Magpie

Magpie

(bielu)

[synonyms] ganque (Miscellaneous records of Xijing), shennv (notes on ancient and modern times by Cui Bao), feibarge bird (Tao Hongjing).

[source] it is the meat of magpie.

[animal form] Magpie

Body length about 45 cm. Tip of mouth, black. The iris is dark brown. The coverts on the head, neck, back center and tail are black, the back and neck are slightly purple, and the back is slightly blue-green; there is a gray spot on the waist; the shoulder feathers are white. The outer surface and tip of the primary feather are black and blue-green, and the inner surface is white except the tip. The secondary and tertiary feathers are black, and the outer surface is dark blue and blue-green. The tail is long, the tail feather is black and has dark green reflection, and the end has a wide band of red purple and dark blue-green. The chin, throat, chest, center of lower abdomen, perianal and leg covering feathers were black, and the throat feathers were gray white. The rest of the lower body is white. The feet and claws were black.

It inhabits in courtyard, field and mountain area. The main food is various insects and their larvae, and eat peanut, corn, beans and berries. It is distributed in most areas of China.

Sweet and cold.

① Bielu: "sweet, cold, nontoxic. "

② Rihuazi materia medica: "cool. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "Gan, Ping. "

[Guijing] compendium of materia medica: "enter the Taiyin, Taiyang and Yangming meridians of hand and foot. "

Functions and indications: remove heat, eliminate stagnation, and clear the lymph. relieve thirst. It is used to treat calculus and diaphragmatic rash. Thirst, epistaxis.

① Bielu: "male magpie meat can be used to treat stone drenching, eliminate heat, and burn as ash. "

② "Rihuazi's Materia Medica" says: "it's mainly about diabetes. "

③ "The book of materia medica:" the main wind, the size of the intestine astringent, limbs trouble hot, chest diaphragm phlegm knot. "

④ Yilin zuanyao: "stop epistaxis. When he was ill, the author used magpie meat as soup. "

⑤ "Lu Chuan's materia medica:" cure itching. "