海兽也。得水中之阳气，味咸性大热，无毒，味与獭肝相似，但其气倍热耳，主鬼
气邪魅。鬼交者，因专补阳气，神明得振，而阴邪自辟也。主宿血 癖，垂羸者，取咸
能入血软坚，温能通行消散也。房术中多用者，取咸温入肾，补虚固精气，壮阳道也。
凡用酒浸一宿，纸裹炙香，锉，或酒煎热合药。
腽肭脐，性大热，凡投睡熟犬边，犬乃惊狂跳跃，置寒冻水内，水暖不冰者方真。
疗癖 羸，脾胃劳极，破宿血结聚，腰膝寒酸，辟鬼气，梦与鬼交，逐魅邪，睡被梦
魇除积冷，益元阳，坚举阳管不衰，善助房术。
类鼠属水，皮毛戟刺如针，属金，故味苦平，平即兼辛，大肠属金，以类相从，故
能治大肠湿热。血热为病，及五痔阴蚀，下而不止也。阴肿痛引腰背，腹痛疝积，皆下
焦湿热，邪气留结所致，辛以散之。苦以泄之，故主之也。肉味甘平能开胃气，故止反
胃亦主痔 肠风者，皆去湿和胃之功也。凡食其肉，当捡去骨。若误食，令人瘦劣、诸节渐小也。
皮毛，烧灰热酒调服，主五痔，血流大肠，理诸疝，痛引小腹，治胃逆而开胃
气，塞鼻衄而消鼻痔，止腹胀痛，除阴肿痛。肉啖之易肥，乃理中令人能食。
鸡为阳禽，属木，而外应乎风，故在卦为巽，故性热动风。其色虽有丹、白、黄、
鸟，总之性热，补阳起阴，兼有风火之义。惟乌骨者，别是一种，独得水木之精气，故
主阴虚发热，蓐劳崩中等症也。但鸡性热动风，凡热病初愈，痈疽未溃，素有风病，咸
宜忌之。乌骨鸡得水中之精气，味甘，平，无毒，其性属阴，能走肝肾血分，补血益
阴，则虚劳羸弱可除，阴回热去，则津液自生，渴自止矣。阴平阳秘，表里固密，邪恶
之气，不得入心腹，和而痛自止，鬼亦不能犯矣。益阴则冲任带三脉俱旺，故能除崩中
带下，一切虚损诸疾也。古方乌骨鸡丸，治妇人百病者，以其有补虚益阴入血分之功
也。鬼击卒死，用其热血涂心下即生者，杀鬼之验也。鸡冠血用三年老雄者，取其阳气
充溢也，丹雄鸡为阳禽，冠血乃诸阳之所聚，故能治中恶，客忤阴邪，及风中血脉，
则口角歪僻，用冠血涂颊上即正，取咸能走血透肌肉故主之。又和酒服发痘最佳，取其
鸡属巽，属风，顶血至清至高也，对口毒疮，热鸡冠血频涂即散，取毒以攻毒，且风
势善行也。中蜈蚣毒，舌胀退场门，雄鸡冠血浸舌，并咽即消，取物性之有畏恶，而得制
伏也。雄鸡肝，味甘，微苦，性温，能入足少阴经，治阴痿不起，故《千金方》用雄鸡
肝三具，菟丝子一升，为末，雀卵和丸，如小豆大，每五六十丸，酒下，日三服，以为
强阳之用。又入足厥阴经，以治小儿疳积，眼目不明者，取其导引入肝气类相感之义，
肝实热者。有鸡肝丸，用雄鸡软肝一具，白酒蒸熟，去筋，膜捣烂入胡黄连二钱，白芙
蓉花阴干，去心蒂七茱，肉豆蔻一个，面裹煨去油，共为细末，杵肝为丸，分作五六
日，白汤化服。肝虚热者，有鸡肝散，用明雄黄钱许，桑白皮五钱，焙燥鸡内金一个，
瓦上炙黄，共为末，掺于用上，窝儿白酒，铜石器内蒸熟，去药食之。鸡屎白，乃雄鸡
屎有白者，脂月取之，白鸡乌骨者更良，即《素问》名鸡矢，其性微寒，乃肠胃所出之
物，故能复走肠胃治病也。《经》云∶心腹满，旦食不能暮食，名为鼓胀。治之以鸡矢
醴一剂知，二剂已，醴者，用鸡干矣，炒黄浸入酒醅。滤汁饮之。盖湿热胀满，则小便
不利，鸡屎能通利下泄，则湿热从小便而出，蛊胀自愈。又主石淋利小便，止遗尿
者，亦此意耳。其转筋者，血热也，伤寒寒热，及消渴者，热在阳明也，瘢痕者，血热
