🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Grouper Gall Bladder Wine
[Ingredients] Grouper gall bladder collected in lunar December, hung under northern eaves until dry.
[Function & Indication] Treats fish bones or bamboo splinters stuck in throat that won’t come down.
[Dosage & Administration] Warmly sip; if vomiting occurs, the bone will come out. If not, drink again until vomited. Even if lodged in abdomen with prolonged pain and emaciation, it will eventually pass.
[Preparation Method] Take a gall bladder about the size of a soapberry, dissolve in one sheng of wine.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "General Relief Formula from the Chicken Peak"
Perilla Seed Wine
[Ingredients] Perilla seed (slightly stir-fried) one sheng, clear wine three dou
[Function & Indication] Expels wind, promotes respiration, relieves chest tightness.
[Dosage & Administration] Drink small amounts.
[Preparation Method] Crush the herbs, place in a gauze bag, put into wine, soak for two nights.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Taiping Sacred Benefit Formula"
Cinnabar Wine
[Ingredients] Cinnabar, cassia bark (remove coarse skin), red alum each half qian
[Function & Indication] Treats dog’s throat, sudden sensation of blockage in the throat.
[Dosage & Administration] Hold in mouth, immediately cures.
[Preparation Method] Grind the three ingredients into powder, wrap in cloth, soak in a small amount of good wine for a long time.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Sacred Medical Records"
Arctium Root and Cicada Slough Wine
[Ingredients] Arctium root 500g, cicada slough 30g, yellow wine 1500ml
[Function & Indication] Throat swelling and pain, cough, sore throat, difficulty expectorating phlegm, measles, rashes, abscesses and swelling.
[Dosage & Administration] Drink one or two cups each time.
[Preparation Method] Cut arctium root into slices (crush small ones), combine with cicada slough, soak in wine in a bottle. Open after three to five days, filter out residue.
[Source] "Selected Recipes for Medicinal Wines"
White Mustard Seed Wine
[Ingredients] White mustard seed (crushed) five heaping spoonfuls
[Function & Indication] Post-epidemic body edema, hoarseness, aphonia.
[Dosage & Administration] Apply warmth to neck area, replace when cold.
[Preparation Method] Boil the herb in wine until half-cooked, pour into a pot, wrap while hot.
[Source] Song Dynasty, "Sacred Medical Records"
Human Milk Wine
[Ingredients] Wine five heaping spoonfuls, human milk half sheng
[Function & Indication] Treats acute laryngitis with sudden inability to speak.
[Dosage & Administration] Divide and take twice.
[Preparation Method] Mix the two ingredients together.
[Source] Ming Dynasty, "Comprehensive Prescriptions for Universal Relief"
Water Plant Root Wine
[Ingredients] Water plant root (crushed and squeezed for juice) two liang
[Function & Indication] Windstroke and severe throat obstruction.
[Dosage & Administration] Warmly drink half a ladle.
[Preparation Method] Mix one large ladle of wine with the juice evenly.
[Source] Jin Dynasty, "Handbook of Emergency Remedies"
Green Fruit Wine
[Ingredients] White wine 1000g, dried green fruit 50g, Qing Dai 5g
[Function & Indication] Clears heat, benefits throat, cools blood, detoxifies. Treats throat swelling, thirst, irritability, fever.
[Dosage & Administration] Drink appropriately.
[Preparation Method] Wash and dry dried green fruits, break each one, mix with Qing Dai, soak for fifteen days, shake every five days.
[Source] "Chinese Medicinal Cuisine"
Locust Meat Wine
[Ingredients] Locust meat 20–30g
[Function & Indication] Treats chronic pharyngitis, known in TCM as Plum Pit Qi.
[Dosage & Administration] Take three times daily, 10–15ml each time. Usually cured after seven days.
[Preparation Method] Soak the herb in white wine for seven days before drinking.
[Source] "Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" 1997, (2~3): 112
Comment: Locust meat refers to the mushroom-like substance formed from exudate of injured old locust tree branches. Using this method to treat chronic pharyngitis in 125 cases achieved 100% effectiveness and over 95% cure rate.