"What Are the Comprehensive Recipes for Medicinal Wine to Treat Rheumatism?"

Rheumatic Diseases and Their Traditional Treatment with Herbal Wines

Rheumatic diseases, predominantly induced by the effects of wind and cold, are relatively common. In addition to medical treatment, regular consumption of certain herbal wines can be highly beneficial, offering warmth to dispel cold, alleviate pain, and improve blood circulation along the meridians. These wines, typically consumed moderately after meals, can contribute to both prevention and treatment.

Rheumatic Wine I (Prescription A)

Ingredients: 6g each of Chuanwu, Caowu, Honeysuckle, Dark Plum, Licorice Root, and Halite.

Efficacy: Warms meridians, dispels cold, and relieves pain.

Indications: Male rheumatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Usage: Soak the herbs in 250ml of white liquor, seal for 48 hours, filter, and keep for use. Take 5ml three times daily.

Note: Avoid for patients with hypertension, heart disease, rheumatic fever, or severe ulcers.

Rheumatic Wine II (Prescription B)

Ingredients: 9g each of Chuanwu, Caowu, Safflower, Dark Plum, and Licorice Root.

Efficacy: Warms meridians, dispels cold, invigorates collaterals, and relieves pain.

Indications: Female rheumatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Usage: Soak the herbs in 500ml of white liquor for 7 days, filter, and keep for use. Take 5ml three times daily.

Note: Avoid for patients with hypertension, heart disease, rheumatic fever, or severe ulcers.

Miraculous Snake and Gastrodia Wine

Ingredients: 12g Gastrodia, 6g Notopterygium, 9g Safflower, 3g Saposhnikovia, 6g Gastrodia, 6g Acanthopanax, 6g Angelica, 6g Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae, 90g White Sugar.

Efficacy: Removes dampness and improves circulation.

Indications: Rheumatic or rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, etc.

Usage: Crush the herbs into coarse powder and prepare 1kg of medicinal liquor by the infiltration method. Take up to 60g twice daily.

Wind-Relieving Effective Wine

Ingredients: 90g each of Angelica Sinensis, Chuanxiong, Baishao, Acanthopanax, Eriobotryae Folium, Bombyx Batryticatus, 15g Atractylodes, Angelica Dahurica, Sophora Flavescens, Polygonum Multiflorum, Chaenomeles, Achyranthes Bidentata, Asarum, Phellodendron, Anemarrhena, Great Burdock, Coicis Semen, Radix Rehmanniae, 3g each of Chuanwu, and Costus Root.

Efficacy: Invigorates blood, nourishes blood, dispels wind and dampness, warms meridians, dispels cold, improves circulation, and nourishes liver and kidney.

Indications: White Tiger Syndrome, all types of wind-related illnesses, paralysis, cold-damp pain, and joint pain.

Usage: Crush the herbs into coarse powder. Place in a jar with an appropriate amount of good quality liquor, seal, and simmer for 2 hours over low to medium heat. Remove, let stand for 3 days to eliminate toxins, then consume. Take 5-10ml three times daily.

Nine-Vine Wine for Experience

Ingredients: 120g each of Uncaria Rhynchophylla, Sargentodoxa Cuneata, Erycibe Obtusifolia, Mulberry Twig, Daji Vine, Sinomenium Acutum, Aristolochia Dubissima, and Yin