延年薯蓣酒
[Drug composition] Dioscorea, Atractylodes, Schisandra (crushed), Salvia each eight taels, Saposhnikovia ten taels, Cornus (crushed) two sheng, Ginseng two taels, Fresh ginger (powdered) six taels
[Function and indication] Dizziness, inability to eat, tonify qi and strength.
[Usage and dosage] Warmly drink seven he each time, twice daily, gradually increase dosage.
[Preparation method] Cut eight herbs finely, place in silk bag. Soak in two and a half dou of wine for five days.
[Notes] Avoid peach, plum, bird meat.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Wai Tai Mi Yao"; Ming Dynasty, "Pu Ji Fang"
Comment: This formula applies to digestive disorders and dizziness caused by spleen-stomach deficiency and impaired transportation due to cold. Since the formula contains ginseng, dioscorea, and atractylodes—all tonifying herbs—it is named "Yan Nian Shu Yu Jiu."
黄牛脑子酒
[Drug composition] Yellow ox brain (sliced)—one piece, White芷, Ligusticum wallichii powder each three qian
[Function and indication] Treat long-standing or recent headaches, both sides.
[Usage and dosage] Eat while hot, drink until intoxicated, lie down after intoxication. Wake up and headache disappears.
[Preparation method] Place together in porcelain vessel, boil with wine until boiling.
[Source] Qing Dynasty, "Shou Shi Qing Bian"
Comment: Originally recorded in "Shou Shi Qing Bian" under "Post-illness dietary regulation methods," using ox brain to treat head diseases is a form of organ therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. Combined with white芷 and ligusticum to expel wind, activate blood, and relieve headache, and wine promotes yang, making this a balanced formula addressing both pathogen removal and strengthening the body.
独活风眩酒
[Drug composition] Angelica pubescens six zhi, Citrus aurantium three taels, one version uses pine seeds, gypsum, dodder each four taels
[Function and indication] Treat wind-induced vertigo with instability.
[Usage and dosage] Consume entire dose at once. Use herb residue to warm and press on head while sleeping to induce sweat. If feel cold, reheat in pan and apply again.
[Preparation method] Cut four herbs finely, decoct with eight sheng of clear wine until four sheng.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
当归酒
[Drug composition] Large angelica two to three taels
[Function and indication] Harmonize blood, strengthen tendons and bones, relieve various pains, regulate menstruation. Treat blood deficiency headache with splitting pain, menstrual irregularity.
[Usage and dosage] One dose daily, divided into three to five servings.
[Preparation method] Decoct with good wine. Slice angelica thinly, soak in wine for three days, or decoct with good wine.
[Source] Ming Dynasty, "Pu Ji Fang"
[Appendix] "Annotation of Famous Doctors' Prescriptions Throughout History": Angelica has effects of activating blood, removing stasis, nourishing blood, and generating blood. For blood deficiency headache, preparing it as wine allows full expression of its pharmacological action, while wine enhances circulation and expands capillaries. Though only one herb, the effect is reliable. Combining with ligusticum and white芷 enhances efficacy.
复方蔓荆子酒
[Drug composition] Fructus viticis 120g, Chrysanthemum 60g, Ligusticum 40g, Saposhnikovia 60g, Mentha 60g
[Function and indication] Wind-heat headache, dizziness, hemiplegic headache.
[Usage and dosage] Three times daily, each time drink 15ml, gradually increase to 20ml.
[Preparation method] Crush five herbs together, soak in yellow wine in clean bottle, after seven days open, remove residue for use.
[Source] "Medicinal Wine Experience Formula Selection"
大豆蚕沙酒
[Drug composition] Soybean 150g, Poria 126g, Silkworm feces 126g
[Function and indication] Headache, fever, muscle heaviness, body itching, back stiffness, jaw tightness, and postpartum rheumatism in women.
[Usage and dosage] Five to seven times daily, each time warm drink one or two small cups, slight sweating is optimal.
[Preparation method] Crush the last ingredient finely, place in clean bottle, soak in 1.5L yellow wine, separately stir-fry soybeans until they crackle, quickly pour into wine, seal, after seven days open, remove residue for use.
[Notes] Avoid wind and cold.
[Source] "Medicinal Wine Experience Formula Selection"
雄黄葱芷酒
[Drug composition] Realgar one qian, white fragrant ginger three qian, green onion three stems
[Function and indication] Headache.
[Usage and dosage] Chew green onion first, then take medicine, then eat three green onions, then drink the wine decoction. Severe cases no more than three doses. After taking, cover head and face with blanket, sweating indicates recovery.
[Preparation method] Grind realgar and white fragrant ginger into fine powder. Use one cup of good wine and three green onions, mix the herbs into the wine, stir evenly with green onions.
[Source] Ming Dynasty, "Pu Ji Fang"
Comment: Realgar contains arsenic trioxide. Improper use may cause vomiting and diarrhea. Severe cases may be life-threatening. Choose carefully: bright red-yellow, resembling rooster comb, is purer. White crystalline or red outside, white inside indicate arsenic content—use with extreme caution. Emergency treatment for poisoning: use 10g Stephania root, or 1 part raw licorice, 2 parts mung beans, decoct concentrated juice and drink frequently.
白菊花酒
[Drug composition] White chrysanthemum
[Function and indication] Treat men and women suffering from long-term wind headache, dizziness, dry hair loss, phlegm accumulation in chest. Every wind attack causes dizziness, blurred vision, feeling like falling. Used in folk medicine for hypertension dizziness due to liver heat.