壅滞肌肉也。寒能总除诸热。故并主之。又和炒黑豆浸酒服，治贼风风痹者，盖风为阳
邪，因热而生，鸡屎寒能除热，且本与风木之气相通，取其从类之义也。鸡子禀生化最
初之气，如混沌未分之形，故卵白象天，其
气清性微寒，故疗目热赤痛，除心下复热，止烦满咳逆，小儿下泄，妇人产难胞衣不
出，敷痈痘肿毒。卵黄象地，其气浊，性微温，卵则兼清浊而为体，其味甘气凉，故主
除热，疗火灼，胎疮风热，痫痉及伤寒少阴，咽痛，用生鸡卵，童便浸透煮，熟每日
儿食一杖，可免痘疮之患。抱出卵壳，研末磨障翳，炒研细敷下疳，并取其蜕脱之义
也，又主伤寒劳复，熬令黄黑为末，热汤和服一合，取汗即出愈，以其禀属巽属风之
性，且得久抱精华所钟，借此以祛劳中所复也。卵中白皮主久咳，气结得麻黄，紫菀和
服之，立止，亦取其禀巽风，善行之性。且得清浮轻扬之体，入肺，以破结气耳。肫内
黄皮一名鸡内金，味苦，微寒，乃消化水谷之所，其气通达，大肠膀胱二经，其主泄
利，及小便淋沥遗尿，除热止烦者，盖大肠有热则泄利，膀胱有热，或不约为遗，或热
结为沥，得微寒之气自愈矣。烦因热而生，热去而烦自止也，以之治病多效者，亦以磨
谷精热之，以与肝有同气之义耳。
鸡性动风，患筋挛切忌，味助火，病骨热须防。丹雄鸡补虚温中，通神健脉，止血
除血漏，杀毒辟不祥，粪炒黑淬酒，治白虎风，止痛兼除膨胀。白雄鸡，疗狂邪下气，
止消渴调中，利小便，压丹毒。乌雄鸡补虚损劳中，辟中恶，止心腹作痛，疗折伤痈
肿，杀鬼安胎，女人崩中带下，一切虚损诸疾。鸡内金，性寒去烦热。黄雌鸡，益气壮
阳，伤中消渴，安五脏禁泄痢，疗劳劣遗尿，续绝伤健脾。鸡卵煮啖，镇心止惊，益
气开喉音，去风安胎孕。卵黄和发煎出油，敷小儿火灼疮疡。壳内白衣名风凰退。散久
咳结气。黑雌鸡能养血安胎，治痈肿腓脓，主风寒湿痹，补产后虚羸，卵补真阴不足，
止产血勤来。鸡窠草，密置席下，禁小儿夜啼。
主治（痘疹合参） 雄鸡头鸡脑，大能发痘，凡不起发，或头面陷伏，不能溃脓者
食之最妙，当灌浆时，不拘鸡头，即鸡肉煮食极佳。鸡冠血，和无灰酒浆服之，初起发
痘最宜，盖鸡为阳精，而属巽风，顶血又至清至高也，用之神效。
海兽也。得水中之阳气，味咸性大热，无毒，味与獭肝相似，但其气倍热耳，主鬼气邪魅。鬼交者，因专补阳气，神明得振，而阴邪自辟也。主宿血癖，垂羸者，取咸能入血软坚，温能通行消散也。房术中多用者，取咸温入肾，补虚固精气，壮阳道也。凡用酒浸一宿，纸裹炙香，锉，或酒煎热合药。
腽肭脐，性大热，凡投睡熟犬边，犬乃惊狂跳跃，置寒冻水内，水暖不冰者方真。疗癖羸，脾胃劳极，破宿血结聚，腰膝寒酸，辟鬼气，梦与鬼交，逐魅邪，睡被梦魇除积冷，益元阳，坚举阳管不衰，善助房术。
类鼠属水，皮毛戟刺如针，属金，故味苦平，平即兼辛，大肠属金，以类相从，故能治大肠湿热。血热为病，及五痔阴蚀，下而不止也。阴肿痛引腰背，腹痛疝积，皆下焦湿热，邪气留结所致，辛以散之。苦以泄之，故主之也。肉味甘平能开胃气，故止反胃亦主痔肠风者，皆去湿和胃之功也。凡食其肉，当捡去骨。若误食，令人瘦劣、诸节渐小也。
皮毛，烧灰热酒调服，主五痔，血流大肠，理诸疝，痛引小腹，治胃逆而开胃气，塞鼻衄而消鼻痔，止腹胀痛，除阴肿痛。肉啖之易肥，乃理中令人能食。
