Bencao Qiuzhen: "It is cold in nature. Treats tympanites⁽¹⁾, urolithic stranguria⁽²⁾, scars⁽³⁾, migratory impediment⁽⁴⁾; also takes its meaning of dispersing and draining dampness, clearing heat and dispelling wind."

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1. Puji Fang states: Treats tympanites where one can eat in the morning but not in the evening, caused by spleen deficiency unable to control water, water instead overcomes earth, water and grains do not move, qi does not flow smoothly, thus causing abdominal fullness, the pulse is deep, solid, and slippery, it is appropriate to use chicken droppings wine as the main treatment. He Daying states: All abdominal distension and fullness are related to heat, essential qi cannot permeate into the bladder, instead goes to the bowels, overflows into the skin and membranes, thus causing distension and fullness, short and urgent urination, chicken droppings are cold in nature, promote urination, truly a priceless treasure that does not transmit. Use half a catty of dried chicken droppings from the twelfth lunar month, put in a bag, soak in a peck of wine lees for seven days, take three cups warm, three times a day; or take two qian as powder.
2. Ancient and Modern Tested Records: Use chicken droppings half-dried in the sun, stir-fry until fragrant and make into powder, take a square inch spoonful with sour drink, twice a day, stones will be expelled.
3. Waitai uses three liters of lard to feed a black chicken for three days, then take the droppings, boil with one liang each of Dahurian Angelica and Chinese Angelica for ten boils, remove the dregs, add half a liang of eagle droppings white and apply.
4. Qianjin Fang uses one liter of black chicken droppings from the twelfth lunar month, stir-fry until yellow and make into powder, put in a silk bag and soak in three liters of wine, frequently take warm until drunk.