🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Cicada Skin Wine
[Drug Composition] Cicada skin 15g, yellow wine half jin
[Function and Indications] Treats tetanus.
[Dosage and Administration] Consume in two to three doses.
[Preparation Method] Place cicada skin in yellow wine and boil together. If insufficient wine, add a little water to submerge the skin, boil, then remove cicada skin and drink the wine.
[Source] "Shaanxi Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Correspondence Education" 1984, (3): 48
[Note] Tetanus: Modern medicine’s tetanus closely resembles traditional Chinese "spasm syndrome," primarily characterized by neck and back stiffness, limb convulsions, and opisthotonus. The condition progresses rapidly and can be life-threatening. Hospital emergency care should be prioritized. In cases where emergency care fails or medical equipment/drugs are unavailable, medicinal wine becomes the choice—but must be prepared and administered quickly and strictly according to instructions.
Note: This wine first appeared in "Hai Shang Fang". A patient was injected with "tetanus antitoxin serum", acupuncture at Hegu, Taichong, Dazhui, Fengchi points, and took Jade True Powder, yet symptoms persisted. Then given this wine; during the night, sticky sweat appeared, and by morning, jaw stiffness and opisthotonus had disappeared.
Herba Siegesbeckiae Wine
[Drug Composition] Herba Siegesbeckiae one to two liang
[Function and Indications] Treats tetanus.
[Dosage and Administration] Quickly decoct and take. Cover body and rest quietly for a moment; if able to drink, use wine alone for decoction is even better.
[Preparation Method] Equal parts water and wine, quickly decoct.
[Source] Ming Dynasty · "Jingyue Complete Book"
Cleavers and Soybean Decoction Wine
[Drug Composition] Cleavers spike four taels, soybeans (roasted until smoke emerges, then poured with one sheng of good wine, discard beans) half jin
[Function and Indications] Head shaking, clenched jaw, stiff back.
[Dosage and Administration] Warmly take as needed.
[Preparation Method] Boil both herbs with three sheng of water and wine together until halved, then remove residue.
[Source] Ming Dynasty · "Comprehensive Prescriptions for Universal Relief"
Goji Berry and Silkworm Feces Wine — Original name "Goji Immersion Wine"
[Drug Composition] Goji berries, late-stage silkworm feces (roasted) each half sheng; dodder seeds (roasted), Xanthium seeds (roasted) each one sheng; angelica root (without branches), hemp seeds (roasted) each two sheng; eggplant root (washed clean, finely chopped, steamed for one cycle, must be collected on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month) two sheng; achyranthes (wine-soaked, finely chopped), dodder root (chopped, roasted) each one jin; platycodon (peeled, roasted), qianghuo (without head, split), gentiana (without roots, sun-dried), nine-section calamus (split) each two taels
[Function and Indications] Treats stroke with body arching like a bow, and all types of blood wind in women, ascending or descending. Long-term use improves complexion, moisturizes skin, expels wind, nourishes blood, enhances vitality.
[Dosage and Administration] Take one bowl each time, warm, empty stomach, before meals, or before sleep. Maintain a slight wine appearance.
[Preparation Method] Place the thirteen herbs in a silk bag, soak in three dou of good clear wine, seal tightly to prevent air leakage. Open after seven days.
[Source] Song Dynasty · "Complete Collection of Medical Benefits from the Sacred and General Registry"
Guo Xiao Wine
[Drug Composition] Garlic one sheng
[Function and Indications] Treats tetanus from injuries, opisthotonus.
[Dosage and Administration] Take the residue, five he each time, all at once. Sweating soon indicates recovery.
[Preparation Method] Break garlic cloves, remove hearts, one sheng, boil with four sheng of ash-free wine until soft.
[Source] Ming Dynasty · "Comprehensive Prescriptions for Universal Relief"
Cang Gong Angelica Wine
[Drug Composition] Angelica, angelica root each three fen; acorus tatarinowii one and a half liang; ephedra (without nodes) one and one-tenth liang; fine cinnamon (without roots) half liang; processed aconite (heavy roasting, skin and umbilicus removed) one (six fen)
[Function and Indications] Treats "evil wind", clenched jaw, opisthotonus spasms.
[Source] Song Dynasty · "Three Causes and One Extreme Disease Syndrome and Formula Theory"
[Note] "Red Water Xuan Zhu" uses five sheng of wine to boil the herbs, reducing to three sheng.
Copper Ash Wine
[Drug Composition] Red copper beard four taels
[Function and Indications] Treats evil wind with backward bending.
[Dosage and Administration] Five he each time, three times daily.
[Preparation Method] Heat until extremely hot, pour into wine; alternatively, heat five jin of red copper, immerse in wine, repeat one hundred times.
[Source] "Commentaries on Famous Physicians’ Excellent Prescriptions Throughout History"
[Note] Evil wind backward bending refers to spastic rigidity attacks in tetanus. This formula uses powdered red copper ash, heated and processed. Copper particles are difficult or insoluble in water or alcohol, but trace amounts may still leach out through thermal processing. Whether there is a relationship between copper and spastic rigidity or tetanus warrants further scientific research. Thus, this formula is included for reference by researchers seeking new treatments for tetanus.