鸡为阳禽，属木，而外应乎风，故在卦为巽，故性热动风。其色虽有丹、白、黄、鸟，总之性热，补阳起阴，兼有风火之义。惟乌骨者，别是一种，独得水木之精气，故主阴虚发热，蓐劳崩中等症也。但鸡性热动风，凡热病初愈，痈疽未溃，素有风病，咸宜忌之。乌骨鸡得水中之精气，味甘，平，无毒，其性属阴，能走肝肾血分，补血益阴，则虚劳羸弱可除，阴回热去，则津液自生，渴自止矣。阴平阳秘，表里固密，邪恶之气，不得入心腹，和而痛自止，鬼亦不能犯矣。益阴则冲任带三脉俱旺，故能除崩中带下，一切虚损诸疾也。古方乌骨鸡丸，治妇人百病者，以其有补虚益阴入血分之功也。鬼击卒死，用其热血涂心下即生者，杀鬼之验也。鸡冠血用三年老雄者，取其阳气充溢也，丹雄鸡为阳禽，冠血乃诸阳之所聚，故能治中恶，客忤阴邪，及风中血脉，则口角歪僻，用冠血涂颊上即正，取咸能走血透肌肉故主之。又和酒服发痘最佳，取其鸡属巽，属风，顶血至清至高也，对口毒疮，热鸡冠血频涂即散，取毒以攻毒，且风势善行也。中蜈蚣毒，舌胀退场门，雄鸡冠血浸舌，并咽即消，取物性之有畏恶，而得制伏也。雄鸡肝，味甘，微苦，性温，能入足少阴经，治阴痿不起，故《千金方》用雄鸡肝三具，菟丝子一升，为末，雀卵和丸，如小豆大，每五六十丸，酒下，日三服，以为强阳之用。又入足厥阴经，以治小儿疳积，眼目不明者，取其导引入肝气类相感之义，肝实热者。有鸡肝丸，用雄鸡软肝一具，白酒蒸熟，去筋，膜捣烂入胡黄连二钱，白芙蓉花阴干，去心蒂七茱，肉豆蔻一个，面裹煨去油，共为细末，杵肝为丸，分作五六日，白汤化服。肝虚热者，有鸡肝散，用明雄黄钱许，桑白皮五钱，焙燥鸡内金一个，瓦上炙黄，共为末，掺于用上，窝儿白酒，铜石器内蒸熟，去药食之。鸡屎白，乃雄鸡屎有白者，脂月取之，白鸡乌骨者更良，即《素问》名鸡矢，其性微寒，乃肠胃所出之物，故能复走肠胃治病也。《经》云∶心腹满，旦食不能暮食，名为鼓胀。治之以鸡矢醴一剂知，二剂已，醴者，用鸡干矣，炒黄浸入酒醅。滤汁饮之。盖湿热胀满，则小便不利，鸡屎能通利下泄，则湿热从小便而出，蛊胀自愈。又主石淋利小便，止遗尿者，亦此意耳。其转筋者，血热也，伤寒寒热，及消渴者，热在阳明也，瘢痕者，血热壅滞肌肉也。寒能总除诸热。故并主之。又和炒黑豆浸酒服，治贼风风痹者，盖风为阳邪，因热而生，鸡屎寒能除热，且本与风木之气相通，取其从类之义也。鸡子禀生化最初之气，如混沌未分之形，故卵白象天，其气清性微寒，故疗目热赤痛，除心下复热，止烦满咳逆，小儿下泄，妇人产难胞衣不出，敷痈痘肿毒。卵黄象地，其气浊，性微温，卵则兼清浊而为体，其味甘气凉，故主除热，疗火灼，胎疮风热，痫痉及伤寒少阴，咽痛，用生鸡卵，童便浸透煮，熟每日儿食一杖，可免痘疮之患。抱出卵壳，研末磨障翳，炒研细敷下疳，并取其蜕脱之义也，又主伤寒劳复，熬令黄黑为末，热汤和服一合，取汗即出愈，以其禀属巽属风之性，且得久抱精华所钟，借此以祛劳中所复也。卵中白皮主久咳，气结得麻黄，紫菀和服之，立止，亦取其禀巽风，善行之性。且得清浮轻扬之体，入肺，以破结气耳。肫内黄皮一名鸡内金，味苦，微寒，乃消化水谷之所，其气通达，大肠膀胱二经，其主泄利，及小便淋沥遗尿，除热止烦者，盖大肠有热则泄利，膀胱有热，或不约为遗，或热结为沥，得微寒之气自愈矣。烦因热而生，热去而烦自止也，以之治病多效者，亦以磨谷精热之，以与肝有同气之义耳。