[Usage and dosage] Drink适量 on empty stomach, three times daily, maintain continuous wine aroma.
[Preparation method] Collect soft shoots in late spring/early summer, dry in shade, crush into powder, mix with alcohol-free wine. Alternatively, collect flowers in August, sun-dry, cut three large jin, place in a coarse silk bag, store in three dou of wine, after seven days ready.
[Source] Ming Dynasty, "Pu Ji Fang"
[Appendix] "Bencao Gangmu" Volume 25: Use sweet chrysanthemum juice mixed with yeast and rice to brew wine, take appropriately to treat wind headache, improve eyesight, remove paralysis, eliminate various illnesses.
桑枝姜桂酒—Original name “Sang Gen Bai Pi Tang”
[Drug composition] Mulberry root, white bark half liang, dried ginger two taels, cinnamon heart five inches, jujube twenty pieces
[Function and indication] Treat headache after intercourse in women, desire to vomit, heart discomfort.
[Usage and dosage] Divide into two doses, do not let sweat appear.
[Preparation method] Cut four herbs finely, use one dou of wine, decoct to three sheng, remove residue.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
菊花枸杞酒
[Drug composition] Hangzhou chrysanthemum 60g, goji berries 60g
[Function and indication] Long-term wind headache, dizziness.
[Usage and dosage] Drink one small cup morning and evening.
[Preparation method] Add Shaoxing wine appropriately, soak for ten to twenty days, filter out residue, add honey appropriately.
[Source] "Food Poisoning and Folk Remedies", "Chinese Dietary Therapy"
叶酸桑椹酒
[Drug composition] Three-leaf acid 250g, black mulberry 250g
[Function and indication] Dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth and tongue, dry cough, difficult urination, edema.
[Usage and dosage] Drink anytime, daily in appropriate amounts, do not get drunk.
[Preparation method] Cut thirty-day acid finely, mix with black mulberries, place in clean container, soak in 1.5L pure alcohol, seal, after seven nights open.
[Source] "Medicinal Wine Experience Formula Selection"
芎劳辛夷酒—Original name “Xiong Lao Jiu”
[Drug composition] Xiong Lao, Xin Yi, Tian Xiong, Ginseng, Magnetite, Gypsum, Fu Zi, Gui Xin, Qin Jiao, Tian Men Dong, Baizi Ren, Shan Zhu Yu, Bai Tou Weng each three taels, Song Luo, Xi Xin, Shu Yu, Lingyang Jiao, Chang Pu, Licorice each two taels, Cloud stone (burn until red, grind into powder) one tael, Saposhnikovia four taels
[Function and indication] Treat brain wind with heavy head, stiff neck, blurred eyes, tearing, drowsiness, frequent yawning, aversion to wind. Severe cases include tinnitus, eye pain, nausea, dizziness, fainting.
[Usage and dosage] Start with two he, gradually increase to five he, three times daily.
[Preparation method] Cut twenty-one herbs finely, soak in two dou of wine for twenty-one days.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
松花酒
[Drug composition] Pine pollen half he
[Function and indication] Lighten body, treat illness, treat dizziness and scalp swelling.
[Usage and dosage] Warmly drink five he on empty stomach, again before dinner.
[Preparation method] In spring, collect six-inch-long pine tips like mouse tails, steam, chop finely into one sheng, place in a raw silk bag, soak in three sheng of wine for five days.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang"
芎劳藁本酒—Original name “Xiong Lao Tang”
[Drug composition] Xiong Lao, Gaoben, Tongru each five taels, quantity unspecified
[Function and indication] Treat wind epilepsy with pain pulling the ribs, episodes accompanied by vomiting, ringing in ears.
[Usage and dosage] Consume entire dose at once. Weak individuals divide into two doses, sweat as indicator.
[Preparation method] Cut three herbs finely, place in one dou of wine, decoct to three sheng.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
独活桂心酒
[Drug composition] Angelica pubescens, cinnamon heart each five taels
[Function and indication] Treat dizziness, skin sensitivity to cold, early signs of external infection.
[Usage and dosage] Each time five he, three times daily, gradually increase to one sheng.
[Preparation method] Cut herbs finely, soak in three sheng of wine, heat near fire until wine warms.
[Notes] Avoid raw scallions.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Wai Tai Mi Yao"
独活苍耳酒
[Drug composition] Angelica pubescens, Cornus, Radix ophiopogonis (remove heart), Astragalus, Chrysanthemum, Saposhnikovia, Aconite (roasted), Side seed (roasted), Atractylodes, Poria, Eucommia each four taels, Goji berry three taels, Salvia four taels, Fresh ginger six taels, Magnetite ten taels, Polygonatum three taels, Fresh Rehmannia (cut) eight taels
[Function and indication] Dizziness, fullness in chest, back pain.
[Usage and dosage] Warmly drink, each time one bowl, two to three times daily.
[Preparation method] Cut eighteen herbs, place in silk bag, soak for seven days.
[Notes] Avoid pork, fish, stale food.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Wai Tai Mi Yao"
[Appendix] Cang Er wine: Use one hu of Cang Er seeds, three hu of water, boil down to four dou, soak two dou of yeast three times, finally add one hu of powder, soak for three days, ferment following normal process. When wine matures, it is complete.
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