🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Potato Skin Deer Antler Wine
[Drug Composition] Potato skin 120g, Deer Antler Frost 60g, Burnt wine (about 500ml), Brown sugar as needed
[Function & Indication] Cervical spondylosis.
[Dosage & Administration] 2–3 times daily, drink appropriate amount.
[Preparation Method] Soak herbs in burnt wine for ten days, filter out residue, add brown sugar.
[Source] *Chinese Dietary Therapy*
Wind Injury Tincture
[Drug Composition] Upper bone fragments 5g, Gecko (without wind pathogen) 10g, Agkistrodon (head removed) 30g, White wine 600ml
[Function & Indication] Radicular cervical spondylosis.
[Dosage & Administration] 10–20ml each time, three times daily. One course lasts 15 days; after a 7–10 day interval, continue with second and third courses. Generally cured after two or three courses.
[Preparation Method] Place herbs in wine, soak for seven days, filter out residue, store in bottle.
[Source] *Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine*, 1984, (7): 317
Tortoise Shell Wine
[Drug Composition] Tortoise shell, Astragalus 30g each, Cinnamon 10g, Angelica 40g, Rehmannia, Poria, Prepared Rehmannia, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Ophiopogon, Schisandra, Cornus, Lycium, Ligusticum, Saposhnikovia 15g each, Notopterygium 12g
[Function & Indication] Tonifies Qi, strengthens spleen, nourishes kidney, activates blood. Treats cervical spondylosis.
[Dosage & Administration] Drink 20ml twice daily, one month per course.
[Preparation Method] Coarsely grind all herbs, place in cloth bag, immerse in 44° or 60° wine, sufficient to cover the bag. Seal for half a day before drinking. Refill with wine after consumption.
[Source] *Inner Mongolia Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine*, 1999, (2): 11
Note: A hospital treated 45 cases of cervical spondylosis with this wine. Results: Marked improvement in 24 cases, improvement in 16 cases, total effective rate 88.9%. The formula promotes local blood circulation, reduces tissue edema and nerve root edema, enhances metabolism, thus achieving therapeutic effect.
White Flower Snake Wine
[Drug Composition] Small white flower snake 1 piece (~10g), Saposhnikovia 20g, Angelica Pubescent 20g, Clematis 20g, Angelica 10g, Ligusticum 10g, Paeonia Alba 10g, Cinnamomum 10g, Millettia 20g
[Function & Indication] Expels wind-dampness, activates blood, treats cervical spondylosis.
[Dosage & Administration] 2–3 times daily, 30–60ml each time.
[Preparation Method] Soak above herbs in 2.5L white wine, consume after three days.
[Source] *Shandong Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine*, 1996, (12): 568