鸡性动风，患筋挛切忌，味助火，病骨热须防。丹雄鸡补虚温中，通神健脉，止血除血漏，杀毒辟不祥，粪炒黑淬酒，治白虎风，止痛兼除膨胀。白雄鸡，疗狂邪下气，止消渴调中，利小便，压丹毒。乌雄鸡补虚损劳中，辟中恶，止心腹作痛，疗折伤痈肿，杀鬼安胎，女人崩中带下，一切虚损诸疾。鸡内金，性寒去烦热。黄雌鸡，益气壮阳，伤中消渴，安五脏禁泄痢，疗劳劣遗尿，续绝伤健脾。鸡卵煮啖，镇心止惊，益气开喉音，去风安胎孕。卵黄和发煎出油，敷小儿火灼疮疡。壳内白衣名风凰退。散久咳结气。黑雌鸡能养血安胎，治痈肿腓脓，主风寒湿痹，补产后虚羸，卵补真阴不足，止产血勤来。鸡窠草，密置席下，禁小儿夜啼。
主治（痘疹合参） 雄鸡头鸡脑，大能发痘，凡不起发，或头面陷伏，不能溃脓者食之最妙，当灌浆时，不拘鸡头，即鸡肉煮食极佳。鸡冠血，和无灰酒浆服之，初起发痘最宜，盖鸡为阳精，而属巽风，顶血又至清至高也，用之神效。
Sea beast. It obtains the Yang Qi of water, with a salty flavor and great heat nature, non-toxic. Its taste is similar to that of Otter Liver (Tatan Gan), but its heat property is double. It primarily treats Gui Qi (ghost qi/evil influences) and Xie Mei (malevolent spirits). For Gui Jiao (sexual intercourse with ghosts/dreams of sexual encounters with spirits), it works by specifically tonifying Yang Qi; when Shen Ming (spiritual consciousness) is invigorated, Yin evil naturally repels itself. It treats Su Xue Pi (accumulated blood masses) and Chui Lei (emaciation due to chronic illness); this is because saltiness can enter the blood to soften hardness, and warmth can promote circulation and dissipate accumulation. In sexual arts, it is often used because its salty and warm nature enters the Kidney to tonify deficiency, consolidate Essence and Qi, and strengthen the Yang pathway. Generally, it is soaked in wine overnight, wrapped in paper and roasted until fragrant, then chopped, or decocted in hot wine and mixed with other medicines.
