female genital sores. Taken with Doulin Jiu (bean-leaking wine) treats thief-wind paralysis. Vinegar-soaked until spoiled, applied to skin blemishes. Made into wine, treats postpartum blood vertigo, warms the Water Organ (Kidney), reduces urination, stops tinnitus. Fried with wax, treats tinnitus, deafness, and childhood malnutrition dysentery (*Rihua*). Tonifies qi. Boil one egg in turbid water, take with water, main indication is postpartum dysentery. Decocted with wax, stops pediatric dysentery (Cangqi). For adults and children with fever, mix one he of white honey with three eggs, stir and take; immediate relief (Meng Shen). *Taiping Yulan* states: Swallow one black hen egg on New Year's Day to refine the form. *Lou Shenshu* states: At midnight on the last night of the eighth lunar month, face north and swallow one black hen egg to become invisible for specific purposes.
[Elucidation] Li Shizhen said: Egg white resembles Heaven, its qi is clear, its nature is slightly cold; egg yolk resembles Earth, its qi is turbid, its nature is warm; the whole egg uses both yolk and white, its nature is neutral. Those lacking essence are tonified with qi, so egg white clears qi and treats latent heat, red eyes, and sore throat; those lacking form are tonified with flavor, so egg yolk nourishes blood and treats dysentery and obstetric conditions; the whole egg regulates both qi and blood, thus treating the aforementioned conditions.
[Attached Formulas] Nine old formulas, twenty-two new formulas. Epidemic disease unresolved after sweating: Take five fresh eggs, pour into a cup, add water (amount of one egg) and stir until cloudy. Boil one sheng of water separately, drop in the eggs, stir slightly until just cooked, pour into a bowl, add a little soy sauce clear liquid, smell slightly fishy, drink while hot, cover to induce sweating and cure. (Xu Renze Formula) Epidemic vomiting and regurgitation, food vomited immediately upon intake: One egg, boiled for three to five boils, soaked in cold water briefly, swallowed. (*Waitai*)
Cold damage causing madness, extreme irritability and heat: Swallow one raw egg; effective. (*Shijian*)
Thirty-Six Yellow Emergency Formula: One egg, burned with shell to ash, ground, mixed with one he of vinegar and warmed, taken at once; emergence of worms from the nose indicates efficacy. For extremely yellow bodies, no more than three eggs needed, miraculous effect. (*Waitai Mi Yao*)
White Tiger Wind Disease: Cangqi said: Rub the diseased area with an egg, chant incantations, and place the excrement on top of a dung heap; heals within three times. White Tiger is the god of dung, loves eggs.
Generalized edema: Mix egg yolk and white, apply to swollen areas. Reapply when dry. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Chronic asthma: Slightly crack an egg, soak in urine vat for three to four days, boil and eat; removes wind-phlegm. (*Jicheng*)
Heart qi pain: Break one egg, mix with two he of vinegar, warm and take at once. (*Zhouhou*)
Childhood malnutrition dysentery with abdominal distension: Make a hole in one egg, insert one peeled croton seed (Badou) and one qian of calomel (Qingfen), wrap in fifty layers of paper, steam over rice cooker three times, cool, remove shell and grind, add a little musk, mix with paste to make rice-grain-sized pills. Take two to three pills with warm water after meals. (*Jingyan Fang*)
Preventive solution for smallpox toxicity: Baohe Formula: One egg, insert one live earthworm, steam over rice until cooked, remove worm, give to child. Eat one egg every Spring Equinox annually; lifelong immunity from smallpox.
Li's Formula: One egg, soaked in child's urine for seven days, boiled and eaten; permanent immunity from smallpox.
Li Jie's Formula: Three to five first-laid eggs, soaked in latrine pit for five to seven days, taken out, boiled and eaten; eat one every few days; permanent immunity from smallpox. (Formula obtained by Marshal Xu from a Zhejiang native)
Red marks from smallpox: One egg (soaked in wine lees for seven days), fourteen powdered white silkworm pupae (Bai Jiangcan), mix evenly, rub on red marks; very effective. (*Shenghui*)
Sparrow egg facial spots: Soak egg in vinegar until spoiled, take out and apply. (*Puji*) Prevent fetal harm during epidemic diseases in pregnancy: Place seven eggs in a well to cool, take out, break, and swallow. (*Zimu Milu*)
Desire to abort fetus: One egg, add three finger-pinches of salt, take. (Zhang Wenzhong Formula) Restless fetus with bleeding: Cangqi said: Break two eggs, mix with white flour to resemble thin porridge, eat at once.
