瓜一名白瓜
〔害〕瓜性冷利，凡脏府有热者宜之。冷者食之瘦人，若虚寒肾冷，久病滑泄者勿食，
令人
反胃，须起霜食之，乃佳。
〔利〕甘平，补肝明目，清肺润痰。瓜，其性寒泻热，甘益脾，利二便，止消渴，消水
肿，
散热毒痈肿。皮，甘寒益脾，以皮行皮，故通二便，能消水肿，泻热毒，止消渴。叶，治消
渴、疟疾、寒热。
〔修治〕七八月采，待霜降后取之，收藏弥年，可作菜，果入药。漆、麝香及糯米触之，
必
烂。其子在瓤中成列、剖取去瓤，曝干用。凡药中所用瓜子，皆冬瓜子也。
〔害〕性热动风，凡热病初愈，痈疽未溃，素有风痰人，咸忌之。年久老鸡，脑有大毒，
食
之能发疔。中其毒发疔者，以玉枢丹解之。冠血性温，痘疮虚寒者得之，固可资其起发，倘
因血热而干枯焦黑者，误用能更转剧。世人屡用冠血、桑蠹虫发痘，而不分寒热者，误也。
鸡有五色。黑鸡白首者，六指者，四距者，鸡死足不伸者，阉鸡能啼者，并不宜食，食之害
人。
〔利〕甘温，属巽属木，补虚温中动风，煮汁性滑而濡。乌骨鸡，甘平属水，能益肝肾，
退
热补虚，治肝肾血分之病。
鸡冠居清高之分，其血乃精华所聚。雄而丹者属阳，故治中恶惊忤，热血沥口涂吹鼻，
本乎
天者亲上，故涂口眼 斜。
鸡子甘平，镇心安五脏，益气补血，散热定惊，止嗽止痢，多食令人滞闷。
哺鸡蛋壳，主伤寒劳复，研敷下疳，麻油调搽痘毒神效。
凤凰衣，主久咳结气失音。鸡屎白微寒，下气消积，通利大小便。内经用治蛊胀，合米
炒治
症，醋和涂蚯蚓蜈蚣咬毒。
鸡肫皮，一名鸡内金，一名 （音皮鸱），甘平性涩，鸡之脾也。消水杀虫，除热止
烦，通
小肠膀胱，治泻痢，便数，遗溺，溺血，崩带，肠风，膈消，反胃，小儿食疟。男用雌，女
用雄。
鸡肠治遗溺，小便数不禁。
鸡肝治肝虚目暗，治气噎食不消。
四月勿食抱鸡肉，令人作痈成漏，男女虚乏。小儿五岁以下，食鸡生蛔。鸡肉不可合胡
蒜、
芥李、犬肝、犬肾及兔食之，恐泄痢。同鱼汁食成心瘕，同鲤鱼食成痈疖，同獭肉食成遁口
，同生葱食成虫痔，同糯米食生蛔。
〔修治〕鸡虽属木，分而配之，则丹雄鸡得离火阳明之象，白雄鸡得庚金太白之象，故
辟邪
恶者宜之。乌雄鸡属木，乌雌鸡属水，故胎产宜之。黄雌鸡属土，故脾胃宜之。而乌骨者，
又得水木之精气，故虚热者宜之。反毛鸡治反胃，各从其类也。
冬瓜，又名白瓜。
〔危害〕冬瓜性味寒凉滑利，凡是脏腑有热的人适宜食用。体质虚寒者食用会导致身体消瘦；如果是肾阳虚冷、久病导致大便滑泄的人，禁止食用，否则会引起反胃。必须等到结霜后食用，效果才好。
〔功效〕冬瓜味甘性平，能补肝明目，清肺润燥化痰。冬瓜整体性寒可清热泻火，味甘能补益脾胃，通利大小便，止消渴，消除水肿，散发热毒及痈肿。冬瓜皮味甘性寒，能补益脾胃，以皮治皮，故能通利二便，消除水肿，泻除热毒，止消渴。冬瓜叶，治疗消渴、疟疾、寒热往来。
〔炮制与贮藏〕七八月份采摘，待霜降后采收，收藏经年不坏，既可作为蔬菜，也可入药。遇到漆、麝香和糯米接触，冬瓜必会腐烂。其种子在瓜瓤中排列整齐，剖开去除瓜瓤，晒干后使用。凡药物中所用的瓜子，都是指冬瓜子。
鸡。
〔危害〕鸡肉性热，易动风。凡是热病刚痊愈、痈疽未溃破、平时素有风痰的人，都应忌食。存放多年的老鸡，脑部有大毒，食用后会诱发疔疮。如果中毒引发疔疮，可用玉枢丹解毒。鸡冠血性温，痘疮属于虚寒证的患者服用，确实有助于痘疹起发；但如果是因为血热导致痘疮干枯焦黑的患者，误用反而会使病情加重。世人屡次使用鸡冠血、桑蠹虫来促使痘疹发出，却不分辨寒热证型，这是错误的。鸡有五种颜色。白头黑鸡、六指鸡、四距鸡、死后脚爪不能伸展的鸡、阉鸡却会啼叫的，都不宜食用，吃了对人有害。
〔功效〕鸡肉味甘性温，五行属巽木，能补虚温中，但易动风，煮成的汁液性质滑润。乌骨鸡味甘性平，五行属水，能补益肝肾，退热补虚，治疗肝肾血分的疾病。
鸡冠位于人体清高之位，其血是精华聚集之处。雄性的红冠鸡属阳，所以能治疗中恶惊忤（突然受惊吓或邪气侵袭），将热血滴入口中涂抹或吹入鼻腔，因为“本乎天者亲上”的原理，所以也能涂抹治疗口眼歪斜。
鸡蛋味甘性平，能镇心安五脏，益气补血，散热定惊，止咳止痢，但多食会让人感到胸脘痞闷。
哺鸡（母鸡）的蛋壳，主治伤寒病愈后因劳累复发，研末外敷治疗下疳，用麻油调匀涂抹治疗痘毒，效果神奇。
凤凰衣（卵壳内膜），主治久咳、气结失音。鸡屎白色部分微寒，能降气消积，通利大小便。《内经》用它治疗蛊胀，配合米炒治疗症瘕，醋调和涂抹治疗蚯蚓、蜈蚣咬伤之毒。
