养肺胃之阴津。平和甘淡。治虚劳之痰嗽。补润安宁。（燕窝出闽广以南近海砂石之
处。有燕名金丝燕。首尾似燕而甚小。毛似金丝。临卵育子。群飞海边有石处。啄食纸鱼螺
蛳等物食之。复连津液呕出。粘于石上。作成小窝。待小燕飞去。土人依时取之。味甘淡。
性平和。润养肺阴。蠲除虚热。为虚劳咳嗽之圣药。胃虚食少。以及脾肾阳虚者。均属不宜
。）
感阴气之精。其目夜明善治瞽。禀咸寒之性。其砂辛苦可行瘀。能理儿疳。堪摩腹
积。（夜明砂即蝙蝠屎。蝙蝠俗所谓偷油老鼠也。其鼠善食蚊而睛不化。故屎皆蚊眼也。蚊
为食血之物。故能入肝破血。此鼠昼伏夜飞。其目夜明。故能治雀目退翳膜。辛苦咸寒之性
。无非入肝以破血消滞为用耳。）
味本咸温。行经络而达病所。功颇滑利。治风痹而通耳聋。（鹈鹕油即淘鹅油。此
油最渗漏。不拘他物盛之。即渗漏。须仍用其嗉盛之乃可。味甘咸。性温。其主治涂痈肿风
瘅等证。只可用以外治。不堪内服。无非取其透达病所之意耳。）
解药毒以补虚羸。性禀咸平益血脉。稀痘疮而用鸽卵。屎兼辛苦治虫疮。（鸽凡鸟皆雄
乘雌。此乃雌乘雄。故其性善淫。咸平无毒。益精补虚。解诸药毒。凡疮疡痘疹疥癣等毒。
皆可解之。○鸽卵专解痘毒疮毒。小儿食之。可不出痘。即出亦稀。○鸽屎一名左盘龙。其
屎皆左盘。故名。辛苦咸温。内服能消积杀虫。外敷可治疮治疥。各有攸宜耳。）
滋养肺脏和胃阴津液。性质平和，味甘淡。治疗虚劳引起的痰嗽，具有补益滋润、安定宁神的作用。（燕窝出产于福建、广东以南靠近海边的砂石之处。有一种燕子叫金丝燕，头尾形状像燕子但非常小，羽毛像金丝一样。在产卵育雏时，它们成群飞翔到海边有石头的地方，啄食纸鱼、螺蛳等食物，然后混合着唾液呕出，粘附在石头上，筑成小窝。等到小燕子飞走后，当地人按时采集。味道甘淡，性质平和，能润养肺阴，清除虚热，是治疗虚劳咳嗽的特效药。对于胃虚食欲不振，以及脾肾阳虚的人，都不适宜服用。）
感应阴气的精华，它的眼睛夜间明亮，善于治疗失明症。禀受咸寒的性质，其粪便（夜明砂）味辛苦，可行散瘀血。能够调理小儿疳积，可以研磨后外敷治疗腹部积块。（夜明砂就是蝙蝠的粪便。蝙蝠俗称偷油老鼠。这种鼠类善于捕食蚊子，眼睛不会退化，所以它的粪便里都是蚊子的眼睛。蚊子是吸食血液的生物，所以蝙蝠粪能入肝经破血。这种鼠白天潜伏夜晚飞行，眼睛夜间明亮，所以能治疗雀目（夜盲症）和去除翳膜。它味辛苦、性咸寒，无非是利用入肝经来破血消滞的功效罢了。）
味道本为咸温，能通行经络直达病所。功效颇为滑利，治疗风痹并通治耳聋。（鹈鹕油即鹅油。这种油渗透力极强，无论用什么容器盛装都会渗漏，必须用鹈鹕的嗉囊盛放才可以。味道甘甜咸，性质温和。其主要主治涂抹痈肿、风瘅等病症，只能用于外治，不适合内服，无非是取其透达病所的意思罢了。）
解除药物毒性以补益虚弱消瘦的身体。性质禀受咸平，有益血脉。用鸽卵来预防痘疮稀疏。鸽屎兼有辛苦之味，可治疗虫疮。（鸽子这种鸟类都是雄性交配雌性，而鸽子却是雌性交配雄性，所以它的本性善于淫乱。味道咸平，无毒，能益精补虚，解除各种药物毒性。凡是疮疡、痘疹、疥癣等毒邪，都可以用它来解。○鸽卵专门解除痘毒和疮毒，小儿食用后，可以不发痘疮；即使发作，痘点也会稀少。○鸽屎又名左盘龙，因为它的粪便都是向左盘旋的，所以得名。味道辛苦咸温，内服能消除积滞、杀虫，外敷可治疗疮疡疥癣，各有适宜的用途罢了。）
Nourishes the Yin and body fluids of the Lung and Stomach. It is mild in nature and sweet and bland in taste. It treats phlegm-cough due to consumptive disease, providing tonification, moistening, and calming effects. (Swallow's nest is produced in the rocky areas near the sea south of Fujian and Guangdong. There is a bird called the Golden-nest Swiftlet, which resembles a swallow but is very small, with feathers like golden threads. When laying eggs and raising young, they fly in flocks to coastal rocks, feeding on paper fish, snails, and other creatures. They mix these with their saliva and vomit them out, adhering to the rocks to form small nests. Locals harvest them after the chicks have flown away. The taste is sweet and bland, the nature is mild, it moistens and nourishes Lung Yin, dispels deficiency heat, and is a miraculous medicine for coughs due to consumptive disease. It is unsuitable for those with Stomach deficiency leading to poor appetite, or Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency.)
