Painful Stiffness and Chronic Arthralgia—Pine Needle Angelica Wine
Pine Needle Angelica Wine—originally named "Pine Needle Wine"
[Drug Composition] Pine needle one jin, angelica ten liang, ephedra (without joints) ten liang
[Function and Indications] Eliminates all wind pathogenic factors causing leg pain, stiffness, weakness, dull pain, stubborn arthralgia, inability to stand for long, hands unable to lift above head, stiff back and waist, hemiplegia, headache, deafness, blurred vision, tearing upon wind exposure, loss of smell, lip sores, wandering evil influences like pricks from needles.
[Dosage and Administration] Warmly drink one small bowl each time, three times daily.
[Preparation Method] Finely chop herbs, place in a raw silk bag, soak in five dou of wine in a jar, seal tightly. In spring and autumn, soak for seven days; in winter, ten days; in summer, five days.
[Source] Song Dynasty, *Taiping Sacred Benefit Formula*