鸡肫皮，又名鸡内金，又名（音同“皮鸱”），味甘性平而涩，是鸡的脾脏。能消水利尿杀虫，除热止烦，通利小肠膀胱，治疗泻痢、尿频、遗尿、尿血、崩漏带下、肠风、膈消、反胃、小儿食积疟疾。男性患者用雌鸡肫皮，女性患者用雄鸡肫皮。
鸡肠治疗遗尿、小便频数且不受控制。
四月不要食用抱窝鸡（孵蛋期间的母鸡），否则会使人发生痈疽形成瘘管，导致男女身体虚弱乏力。五岁以下的小儿，吃生鸡肉会生出蛔虫。鸡肉不可与胡蒜、芥菜、李子、狗肝、狗肾以及兔肉一起食用，恐怕引起泄痢。与鱼汁同食会形成心瘕，与鲤鱼同食会形成痈疖，与獭肉同食会形成遁口（一种口腔疾病），与生葱同食会生出虫痔，与糯米同食会生出蛔虫。
〔炮制与贮藏〕鸡虽然五行属木，但细分搭配后，红色的雄鸡具有离火阳明之象，白色的雄鸡具有庚金太白之象，所以辟邪除恶的人适宜食用。黑色的雄鸡属木，黑色的雌鸡属水，所以胎产方面适宜食用。黄色的雌鸡属土，所以脾胃方面适宜食用。而乌骨鸡，又获得了水木的精气，所以虚热证患者适宜食用。反毛鸡（羽毛逆生的鸡）治疗反胃，这是各取其所类同的特性。
Winter melon, also known as white melon.
[Harm] Winter melon is cold in nature and slippery in property; it is suitable for those with heat in the zang-fu organs. For those with cold constitutions, eating it may cause emaciation. It should not be consumed by individuals with kidney yang deficiency and cold, or those suffering from chronic loose stools, as it may induce regurgitation. It is best consumed after the first frost.
[Benefit] It is sweet and neutral in nature. It tonifies the liver and brightens the eyes, clears the lungs, and moistens to resolve phlegm. The whole fruit is cold and drains heat, sweet and benefits the spleen, promotes urination and defecation, relieves thirst (Xiao Ke), reduces edema, and dissipates heat toxins and carbuncles. The peel is sweet and cold, benefits the spleen, and "treats the skin with the skin," thus promoting urination and defecation, reducing edema, draining heat toxins, and relieving thirst. The leaves treat thirst, malaria, and alternating chills and fever.
[Preparation and Storage] Harvested in the seventh and eighth lunar months, collected after the frost descends. It can be stored for years without spoiling. It can be used as a vegetable or medicinal material. Contact with lacquer, musk, or glutinous rice will cause it to rot. The seeds are arranged in rows within the pulp; remove the pulp, slice open, and dry in the sun for use. All "melon seeds" used in herbal medicine refer to winter melon seeds.