Tan Ren Qi (Fossa's Umbilical Cord), with a great heat nature: if placed beside a sleeping dog, the dog will jump up wildly; if placed in freezing cold water, the water remains warm and does not freeze—this indicates authenticity. It treats Pi Lei (masses and emaciation), extreme exhaustion of the Spleen and Stomach, breaks up accumulated blood clots, alleviates cold and soreness in the waist and knees, repels ghost qi, prevents dreams of sexual intercourse with ghosts, drives away malevolent spirits, cures sleep paralysis (Meng Yan), removes accumulated cold, benefits Yuan Yang (primordial Yang), strengthens and sustains erection without decline, and effectively aids sexual arts.
The animal resembles a rat, belongs to Water, but its fur has bristles like needles, belonging to Metal. Thus, its flavor is bitter and neutral; neutrality implies a pungent quality. The Large Intestine belongs to Metal, so by similarity, it can treat Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine. Diseases caused by Blood Heat, as well as Wu Zhi (five types of hemorrhoids), Yin erosion, and persistent downward discharge, are treated. Swelling and pain in the genitals radiating to the lower back, abdominal pain, and hernia masses are all caused by Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao and lingering pathogenic factors. Pungency disperses them, bitterness drains them, thus it serves as the primary treatment. The meat has a sweet and neutral flavor, capable of opening Stomach Qi, thus stopping reverse regurgitation (Fan Wei). It also treats Hemorrhoids and Chang Feng (intestinal wind/hemorrhoidal bleeding), both through the functions of removing dampness and harmonizing the Stomach. When eating its meat, bones should be removed. If mistakenly eaten, it causes emaciation and gradual shrinking of joints.
The fur, burned to ash and taken with hot wine, treats Wu Zhi with bleeding from the Large Intestine, regulates various hernias with pain radiating to the lower abdomen, treats Stomach rebellion while opening Stomach Qi, stops epistaxis (Bi Nue) and eliminates nasal hemorrhoids, stops abdominal distension and pain, and removes genital swelling and pain. Eating the meat promotes fat gain and regulates the Middle Jiao to improve appetite.
The chicken is a Yang bird, belongs to Wood, and externally corresponds to Wind, hence in the I Ching hexagrams it corresponds to Xun (Wind), so its nature is hot and agitates Wind. Although its colors vary (red, white, yellow, black), generally its nature is hot, tonifying Yang and raising Yin, possessing the meaning of Wind and Fire. Only the Black-Boned Chicken is distinct, uniquely obtaining the Essence and Qi of Water and Wood, thus treating Yin Deficiency Fever, Ru Lao (postpartum consumption), and Beng Zhong (uterine bleeding) etc. However, since Chicken nature is hot and agitates Wind, it should be avoided by those recovering from acute febrile diseases, those with unruptured carbuncles and ulcers, and those with chronic Wind diseases. The Black-Boned Chicken obtains the Essence and Qi of water; its flavor is sweet and neutral, non-toxic, and its nature belongs to Yin. It travels to the Blood aspect of the Liver and Kidney, nourishing Blood and benefiting Yin. Thus, deficiency consumptive weakness can be eliminated; when Yin returns and heat leaves, Body Fluids generate spontaneously, and thirst stops. When Yin is balanced and Yang is secure, the exterior and interior are firm, evil Qi cannot enter the Heart and Abdomen, harmony is restored, pain stops spontaneously, and ghosts cannot harm. Benefiting Yin makes the Chong, Ren, and Dai meridians vigorous, thus treating Beng Zhong (uterine bleeding) and Dai Xia (leukorrhea), and all deficiency-related diseases. The ancient formula Wu Gu Ji Wan (Black-Boned Chicken Pill) treats hundreds of women's diseases because of its function to tonify deficiency, benefit Yin, and enter the