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味甘，寒，无毒。主石淋，消结热。可烧作灰，以石投中散解者，是雄也。
陶隐居云∶五月五日鹊脑，入术家用。一名飞驳乌。鸟之雌雄难别，旧云其翼左覆右是
雄，
右覆左是雌。又烧毛作屑纳水中，沉者是雄，浮者是雌。今云投石，恐止是鹊也，余鸟未必
尔。今按陈藏器本草云∶雄鹊子，下石淋，烧作灰淋取汁饮之，石即下。臣禹锡等谨按日
华子云∶雄鹊，凉。主消渴疾。巢，多年者，疗癫狂鬼魅及蛊毒等，烧之，仍呼祟物名号，
亦
敷疮，良。
图经曰∶雄鹊，旧不着所出州土，今在处有之。肉，主风，大小肠涩，四肢烦热，胸膈
痰结
，妇人不可食。《经》云∶烧作灰，以石投中散解者，是雄也。陶隐居云∶鸟之雌雄难别。
旧
云翼左复右是雄，右复左是雌。又烧毛作屑纳水，沉者是雄，浮者是雌。今云投石，恐止是
鹊如此，余鸟未必尔。鹊一名飞驳乌。又乌鸦今人多用，而《本经》不着，古方∶有用其翅
羽者。葛洪《肘后方》疗从高堕下，瘀血枨心，面青短气者，以乌翅收七枚，得右翅最良。
烧末酒服之，当吐血便愈。近世方家多用乌鸦之全者，以治急风。其法∶腊月捕取，翅羽、
嘴、足全者，泥缶固济，大火烧 入药，乌犀丸中用之。
Meat of the Male Magpie
Taste is sweet, nature is cold, non-toxic. It primarily treats Shi Lin (urinary calculi/stones) and dissipates accumulated heat. When burned to ash, if a stone thrown into it disperses and dissolves, it is identified as male.
Tao Hongjing stated: The brain of the magpie collected on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is used by Daoist practitioners. Another name is Feibo Wu (Flying Variegated Crow). It is difficult to distinguish the sex of birds; old texts state that if the left wing covers the right, it is male, and if the right wing covers the left, it is female. Another method states that when feathers are burned to ash and placed in water, those that sink are male, and those that float are female. The current statement regarding throwing stones likely applies only to magpies, and other birds may not exhibit this trait. According to Chen Cangqi's *Bencao*, the testicles of the male magpie treat Shi Lin; when burned to ash and the juice extracted via leaching with water is drunk, the stones will pass. Ministers Yuxi et al., according to Ri Huazi, stated: Male magpie is cool in nature. It primarily treats Xiao Ke disease (wasting-thirst/diabetes mellitus). A magpie's nest, especially one that has been there for many years, can treat dian kuang (mania/epilepsy), ghostly afflictions, and gu poison. When burned while calling out the names of the afflicting entities, it can also be applied externally to sores with good effect.
The *Tu Jing* (Illustrated Canon) states: The male magpie was not previously recorded as originating from specific provinces or lands; it is now found everywhere. Its meat treats wind pathogens, obstruction of the large and small intestines, vexing heat in the four limbs, and phlegm accumulation in the chest and diaphragm. Women should not consume it. The *Jing* text states: When burned to ash, if a stone thrown into it disperses and dissolves, it is male. Tao Hongjing stated: It is difficult to distinguish the sex of birds. Old texts state that if the left wing covers the right, it is male, and if the right wing covers the left, it is female. Another method states that when feathers are burned to ash and placed in water, those that sink are male, and those that float are female. The current statement regarding throwing stones likely applies only to magpies, and other birds may not exhibit this trait. The magpie is also known as Feibo Wu. Additionally, crows are widely used nowadays, though they were not recorded in the *Shennong Ben Cao Jing*. Ancient prescriptions include the use of crow wings and feathers. Ge Hong's *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang* (Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies) treats conditions resulting from falling from heights, where blood stasis obstructs the heart/chest, presenting with cyanotic face and shortness of breath. It prescribes seven crow wings, preferably the right wing. These are burned to powder and taken with wine; vomiting blood should occur, leading to recovery. In recent times, physicians often use whole crows to treat Ji Feng (acute wind/stroke). The method is: Capture them in the twelfth lunar month, selecting those with complete wings, feathers, beak, and feet. Seal them in a clay jar with mud, and roast over high fire to prepare for medicinal use, such as in the formulation Wuxi Wan.