> ## Documentation Index
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# Medicine transactions

> Buy medicine into a batch and move medicine between batches.

Medicines and vaccines reach a batch the same way feed does — through a **Medicine Purchase** (bought from a supplier) or a **Medicine Transfer** (moved from another batch or your godown). What's actually administered to the birds is recorded separately as a [Medication](/daily-entry/medications).

## Medicine Purchase

Records medicine bought from a supplier for a batch.

<Frame caption="Recording a medicine purchase.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devharish/Guknf5aI_f54kcia/images/guide/04-transactions/medicine-purchase-create.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Guknf5aI_f54kcia&q=85&s=bd44378f65928c08cfa3b388770b8047" alt="Medicine purchase form" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/guide/04-transactions/medicine-purchase-create.png" />
</Frame>

| Field                            | Notes                                   |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| **Farmer / Batch**               | The batch receiving the medicine.       |
| **Date**                         | Purchase date.                          |
| **Supplier**                     | Who supplied it (create inline if new). |
| **Reference No.**, **DC Number** | Document references.                    |
| **Status**                       | Leave as **Completed**.                 |
| **Remark**                       | Optional.                               |

**Line items:** **Product** (a medicine), **Unit**, **Quantity**, **Rate**, **Amount**.

The purchase adds to the batch's medicine stock and records the medicine cost.

## Medicine Transfer

Moves medicine **between batches**, or issues it from the godown.

<Frame caption="Recording a medicine transfer.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/devharish/Guknf5aI_f54kcia/images/guide/04-transactions/medicine-transfer-create.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Guknf5aI_f54kcia&q=85&s=4b062442de7a2aaacf0a906b2893dc4f" alt="Medicine transfer form" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/guide/04-transactions/medicine-transfer-create.png" />
</Frame>

| Field                            | Notes                                              |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| **From Farmer (Batch)**          | The batch the medicine leaves.                     |
| **To Farmer (To Batch)**         | The destination batch. **Leave blank for godown.** |
| **Date**                         | Transfer date.                                     |
| **Reference No.**, **DC Number** | Document references.                               |
| **Status**                       | Leave as **Completed**.                            |
| **Remark**                       | Optional.                                          |

**Line items:** **Product**, **Unit**, **Quantity** — **no rate** (a stock movement, not a purchase).

## Purchase vs administer

<Info>
  A **Medicine Purchase/Transfer** changes **stock**. Actually giving medicine or a vaccine to the birds is recorded as a **[Medication](/daily-entry/medications)** under *Daily Activity*. Keeping them separate lets you track both what you bought and what you used.
</Info>