鸭 〔甘寒，入肺，肾二经。〕补虚劳而除骨蒸，〔宜用乌骨白鸭，取金水清肃之象也。〕
治水肿而利小便。〔宜用青头雄鸭，煮汁饮之，取水木生发之象也。〕
野鸭 〔甘凉〕补中，大益病患。
乌骨鸡 〔甘平，入肝、肾二经。〕补劳虚羸弱，治崩中带下。〔益阴则冲、任、带三脉俱
旺矣。〕鸡为阳禽，属木应风，惟白毛乌骨者，性属阴，而为补血益阴之品。
鸡子 〔蛋〕〔白寒黄温，全甘平。宜生用。〕除烦热而
清咽喉，〔指暴失音言。〕定咳逆而止久痢。〔皆补阴血，解热毒之功也。〕
鸡裹金 〔炙研〕消积滞。
鸡肠 〔炙研〕止遗尿。
鸡肝取其引药入肝，疗疳积目昏，雄鸡冠血用以涂面灌口，治中恶卒死。
雀卵 〔酸温，五月取之。〕强阴茎而壮热，益精髓而多男。〔雀属阳，而气温性淫，
故强壮阳事。《内经》用治血枯症，以其益精血耳。〕
肉 〔甘温不可合李食，服白术人忌之。〕功用相同。〔同蛇床子熬膏，和药丸服，补下甚效
，唐明皇服之有验。〕
阴虚火盛者忌之。孕妇食之，生子多淫。
五灵脂 〔寒号禽粪也，甘温入肝经。研细酒飞去砂，晒。解蛇蝎蜈蚣伤毒。〕治周身与心腹
胁肋诸痛，疗疝气及产后儿枕作痛。〔皆取其散血和血之功。〕长于破血行血，一切瘀滞作痛者，
用之如神。
性极膻恶，脾胃虚弱者不能胜也。
鸭：味甘、性寒，归肺经和肾经。能补益虚劳，清除骨蒸热（阴虚发热），宜选用乌骨白鸭，取金水清肃之象。治疗水肿并通利小便，宜选用青头雄鸭，煮汁饮用，取水木生发之象。
野鸭：味甘、性凉。补益中气，对病患大有益处。
乌骨鸡：味甘、性平，归肝经和肾经。补益劳损虚弱、身体消瘦羸弱，治疗崩漏（非经期大量出血或淋漓不尽）和带下病。使阴液充足，则冲脉、任脉、带脉这三条经脉都旺盛。鸡属于阳禽，属木应风，只有白毛乌骨的鸡，其性质属阴，是补血益阴的药材。
鸡蛋：蛋清性寒，蛋黄性温，全蛋性甘平。宜生用。能除烦热并清利咽喉（指突发失音而言），平息咳逆并止住久痢（都是补益阴血、解除热毒的功效）。
鸡内金（鸡胗内膜）：炙后研末。消除积滞。
鸡肠：炙后研末。止遗尿。
鸡肝：取其引导药物入肝经，治疗疳积（小儿慢性营养不良）引起的目昏；雄鸡冠血用来涂面或灌服，治疗中恶猝死。
雀卵：味酸、性温，五月采集。壮强阴茎并提升体温，补益精髓并利于生育男孩。雀属阳，且气温性淫，所以能强壮阳事。《黄帝内经》用它治疗血枯症，是因为它能补益精血。
雀肉：味甘、性温。不可与李子同食，服用白术的人忌食。功效相同。（同蛇床子熬成膏，配合药丸服用，补下焦非常有效，唐明皇服用有验证。）阴虚火旺者忌食。孕妇食用，所生子嗣多淫乱。
五灵脂：即寒号鸟的粪便，味甘、性温，归肝经。研细后用酒洗去砂土，晒干。能解蛇、蝎、蜈蚣咬伤的毒。治疗全身以及心腹胁肋各处的疼痛，治疗疝气及产后儿枕痛（产后瘀血阻滞引起的腹痛）。都是利用它散血和血的功效。长于破血行血，一切瘀滞引起的疼痛，用它如神效。
Duck: Sweet and cold in nature, enters the Lung and Kidney meridians. It tonifies deficiency and consumptive diseases and clears bone-steaming fever (fever due to yin deficiency). It is advisable to use black-boned white ducks, taking the image of clear and肃 (solemn) metal and water. It treats edema and promotes urination. It is advisable to use male ducks with green heads, boiling them to drink the juice, taking the image of the generation of water and wood.
Wild Duck: Sweet and cool in nature. Tonifies the Middle Jiao and greatly benefits patients.
Black-boned Chicken: Sweet and neutral in nature, enters the Liver and Kidney meridians. It tonifies exhaustion, deficiency, emaciation, and weakness; treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea. By benefiting yin, the Chong, Ren, and Dai vessels all become prosperous. Chickens are yang birds, belonging to Wood and corresponding to Wind. Only those with white feathers and black bones have a yin nature and serve as substances for nourishing blood and benefiting yin.
Chicken Egg: The white is cold, the yolk is warm, and the whole egg is sweet and neutral. It is advisable to use it raw. It removes irritability and heat, clears the throat (referring to sudden loss of voice), calms cough and counterflow qi, and stops chronic dysentery. These are all effects of nourishing yin and blood and resolving heat toxicity.
Jineijin (Chicken Gizzard Lining): Roasted and ground. Eliminates food stagnation.
Chicken Intestine: Roasted and ground. Stops urinary incontinence.
Chicken Liver: Used to guide medicines into the Liver meridian; treats ganying (childhood malnutrition syndrome) causing blurred vision. Blood from the comb of a rooster is applied to the face or administered orally to treat sudden death due to evil invasion.
Sparrow Egg: Sour and warm, collected in May. Strengthens the penis and boosts body heat; benefits essence and marrow and favors the birth of males. Sparrows belong to Yang, and their temperature and nature are lustful, thus strengthening sexual function. The *Neijing* uses it to treat Xueku (blood depletion syndrome) because it benefits essence and blood.
Sparrow Meat: Sweet and warm. Should not be eaten with plums; contraindicated for those taking Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu). Its functions are the same. (Boiled into a paste with Cnidium Fruit (Shechuangzi) and taken as pills, it effectively tonifies the Lower Jiao; Emperor Minghuang of Tang found it effective.) Contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with vigorous fire. If pregnant women eat it, their children may be prone to licentiousness.
Wulingzhi (Trogopterus Dung): Also known as the feces of the Hanhao bird (Alectura lathami). Sweet and warm, enters the Liver meridian. Ground finely, washed with wine to remove sand, and dried. Resolves toxicity from snake, scorpion, and centipede bites. Treats pain throughout the body and in the heart, abdomen, and hypochondrium; treats hernia and postpartum epigastric pain (abdominal pain caused by postpartum blood stasis). All these utilize its ability to disperse and harmonize blood. It excels at breaking and moving blood; for all pains caused by blood stasis, it acts like magic.
Its odor is extremely fishy and foul; those with weak Spleen and Stomach cannot tolerate it.