Blood aspect. For Gui Ji (ghost strike/sudden death), applying its hot blood to the chest brings life back, proving its ghost-killing efficacy. For Cock Comb Blood, use three-year-old roosters to obtain abundant Yang Qi. The Red Rooster is a Yang bird, and comb blood gathers all Yangs, thus treating Zhong E (acute poisoning/shock), Ke Wu (alien pathogenic invasion), and Wind invading blood vessels causing facial deviation; applying comb blood to the cheeks corrects the deviation, because saltiness travels to blood and penetrates muscles. Taking it with wine is best for inducing smallpox eruption, because the chicken belongs to Xun/Wind, and top blood is the clearest and highest. For Du Chuang (carbuncles on the neck), frequently applying hot cock comb blood disperses the toxin, using poison to attack poison, and leveraging the mobile nature of Wind. For Centipede venom causing tongue swelling and anus prolapse, soaking the tongue in male cock comb blood and swallowing dissolves it, utilizing the mutual aversion of substances to achieve control. Male Chicken Liver has a sweet and slightly bitter flavor, warm nature, and enters the Foot Shaoyin Meridian, treating Impotence. Thus, *Qian Jin Fang* uses three male chicken livers, one sheng of Dodder Seed (Tusi Zi), ground into powder, mixed with Sparrow Eggs to form pills the size of mung beans, taken 50-60 pills at a time with wine, three times daily, to strengthen Yang. It also enters the Foot Jueyin Meridian to treat pediatric Gan Ji (malnutrition with parasites) and unclear vision, utilizing the principle of guiding Qi into the Liver through similarity. For Liver Excess Heat, there is Ji Gan Wan (Chicken Liver Pill): one soft liver of a male chicken, steamed in white wine, remove sinews and membranes, pound into paste, add 2 qian of Picrorhiza Rhizome (Huhuanglian), 7 dried White Hibiscus Flowers (Bai Furong Hua) with hearts and stems removed, one Nutmeg (Roudoukou) baked in flour to remove oil, grind all into fine powder, mix with liver paste to form pills, divide into doses for 5-6 days, dissolve in plain water to take. For Liver Deficiency Heat, there is Ji Gan San (Chicken Liver Powder): a coin-spoonful of Realgar (Xionghuang), 5 qian of Mulberry Root Bark (Sangbaipi), one dried Chicken Gizzard Lining (Jineijin) roasted on tiles until yellow, grind all into powder, apply externally. Mix with a cup of white wine, steam in copper or earthenware vessel, remove medicine and eat. Chicken Dropping White refers to the white part of male chicken droppings, collected monthly; white chickens with black bones are better. This is called Ji Shi in *Su Wen*. Its nature is slightly cold, being an excretion of the intestines and stomach, thus it can travel back to the intestines and stomach to treat disease. The Classics state: "Fullness of heart and abdomen, unable to eat dinner after eating breakfast, is named Gu Zhang (tympanites)." Treat with one dose of Ji Shi Li (Chicken Dropping Wine), improvement is seen; two doses, cured. Li refers to drying chickens, frying until yellow, soaking in wine lees, filtering juice and drinking. Since Damp-Heat distension leads to difficult urination, Chicken Dropping promotes downward drainage, allowing Damp-Heat to exit via urine, curing Gu Zhang spontaneously. It also treats Stone Lin (lithuria) by promoting urination and stopping enuresis, for the same reason. Tendon twitching is due to Blood Heat; Shao Han chills and fever, and Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst) involve Heat in the Yangming channel; scars result from Blood Heat stagnation in muscles. Coldness generally removes all heat, thus it treats all these. Mixed with fried black beans and soaked in wine, it treats Zei Feng (thief wind/wind-bi), because Wind is a Yang pathogen born of heat; Chicken Dropping is cold and removes heat, and originally connects with Wind-Wood Qi, utilizing the principle of similarity.
