Antiparasitic wine

红藤酒
[Drug composition] Red vine, yellow wine
[Function and indication] Biliary ascariasis.
[Usage and dosage] Adults take twice daily, one dose each time; children's dosage reduced appropriately.
[Preparation method] 30g red vine added to 120ml yellow wine, decoct until 60ml per dose.
[Source] "Chinese Journal of Surgery" 1960, (4): 407
茱萸麻橘酒—Original name “Wu Zhu Yu Gen Jin Jiu”
[Drug composition] Wu Zhu Yu root (crushed, large eastern-grown)—1 chi, Hemp seeds (cleaned)—8 sheng, Dried tangerine peel (soaked in water, remove white part, stir-fried)—2 taels
[Function and indication] Treat spleen labor fever, white worms in spleen causing disease, leading to frequent vomiting.
[Usage and dosage] Divide into five doses, each taken on empty stomach, warm.
[Preparation method] Crush all herbs first, mash tangerine peel and hemp seeds into paste, mix with Wu Zhu Yu root, soak in 1 dou of wine overnight, slowly simmer over low fire, strain and remove residue.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Wai Tai Mi Yao"; Song Dynasty, "Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang"
青梅煮酒
[Drug composition] Green plum 30g, Yellow wine 100ml
[Function and indication] Poor appetite, abdominal pain due to roundworms, chronic diarrhea due to indigestion.
[Usage and dosage] Warmly drink 10–30ml each time.
[Preparation method] Place 30g green plums and 100ml yellow wine together in a porcelain cup, then put the cup into a steamer with water and stew for 20 minutes.
[Source] "Collection of Medicinal Food Recipes"
土瓜根酒
[Drug composition] Earth melon root—one liang
[Function and indication] Poisonous insect venom (ghost poison)
[Usage and dosage] Consume entirely in one dose.
[Preparation method] Grind the herb finely, soak in 1 zhu of wine overnight, next day filter out residue.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Sheng Ji Zong Lu"