for the Compendium of Materia Medica, Volume 49
Compendium of Materia Medica The Bencao Gangmu (本草綱目), compiled by Li Shizhen in the 16th century, is the most comprehensive pharmaceutical encyclopedia in traditional Chinese medicine.
Jinling Edition The Jinling ben (金陵本) is the very first printed edition of this work, published in Nanjing (Jinling) around 1593.

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), the Ghost Chariot Bird 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 prescriptions appended to the sections above consist of four older recipes and nine new additions.
In the original vertical Chinese 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.