It absorbs the essence of Yin Qi; its eyes see clearly at night and are effective in treating blindness. It possesses a salty and cold nature; its feces (Ye Ming Sha) are pungent, bitter, and can promote blood circulation to resolve stasis. It can regulate pediatric malnutrition (Gan syndrome) and can be ground for external application to treat abdominal accumulations. (Ye Ming Sha is bat droppings. Bats are commonly known as oil-stealing mice. These rodents are adept at eating mosquitoes, and their eyes do not degenerate, so their feces contain mosquito eyes. Since mosquitoes feed on blood, the bat droppings can enter the Liver channel to break blood stasis. This rodent hides by day and flies by night, with eyes that see clearly in the dark, thus it can treat nyctalopia (night blindness) and remove corneal opacities. Its pungent, bitter, salty, and cold nature serves primarily to enter the Liver channel to break blood stasis and eliminate stagnation.)
The taste is originally salty and warm, it travels through the meridians to reach the site of the disease. Its efficacy is quite slippery and lubricating, treating wind-bi obstruction and unblocking deafness. (Pelican oil refers to goose fat. This oil has high permeability; it leaks through any container unless stored in the crop of the pelican itself. The taste is sweet and salty, the nature is warm. Its main indications include applying externally for carbuncles, sores, and wind-dampness conditions. It can only be used for external treatment and is not suitable for internal administration, merely taking advantage of its ability to penetrate and reach the disease site.)
It resolves drug toxicity and tonifies emaciation. Its nature is salty and neutral, benefiting the blood vessels. Pigeon eggs are used to prevent severe smallpox lesions. Pigeon droppings, possessing pungent, bitter, and salty properties, treat insect-related skin sores. (Among birds, males typically mount females, but pigeons exhibit female mounting male behavior, hence their nature is considered prone to lust. They are salty, neutral, non-toxic, benefit Essence, tonify deficiency, and resolve various drug toxicities. They can resolve toxins from sores, ulcers, smallpox, rashes, scabies, and tinea. ○ Pigeon eggs specifically resolve smallpox toxin and sore toxin. If consumed by children, they may prevent smallpox eruption; if eruption occurs, the lesions will be sparse. ○ Pigeon droppings are also named Zuo Pan Long (Left-Coiling Dragon) because the droppings coil to the left. They are pungent, bitter, salty, and warm. Internally, they can reduce accumulation and kill parasites; externally applied, they treat sores and scabies. Each has its appropriate use.)