Chicken Egg embodies the initial Qi of generation, resembling undifferentiated chaos. Egg White represents Heaven, its Qi is clear and nature slightly cold, thus treating red painful eyes, removing recurrent heat under the heart, stopping irritability, fullness, cough, and asthma, pediatric diarrhea, postpartum difficulty delivering placenta, and applying to carbuncles and smallpox swellings. Egg Yolk represents Earth, its Qi is turbid and nature slightly warm. The egg combines clear and turbid to form its body; its flavor is sweet and Qi cool, thus treating heat removal, burns, fetal sores, wind-heat, epilepsy/spasms, and Shao Yin throat pain in Shao Han. Use raw chicken eggs, soak thoroughly in child's urine, boil, eat one daily to prevent smallpox complications. Hatched eggshells, ground to powder, rub against pterygium (Zhang Yi); finely ground and applied to chancre (Xia Gan), utilizing the meaning of shedding/renewal. It also treats Shao Han recurrence due to overwork: roast until yellow-black, grind to powder, mix with hot water and take one he, sweating ensues and cure follows, because it possesses Xun/Wind nature and concentrates essence from long incubation, borrowing this to dispel recurrence from labor. Inner membrane of egg (White Skin) treats chronic cough; combined with Ephedra Herb (Mahuang) and Aster Root (Ziwan) and taken together, it stops immediately, utilizing its Xun/Wind nature of good movement and its light, floating, ascending body entering the Lung to break stagnant Qi. Yellow skin inside the gizzard, named Ji Nei Jin, has a bitter flavor and slightly cold nature; it is the site of digesting food and drink, its Qi is penetrating, affecting the Large Intestine and Bladder meridians. It treats diarrhea and dribbling urine/enuresis, removes heat and stops irritability. Because Heat in Large Intestine causes diarrhea, Heat in Bladder causes either involuntary leakage or heat-stagnation dribbling, the slightly cold Qi heals them. Irritability arises from heat; removing heat stops irritability. It is effective in treating diseases because it grinds grain essence and heat, sharing the same Qi affinity with the Liver.
Chicken nature agitates Wind, strictly contraindicated for tendon spasms; flavor assists Fire, beware of bone heat. Red Rooster tonifies deficiency, warms Middle, unblocks Spirit, strengthens pulses, stops bleeding, removes blood leakage, kills toxins, wards off misfortune. Droppings fried black and quenched in wine treat Bai Hu Feng (gout/rheumatism), stop pain and remove distension. White Rooster treats maniacal evil, directs Qi downward, stops wasting-thirst, harmonizes Middle, promotes urination, suppresses erysipelas. Black Rooster tonifies deficiency and consumption, wards off acute shock, stops heart/abdominal pain, treats fractures/carbuncles/swellings, kills ghosts, calms fetus, treats uterine bleeding/leukorrhea in women, and all deficiency diseases. Ji Nei Jin is cold and removes irritability/heat. Yellow Hen benefits Qi, strengthens Yang, treats Middle injury/wasting-thirst, calms Five Zang, stops diarrhea/dysentery, treats consumption/emaciation/enuresis, repairs severe injuries, strengthens Spleen. Boiled Chicken Egg calms Heart, stops fright, benefits Qi, opens throat voice, expels Wind, calms fetus. Yolk boiled with hair yields oil, applied to infant burns/scalds. Inner shell membrane named Feng Huang Tui (Phoenix Shedding) disperses chronic cough/stagnant Qi. Black Hen nourishes Blood, calms fetus, treats carbuncles/pus, governs Wind-Cold-Damp Bi, tonifies postpartum deficiency, egg supplements True Yin insufficiency, stops excessive postpartum bleeding. Chicken Nest Grass, placed densely under mats, stops infant night crying.
Main Indications (Integrating Smallpox/Rash): Rooster head and brain greatly induce smallpox eruption. For cases where eruption fails to rise, or head/face sink without suppuration, eating this is optimal. During the filling stage, regardless of rooster head, cooking and eating chicken meat is excellent. Cock Comb Blood, mixed with non-grain alcohol solution and taken, is most suitable for early smallpox eruption. Because Chicken is Yang Essence and belongs to Xun/Wind, top blood is the clearest and highest, using it yields miraculous effects.