Chicken.
[Harm] Chicken meat is hot in nature and tends to stir wind. It is contraindicated for those recovering from febrile diseases, those with unruptured carbuncles and sores, and those who habitually have wind-phlegm. Old chickens kept for many years have toxic brains; consuming them can trigger ding sores (furuncles). If poisoning leads to ding sores, it can be resolved using Yushu Dan (Jade Pivot Pill). Chicken comb blood is warm in nature. For patients with pustular eruptions due to deficiency-cold, it can indeed help the eruption rise. However, if the eruptions are dry, scorched, and black due to blood-heat, misuse will worsen the condition. It is a mistake for people to frequently use chicken comb blood and silkworm borers to promote eruptions without distinguishing between cold and heat patterns. Chickens come in five colors. Black chickens with white heads, six-toed chickens, four-spurred chickens, chickens whose legs do not straighten after death, and capons that crow are all unsuitable for consumption, as they harm the body.
[Benefit] Chicken meat is sweet and warm, belongs to Xun (Wind) and Wood, tonifies deficiency, warms the middle, but stirs wind. Its boiled juice is slippery and moistening. Black-bone chicken is sweet and neutral, belongs to Water, tonifies the liver and kidneys, clears heat, tonifies deficiency, and treats diseases of the liver and kidney blood levels.
The chicken comb occupies a high and pure position; its blood is the gathering of essence. Male red combs belong to Yang, thus treating sudden fright and evil invasion (Zhong E Jing Wu). Dripping fresh blood into the mouth, applying it topically, or blowing it into the nose works because "that which originates from heaven tends to move upward," hence it is applied to treat facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eyes).
Chicken egg is sweet and neutral, calms the heart and anchors the five zang organs, supplements qi and blood, dissipates heat, calms fright, stops coughing, and stops dysentery. However, excessive consumption causes chest fullness and oppression.
Eggshells from hens that have been brooding treat recurrence of labor after recovery from Shang Han (Cold Damage). Powdered externally for under-sore (Xia Gan); mixed with sesame oil for topical application for poison from smallpox/variolous eruptions, which is miraculous.
Phoenix clothing (inner membrane of the eggshell) treats chronic cough, qi stagnation, and loss of voice. White chicken droppings are slightly cold, direct qi downward, resolve accumulation, and promote urination and defecation. The *Nei Jing* uses it to treat Gu distension; stir-fried with rice to treat mass disorders (Zheng Jia); mixed with vinegar and applied topically for bites from earthworms and centipedes.
Chicken gizzard lining, also known as Ji Nei Jin, or (pronounced "Pi Chi"), is sweet, neutral, and astringent. It is the spleen of the chicken. It promotes water metabolism, kills parasites, clears heat, relieves irritability, opens the small intestine and bladder, treats diarrhea and dysentery, frequent urination, enuresis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, intestinal wind, diaphragmatic thirst, regurgitation, and pediatric food-stagnation malaria. Males should use female gizzard linings, and females should use male gizzard linings.
Chicken intestines treat enuresis and uncontrollable frequent urination.
Chicken liver treats dim vision due to liver deficiency and qi obstruction with indigestion.
Do not eat brooding hens in the fourth month, as this causes carbuncles and fistulas, leading to weakness in both men and women. Children under five years old who eat raw chicken meat develop roundworms. Chicken meat should not be eaten with garlic, mustard greens, plums, dog liver, dog kidneys, or rabbit meat, lest it cause diarrhea and dysentery. Eating it with fish sauce forms heart masses (Xin Jia); eating it with carp causes carbuncles and boils; eating it with otter meat causes Dun Kou (a type of oral disease); eating it with raw green onions causes hemorrhoids caused by parasites; eating it with glutinous rice generates roundworms.
[Preparation and Storage] Although chicken belongs to Wood, when analyzed and matched: Red roosters possess the image of Li Fire and Yang Ming; white roosters possess the image of Geng Metal and Tai Bai. Thus, they are suitable for dispelling evil and malice. Black roosters belong to Wood; black hens belong to Water, making them suitable for pregnancy and childbirth. Yellow hens belong to Earth, making them suitable for the spleen and stomach. Black-bone chickens obtain the essence of Water and Wood, making them suitable for deficiency-heat conditions. Feathers-growing-inward chickens treat regurgitation, each utilizing their specific correspondences.