The Guhuo Bird Supplement

The Guhuo Bird (姑獲鳥) is a legendary creature in Chinese folklore, often described as a bird that can shed its feathers to become a woman. It was historically believed to be the transformation of a woman who died in childbirth and was said to spirit away children at night.

The Zhi Bird Compendium; Wood Guests and Single-legged Creatures appended

The Zhi (治鳥) is a mysterious bird associated with mountain spirits. The "Wood Guests" (Muke) and "Single-legged" (Duzu) entries refer to legendary mountain dwellers or cryptids—supernatural beings thought to inhabit remote forests.

The Ghost Chariot Bird Supplement

Also known as the "Nine-headed Bird" (鬼車鳥), this was considered a bird of ill omen. Legend says it originally had ten heads, but one was bitten off by a celestial hound, leaving a perpetually bleeding neck.

Various Poisonous Birds Supplement

This section acts as a general warning and medical guide regarding birds that possess toxic flesh or feathers, or those that consume poisonous plants and insects.

The medicinal formulas appended to the sections above consist of four older recipes and nine new additions.
In the original vertical layout, "the right" refers to the text preceding this line. "Old" formulas refer to those found in earlier medical texts, while "New" formulas were those added by Li Shizhen during his compilation of the Compendium.