Fetus dead in uterus: One egg each from three families, one pinch of salt each from three families, one sheng of water each from three families, cook together. Have the woman face east and drink; expulsion occurs immediately. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Excessive postpartum bleeding: Three black hen eggs, half sheng of vinegar, two sheng of wine, mix and stir, decoct to obtain two sheng, divide into four doses. (*Shiyi*)
Postpartum heart pain: Boil egg in wine, eat to calm. (*Beiji Fang*)
Postpartum dry mouth and retracted tongue: Break one egg, mix with one zhong of water and take. (*Jingyan Houfang*)
Head wind with white dandruff: Three freshly laid black hen eggs, mix with five sheng of boiling water, wash hair three times; very good. (*Jiyan*)
Axillary fox odor: Two eggs, boiled, peeled, held hot against armpits, cooled, discarded at a crossroads, do not look back. Repeat three times for efficacy. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Mineral drug-induced thirst: Soak egg in water, take the clear liquid raw; very good. (*Puji*)
Rescue from wild gelsemium (Yege) poisoning after death: Open mouth with object, instill three eggs; soon vomits gelsemium, then revives. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Human vine poison (Humancao): Also known as Intestine-Cutting Grass. One leaf entering the mouth causes bleeding from all orifices. Urgently take Fenghuang Tai (egg incubating but chick not yet formed; exclude fully formed ones), pound to paste, mix with sesame oil, and instill. Must vomit toxic matter to survive; delay leads to death. (*Lingnan Weisheng Fang*)
Carbuncle and back abscess: Initial stage, or after ten days, with red swelling, heat, and day-night pain unresponsive to hundred medicines. Take one egg, fresh dog feces the size of an egg, mix evenly, simmer on low fire to proper consistency, shape into cake, apply to top of swelling, wrap with cloth. Check frequently, replace when cake becomes hot, do not allow movement or cessation of warmth, keep overnight to set. If older lesions, apply for three days, change once daily, until healed. This formula is foul and unsuitable for nobles. No other formula can match it, but keep for reference. (*Qianjin Fang*)
Spider, scorpion, snake bites: One egg, lightly tap small hole, seal immediately; heals instantly. (*Bingbu Shouji*)
Earwig urine sores: Same method as above. General body fever, regardless of adult or child: Take three eggs, mix with one he of white honey, take; immediate relief. (*Puji Fang*)
Egg White
[Flavor and Toxicity] Sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic.
[Indications] Heat-red pain in eyes, removes latent heat below the heart, stops irritability, fullness, cough, and reverse flow, pediatric diarrhea, difficult labor in women, retained placenta; swallow raw. Soak in vinegar overnight, treats jaundice, breaks severe irritability and heat (*Bi Lu*). Postpartum blood closure not descending, take one white, mix with half vinegar and take (Cangqi). Mix with adzuki bean powder, apply to all heat toxins, erysipelas swelling, and mumps pain; miraculous effect. In winter, soak fresh ones in wine, seal tightly for seven days, take out.
[Elucidation] Zong Ang said: Postpartum blood vertigo, body rigidity, mouth and eyes pulled upward, unconsciousness. Take one egg, remove shell, divide...
Very agile. Black hen eggs are especially good.
[Attached Formulas] Four old formulas, six new formulas. Seasonal jaundice: Soak egg in vinegar and wine overnight, swallow several whites. (*Zhouhou Fang*)
Dysentery with red and white stool: One raw egg, spread white on connected paper, dry in sun, fold four layers, wrap ten fat dark plums, place in iron smoothing iron, burn with white charcoal to retain property, take out, cover with bowl, grind into powder when cool, add a little mercury powder, mix evenly. Adults divide into two doses, children three doses, take with morning well water on empty stomach. If slight diarrhea felt, do not take further. (*Leizheng*)
Roundworm attacking heart, spitting clear water: Remove yolk from one egg, put good lacquer into the shell, mix. Swallow with head tilted back; worms will exit. (*Gujin Luyan*)
Five types of Dunshi: Symptoms include abdominal distension, urgent breathing rushing to heart, bulging, or pulling waist and spine. Swallow one egg white at once; good. (*Qianjin*)
Throat obstruction, nasal sores, dry retching, headache, inability to eat: Make a hole in one egg, remove yolk leaving white, add rice vinegar, boil over small fire, remove and repeat three times. Drink while hot; heals in one or two doses. (*Guangji Fang*)
Facial sores: Soak egg in three-year-old vinegar for three nights until soft, take white and apply. (*Zhouhou*)
Scalds and burns: Mix egg white with wine to wash, frequent washing promotes easy flesh regeneration. Avoid stimulating foods. Or apply raw. (*Jingyan Mifang*)
Hair grease: Apply egg white, wash off shortly after; shiny and not dry. (*Binhu*) Dark face made white: Three eggs, soaked in wine, sealed tightly for forty-seven days. Apply white to face nightly, like snow white. (*Puji*) Face coating to preserve youth: One egg, make hole, remove yolk leaving white, add a little Jinhua rouge and cinnabar, seal with paper, incubate with hen until another egg is hatched, dry, and apply to face. Does not wash off, remains red for half a year. (*Puji*)
Egg Yolk
[Flavor and Toxicity] Sweet, warm, non-toxic.
[Indications] Vinegar-boiled, treats postpartum deficiency and dysentery, pediatric fever. Cooked and eaten, removes irritability and heat. Refined, treats vomiting and regurgitation. Mixed with Dichroa root powder to make pills, taken with bamboo leaf decoction, treats chronic malaria (*Yaoxing*). Stir-fry to extract oil, mix with powder, apply to head sores (*Rihua*).
For sudden dry retching, swallow several raw; good. For urinary retention, also swallow raw; effective after several times. Tonifies yin blood, resolves heat toxins, treats dysentery, very effective (Li Shizhen).
[Elucidation] Li Shizhen said: Egg yolk has rich flavor and qi, yin within yin, thus can tonify form. Ancients said it has same merit as Donkey-hide gelatin (Ejiao), which is exactly this meaning. Its treatment of vomiting and sores relies on removing heat and attracting worms. Song said: Eggs are used most in medicine, and the hair-decoction formula is particularly unique. Liu Yuxi's *Chuanxin Fang* states: Tangled hair egg ointment treats children's heat sores. Use five eggs, remove white take yolk, tangled hair the size of an egg, mix, stew in iron pot over charcoal fire. Initially very dry, soon hair chars, then liquid appears. Take and put in bowl, until liquid exhausted. Apply to sores, then dust with Sophora root powder. Recently had a son in Wuling, developed heat sores in maternity bed, applying various medicines was useless, condition worsened daily, spreading over half body, crying day and night, refusing milk and sleep. Reading Compendium entry on hair: Combine with egg yolk decoction, dissolve into water, treat pediatric fright-heat and dysentery. Note says: