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(notes on materia medica)

[synonym]? (Erya), Laohu (Zuozhuan, jiakui's note),? Que (Erya, GuoPu's note),? Que (Qinjing), Lilei (Qinjing's note), Tianji and Shuiji (yilinzuoyao).

[source] it is the meat of three toed quail.

[animal morphology] yellow footed three toed quail

The body length is about 16 cm. Small and quail like. The iris is yellowish white, the upper mouth is slightly black, and the mouth is yellow. Most of the upper body has brown and chestnut yellow feathers, and there are black brown dots on both sides of the chest and ribs. Yellow feet, only three toes. The head and pillow of the female are dark brown, with pale yellow or chestnut green feathers. From the middle of the head to the base of the back neck, there is a grayish yellow spot; the cheek and the lower part of the ear feather are light orange; the eye and the eye are light yellow; the ear feather is light yellowish brown, with black fine lines on it; the lower neck and neck side have chestnut red patches; the back and shoulders are grayish brown, with a large black spot on the tip of the feather, with brown stripes on it Slender black spots or wavy veinlets; grayish brown from waist to tail with black or maroon wavy veinlets. The wings are pointed, with pale olive yellow coverings on the wings, pale yellow and black round spots on the tip; the primary and secondary flight feathers are olive brown, with pale yellow feather margin. The throat is light yellow, or white and slightly chestnut; the chest is orange and chestnut, the lower chest and lower flank are straw yellow; the chest side and upper flank have black round spots; the abdomen is light yellowish white; the lower tail covert is chestnut yellow; the lower wing covert is olive brown. The male and female birds are similar but small; the chestnut patch on the lower neck is not significant; the head side and eye top are light yellow, mixed with thin black spots; the upper body is light yellow spots or stripes. The lower body is lighter than the female.

Common in the hillside shrubs, grasslands and other places. Walk fast, not far away. The food is mainly seeds of wild plants and small animals. It is distributed in the north and middle of Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[flavor] sweet, flat, non-toxic.

[function indications] it is used to treat various sores with Yin concealment and remove heat by cooking.