Insomnia, Palpitations, Forgetfulness Wine
Silk-Thread Herbal Wine
[Drug Composition] Mulberry Fruit 120g, Longan Meat 120g
[Function and Indications] Nourish yin and blood, calm the heart and spirit, tonify spleen Qi. Suitable for palpitations and insomnia due to heart-spleen deficiency and blood deficiency, physical weakness, hearing loss, and dim vision.
[Usage and Dosage] Drink appropriately.
[Preparation Method] Soak in 5L of burned wine, seal the jar, open after ten days to drink.
[Source] Qing Dynasty, "Good Friends Gathered Collection", "Treatment and Health-Preserving Medicinal Wines"
Peaceful Spirit Wine
[Drug Composition] Prepared Rehmannia 90g, Ginkgo 60g, White Poria 60g, Yam 60g, Angelica Body 60g, Coix Seed 30g, Sandalwood 15g, Sour Jujube Seed 30g, Eucommia 30g, Ophiopogon 30g, Clove 6g, Jian Lotus Seed 60g, Large Fennel 15g, Longan Meat 250g
[Function and Indications] Calm the spirit and stabilize the will. Suitable for mental unrest, palpitations, insomnia due to heart-spleen deficiency and insufficient essence-blood. Also suitable for those with general qi-blood deficiency.
[Usage and Dosage] Drink as needed.
[Preparation Method] Make Poria, Yam, Coix Seed, and Jian Lotus Seed into fine powder; the rest into slices, place in a fine silk bag, soak in 10L of white wine in a suitable container, seal, heat via water bath until herbs are saturated, then let sit for several days to mature.
[Source] Qing Dynasty, "Tongshou Lu", "Treatment and Health-Preserving Medicinal Wines"
Comment: This formula strengthens spleen Qi and benefits Qi with Yam, Coix Seed, Poria, and Lotus Seed; nourishes blood and spirit with Prepared Rehmannia, Angelica, Ginkgo, Ophiopogon, and Eucommia; nourishes heart and spleen with Longan Meat and Sour Jujube Seed; warms and moves Qi with Clove, Sandalwood, and Fennel. It aims to enrich essence, blood, Qi, and body fluids, nourishing the heart and spirit to achieve calming and stabilizing effects.
San Gui Wine
[Drug Composition] Codonopsis 320g, Sucrose 3200g, Longan Meat 640g, White wine 32L
[Function and Indications] Tonify middle Qi, nourish blood, calm the spirit. Used for qi-blood deficiency, limb weakness, insomnia, and forgetfulness.
[Usage and Dosage] Oral. 15–30ml each time, twice daily.
[Source] "Newly Compiled Patent Medicines"
Yellow Wine Walnut Paste Soup
[Drug Composition] Five walnut kernels, 50g sugar
[Function and Indications] Insomnia, headache.
[Usage and Dosage] Oral. Twice daily.
[Preparation Method] Place ingredients in a garlic jar or porcelain bowl, mash into paste with a rolling pin, then add 30ml of yellow wine to a pot, simmer gently for 10 minutes, consume daily.
[Source] "Chinese Food Therapy"
Immortal Wine
[Drug Composition] Longan two to three *jin*
[Function and Indications] Tonify heart blood, invigorate vitality, enhance complexion, boost spirit. Treat palpitations, fright, insomnia, etc.
[Usage and Dosage] Drink several cups each morning and evening as desired.
[Preparation Method] Use a large jar of good strong burned wine, remove shells of longans, place in wine, age until color becomes bright red, flavor aromatic.
[Source] Ming Dynasty, "Complete Spring of All Diseases"
Goji Berry and Polygonatum Wine — Original name: Goji Berry Medicinal Wine
[Drug Composition] Goji Berries 2500g, Prepared Rehmannia 500g, Processed Polygonatum 500g, Lily Bulb 250g, Sugar 5kg, 50-degree white wine 50L, Processed Polygala 250g
[Function and Indications] Nourish kidney and liver. Used for liver-kidney deficiency, emaciation, weak waist and knees, insomnia.
[Usage and Dosage] Warmly take. 10–15ml each time, two to three times daily.
[Source] "Newly Compiled Patent Medicines"
Valerian Wine
[Drug Composition] Valerian 50g, White wine 250ml
[Function and Indications] Neuroasthenia, palpitations.
[Usage and Dosage] Take over seven days.
[Preparation Method] Soak for 48 hours before use.
[Source] "Selected Chinese Herbs from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai"
Two-to-One Vital Energy Wine
[Drug Composition] Ligustrum 17g, Honeysuckle 17g, Prepared Rehmannia 13g, Mulberry 13g
[Function and Indications] Nourish liver and kidney, enrich blood and vital energy. Suitable for liver-kidney deficiency, sore waist and knees, dizziness, insomnia.
[Usage and Dosage] Oral. 30ml each time, twice daily.
[Source] "Newly Compiled Patent Medicines"
Comment: This formula is derived from Erzhi Pill (Ligustrum and Honeysuckle) plus Prepared Rehmannia and Mulberry, enhancing effects on strengthening waist and knees, reinforcing tendons and bones, warming kidney yin. Hence called Two-to-One Vital Energy Wine.