竹叶酒
[Drug composition] Thin bamboo leaf 30g, white wine 500ml
[Function and indication] Expel wind-heat, clear mind. Suitable for wind-heat arthralgia, joint heat pain, irritability, dark yellow urine.
[Usage and dosage] Twice daily, each time one small cup.
[Preparation method] Wash thin bamboo leaves, cut into 2cm segments, place in gauze bag, tie tightly. Put white wine and gauze bag into wine bottle, close tightly, seal, soak for three days.
[Source] "Chinese Medicinal Cuisine"
五加安神酒—Original name “Wu Jia Jiu”
[Drug composition] Acanthopanax bark, goji bark each two sheng, prepared rehmannia, salvia each eight taels, gypsum (one version uses stone bed), eucommia each one jin, dried ginger four taels, aconite three taels
[Function and indication] Treat internal deficiency, restless sitting, hyperactivity, mainly spleen disease injured by cold pathogen.
[Usage and dosage] Each time seven he, twice daily.
[Preparation method] Crush herbs, soak in two dou of clear wine for three nights.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
莎根酒
[Drug composition] Cyperus rotundus one jin
[Function and indication] Treat inner restlessness, bladder and flank qi stagnation, constant sadness and unhappiness.
[Usage and dosage] Can be taken day and night, maintain continuous wine aroma.
[Preparation method] Cut one jin of cyperus, stir-fry until fragrant, place in bag, soak in wine. In spring, soak one day; in October, soak seven days, best kept near warmth.
[Source] Jin Dynasty, "Zhou Hou Fang"; Ming Dynasty, "Bencao Gangmu"
五加解郁酒—Original name “Wu Jia Pi Jiu”
[Drug composition] Acanthopanax bark, prickly pear (roasted), pig pepper root bark each eight taels, cinnabar eight taels, cinnamon heart (remove outer bark) three taels, angelica (roasted, sliced) three taels, licorice (roasted), aconite (roasted, remove skin and umbilicus), Sichuan pepper (remove closed mouths, roast, sweat), white peony root, trachelospermum (crushed) each four taels, ligusticum, dried ginger (roasted) each five taels, coix seed half sheng, hemp seed three sheng
[Function and indication] Treat tendon arthralgia with excessive sorrow, pale complexion, limb weakness, various tendons spasming, contraction and relaxation, abdominal pain turning.
[Usage and dosage] Start with two to three he, gradually increase, until effect is felt.
[Preparation method] Crush all herbs into small pieces like sesame or beans, place in a double-layered silk bag, soak in three dou of clear wine.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"; "Annotation of Famous Doctors' Prescriptions Throughout History"
三味地黄酒
[Drug composition] Raw rehmannia (cut) 100g, soybean (roasted) 200g, burdock root (cut) 100g
[Function and indication] Kidney deficiency with irritability, joint pain.
[Usage and dosage] Drink anytime, as much as desired.
[Preparation method] Place three herbs in bottle, soak in 2L wine for five days.
[Source] "Medicinal Wine Experience Formula Selection"
牛蒡松节酒
[Drug composition] Thick pine knot 120g, raw rehmannia 30g, cinnamon 10g, salvia 30g, coix seed 20g, hemp seed 120g, eucommia 30g, fresh burdock root 30g
[Function and indication] Clear heat, remove dampness. Treat mental agitation, swelling in lower legs, fatigue.
[Usage and dosage] Warmly drink one cup before each meal.
[Preparation method] Crush several herbs finely, place in clean container, soak in 1.5L good wine, seal, after five days open, remove residue for use.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang"
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