🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Crow's Eye Wine
[Drug Composition] 60g crow's eye fruit
[Function and Indications] Stops cough, expels phlegm. Used for chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
[Dosage and Administration] Oral. One tablespoon each time, three times daily.
[Preparation Method] Soak 60g crow's eye fruit in 0.5L white wine for five days, then store.
[Source] "Shandong Medical Journal" 1971, (2): 1
Day-by-Day Fruit Wine
[Drug Composition] 150g day-by-day fruit (Solanum nigrum)
[Function and Indications] Clears heat, detoxifies, promotes urination, reduces swelling; used for chronic bronchitis.
[Dosage and Administration] Oral. One tablespoon each time, three times daily.
[Preparation Method] Soak 150g fully ripe black day-by-day fruit in 250g white wine for 20–30 days, then filter and store.
[Source] "Jilin Medical Materials" 1971, (1): 39
Red Cosmos Wine
[Drug Composition] Day-by-day fruit, thousand-day red flower
[Function and Indications] Bronchial asthma.
[Dosage and Administration] 10–20ml each time, dilute with warm water and swallow slowly; three times daily or once nightly; may also be taken prophylactically before onset.
[Preparation Method] Soak 4.5L day-by-day fruit with 15L 60% alcohol, 2kg thousand-day red flower with 15L 60% alcohol separately in containers. After about one month, press and filter, combine both clear liquids, mix equally with 10%–15% sugar syrup, bottle, seal, label.
[Source] "New Medical Journal" 1977, (11): 28
[Note] In 100 cases treated, asthma relief rate was 95%, with 70% marked improvement. No special side effects or toxicity observed.
White Rhododendron Wine
[Drug Composition] 13.5kg fresh white rhododendron leaves, 5L 50° white wine
[Function and Indications] Stops cough, transforms phlegm. Used for elderly chronic bronchitis.
[Dosage and Administration] Oral. 5–15ml each time, three times daily after meals, 7–10 days per course.
[Preparation Method] Soak 13.5kg fresh white rhododendron leaves in 15L 50° white wine, add water to make 60L, soak for 5 days, then produce 30% white rhododendron leaf wine.
[Caution] Do not take other bronchitis medications or symptomatic drugs simultaneously during treatment.
[Source] "Compilation of Chinese Herbal Preparations" 1983, 403
Su Zi Wine
[Drug Composition] Fried and ground su zi (perilla seed)
[Function and Indications] Reduces phlegm, descends qi, moistens lungs, stops cough.
[Dosage and Administration] Drink orally, three times daily.
[Preparation Method] Place herb in a silk bag, soak in wine.
[Source] Qing Dynasty · "Shoushi Qingbian"
Su Ye Chen Pi Wine
[Drug Composition] 3 liang dried perilla leaf, 4 liang aged tangerine peel
[Function and Indications] Cough and wheezing caused by cold invasion.
[Dosage and Administration] Divide into two doses.
[Preparation Method] Use four sheng wine, boil down to one sheng and a half.
[Source] Jin Dynasty · "Handbook of Emergency Formulas"