Zi Zhi Yao Jiu
[Drug Composition] Yin Yang Ho 250g, Huai Sheng Di 120g, Gou Qi Zi 60g, Hu Tao Rou 120g, Wu Jia Pi 60g
[Function and Indication] Stimulate kidney yang, tonify essence and blood. Used for infertility (sterility) due to kidney yang deficiency and insufficient essence-blood.
[Dosage and Usage] Take appropriate amount.
[Preparation Method] Slice herbs, soak in appropriate white wine, seal container, steam over water until herbs are steamed through, cool down, soak for several more days—ready for use.
[Precautions] Wine is warm in nature—avoid use in yin deficiency with fire excess. During drinking, avoid sexual activity and use contraception to prevent ethanol harm to fetus.
[Source] Qing Dynasty, "Feng Shi Jin Nang Mi Lu"
Comment: This formula applies to certain acquired pathological changes causing infertility or sterility. It is ineffective for congenital physiological defects leading to infertility or sterility.
Zhong Yu Jiu
[Drug Composition] Quan Dang Gui (sliced) five liang, Yuan Zhi Rou (washed with licorice decoction once) five liang
[Function and Indication] Treat irregular menstruation, disharmony of qi and blood, inability to conceive. After giving birth to one child, if there is long gap, drinking this wine for 100 days will result in pregnancy. For those with qi and blood deficiency, stagnation of menstruation and phlegm accumulation, benefits appear after six months.
[Dosage and Usage] Warmly drink in the evening, as much as desired, do not interrupt. After finishing, prepare another batch following the same method. Additionally, after menstruation ends, eat one green-shelled duck egg daily—prick seven holes with a needle, place in a bowl with five fen of Qihai, one bowl of water, steam on rice cooker until cooked. Eat monthly—up to five or six eggs, minimum two or three.
[Preparation Method] Place both herbs in a thin muslin bag, soak in 5 liters of white wine, cover well, soak for seven days.
[Source] "Annotations of Famous Doctors' Prescriptions Through the Ages"
Comment: This is a prescription for female infertility. Main herb Dang Gui is a key herb for regulating menstruation in traditional Chinese medicine. Modern pharmacological studies show Dang Gui regulates uterine function, activates blood circulation, and promotes significant increase in total nucleic acid content in mice uterus, enhancing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Yuan Zhi calms the mind, nourishes, removes phlegm, and activates blood circulation. Combined with Dang Gui, it regulates the entire nervous system. The formula is mild, safe, and effective.
Diao Jing Jiu
[Drug Composition] Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, Wu Yu (soaked to remove bitterness), each four liang; Bai Shao (stir-fried), Bai Fu Ling, Chen Pi, Yan Hu Suo, Dan Pi, each three liang; Shu Di six liang; Xiang Fu Mo (vinegar-fried), six liang; Xiao Hui Xiang (salt-fried), Sha Ren, each two liang
[Function and Indication] Regulate menstruation.
[Dosage and Usage] Take appropriate amount.
[Preparation Method] Put herbs in 30 jin of fire wine and 20 jin of southern wine, simmer together.
[Source] Qing Dynasty, "Qi Fang Lei Bian"
Shen Rong Bu Xue Lu
[Drug Composition] Dang Gui 15g, Chuan Xiong 12g, Dan Shen 30g, Lu Rong 6g, Gou Qi Zi 9g, Wu Wei Zi 9g, Bai Dou Kou 9g, Jiao Bai Zhu 15g, Lian Zi Rou 15g, Fu Shen 12g, Yuan Zhi 15g, Shi Chang Pu 15g, Gan Cao 12g, Shou Wu 12g, Sheng Di 15g
[Function and Indication] Warm yang, remove stasis, tonify blood and essence, calm spirit, strengthen spleen. Suitable for amenorrhea, excessive menstruation, leukorrhea due to kidney yang deficiency, essence-blood insufficiency, and blood stasis. Also for infertility and sterility due to yang deficiency and essence-blood deficiency.
[Dosage and Usage] One cup each time, three times daily, oral.
[Preparation Method] Place herbs in a silk bag, combine with 2500ml white wine and appropriate amount of sugar in a jar, seal, place in pot, steam over water for 3 hours, cool down, bury in soil for three days to eliminate toxicity, then filter and use after five days.
[Precautions] The wine is warm in nature—avoid use in cases of deficiency with heat.
[Source] "National Collection of Chinese Patent Medicine Formulas", "Therapeutic and Health-Preserving Wine"
Comment: This wine uses Dan Shen and Lu Rong as main herbs to warm kidney yang and tonify essence-blood, hence named “Shen Rong.” Combined with herbs that nourish blood, activate blood, nourish liver and kidney, replenish essence-blood, consolidate essence, regulate qi, harmonize heart and kidney, and calm spirit, it effectively treats amenorrhea and excessive menstruation.
Meigui Jiu
[Drug Composition] Meigui Hua Gen 6–10g
[Function and Indication] Menstrual irregularity.
[Dosage and Usage] Take twice daily, morning and evening.
[Preparation Method] Boil herbs, then pour into yellow wine and brown sugar.
[Source] "Chinese Dietary Therapy"
Ma Zi Zhi Jiu
[Drug Composition] Ma Zi one shi, Fa Qu one dou
[Function and Indication] Makes one fat and healthy. Treats typhoid fever, wind-damp arthralgia, hand and foot pain and stiffness, women’s leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, and retained lochia after childbirth.
[Dosage and Usage] Warmly take appropriate amount.
[Preparation Method] First pound Ma Zi into powder, add to two shi of water in a cauldron, steam until fully cooked, cook one shi of rice, remove residue, follow normal brewing process, wait until fermented and clear. Or soak Ma Zi in wine overnight, remove residue, drink the wine.
[Source] Tang Dynasty, "Qianjin Yaofang"
Comment: "Annotations of Famous Doctors' Prescriptions Through the Ages" believes Ma Zi wine treats "retained blood after childbirth"—indicating its blood-activating and stasis-resolving action. It is suitable for postpartum blood stasis with constipation.
Da Fo Jiu
[Drug Composition] Da Sha Ren, Da Fo Shou, Da Shan Zha, each 30g; Huang Jiu (or rice wine) 500g
[Function and Indication] Regulate liver, relieve qi stagnation—treat delayed menstruation, scanty dark-colored flow with clots, distension and discomfort in lower abdomen and chest/ribs, sighing, mental anxiety, etc.
[Dosage and Usage] 15–30g each time, twice daily (morning and evening).
[Preparation Method] Wash herbs, place in wine bottle, soak for three to six days—ready to drink.
[Source] "Self-Help Diet for Hundred Diseases"
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