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One name is Bobge (a type of pigeon), wild ones are called Bo, domesticated ones are called Ge. Its nature and flavor are salty and neutral; it benefits essence, regulates qi, and resolves the toxicity of various medicines. It is beneficial for those with deficiency and damage to consume. It also treats malignant sores and stubborn tinea; white ones are used in medicine. Pigeon eggs: reduce the severity of smallpox/rash and detoxify. Feces: named Zuolongpan (Left Coiling Dragon), foul-smelling, kills tuberculosis worms. Taken with wine, it dissipates accumulations and masses. Those with consumptive diseases should keep them. For human or horse scabies and sores, stir-fry, grind, and apply externally.

It belongs to the Xun trigram, its nature and flavor are sweet and warm; it benefits the liver and tonifies deficiency, making it suitable for women. Excessive consumption can stir wind and induce disease; men with impotence should avoid it. Yellow female chicken: tonifies postpartum weakness and emaciation. Red male chicken: eliminates leukorrhea and metrorrhagia. Five-clawed white silky-feathered chicken: treats Jiu Zhuo (bird-pecking sores/ulcers), fright-induced bi pain. Blood from the comb of a male chicken: wards off evil influences and hostile qi, applied to facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes). Chicken liver: prevents water retention, grinds to treat childhood malnutrition (Gan accumulation) and corneal opacity. Ji Neijin (Chicken Gizzard Lining): also known as Jimunpi (Chicken Gizzard Skin) or Ji [missing character]. It attacks abdominal distension, dissolves hard accumulations, used after stir-frying and grinding. Chicken egg: sweet and neutral, nourishes the heart and moistens the lungs, clears the throat and restores voice; excessive consumption causes chest stuffiness. Hatched shell: ground into powder, mixed with milk, applied to eyes to remove opacity. The white membrane inside the egg: opens chronic cough and stagnant qi. Jishi Bai (Chicken Droppings - White part): burned to ash, taken with wine, treats abdominal distension and fullness; inability to eat at night despite eating in the morning. Ji Tangfen (Chicken Watery Droppings): draws out toxins when applied to carbuncles, disperses abscesses and gangrene, effective for redness and swelling.

It belongs to Water and Wood, its nature and flavor are sweet and neutral; it benefits the liver and nourishes the kidney, reduces fever and tonifies exhaustion, serving as a specific medicine for menstrual irregularities and postpartum deficiency heat. Those with black tongue coating are considered good quality. Inferior quality is unsuitable for medicinal use. Chickens come in five colors; black chickens with white heads, five claws, and six toes; chickens that die unable to extend their legs—all contain toxins and should not be lightly consumed.

It is the pheasant. Its nature belongs to the Li fire, flavor sour, sweet, and slightly warm; it tonifies and stops diarrhea, effectively removes ants [contextual metaphor or literal], but excessive consumption can stir fire and wind.

Crane eats snakes and vipers; blood from the crown is most toxic. If one wishes to commit suicide, consuming it leads to immediate death. Stones from the gizzard: ground into juice, resolves insect poison.

Salty, warm, and slippery in nature; it moves freely, draws out toxins, guides other medicines directly to the disease site, treating deafness, bi syndrome, carbuncles, and swelling. The oil is melted by heat, and only its crop [context unclear, likely referring to a part or method] is suitable for external application, not for decoctions or pills.