Functions and Usage: Dispelling wind and activating blood circulation, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, applicable to chronic rheumatism and musculoskeletal pain, and the pain occurs mostly in cold and wet weather. Take 2~3 times a day, 10~15 ml each time. It can also be applied externally to the affected area.
Contraindications: Same as above. This medicinal wine contains Chuanwu and should not be drunk in excess.
Methods and precautions for brewing medicinal wine
1. The choice of wine General selection of 50 degrees or more drinking wine is preferred, because 50 degrees or more wine in the process of soaking can be to a large extent to kill the germs attached to the herbs, as well as harmful microorganisms, parasites and eggs, so that it can be consumed under safe conditions.
2, soak medicinal wine should not use plastic products, because plastic products in the harmful substances easily dissolved in the wine, harmful to the human body. It is best to use ceramic or glass bottles. At the same time, soak medicinal wine should also try to avoid sunlight or burning forced baking.
3. When taking medicinal wine, it is not advisable to add sugar or rock sugar, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicine, it is best to add a little honey, because honey is mild, adding medicinal wine can not only reduce the stimulation of the intestinal stimulation of the medicinal wine, but also help to maintain and improve the efficacy of the medicine.
4. Selection and processing methods of liquor-impregnated herbs Animal medicines should be removed from the viscera and dirt, washed with water (venomous snakes should be removed from the head), and baked in a fireplace or oven, so that it emits a slight flavor. Baking not only removes water, but also achieves the effect of sterilization and maintains the alcohol concentration of the infused wine. It can also make the active ingredients more soluble in the wine, and drink it with a fragrant feeling.
All animal drugs that have been corrupted and spoiled or moldy should be discarded.
The plant medicine should maximize the removal of impurities and sludge in the herbs. The herbs should be dry to ensure the efficacy of the wine.
In addition, all mineral medicines containing toxic ingredients, such as those containing mercury, arsenic, chromium, lead, etc., should not be used to soak wine. A number of emperors in China's Tang Dynasty, such as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, etc. were killed by taking lead- and mercury-containing elixirs and medicinal wines for the sake of longevity!
5. The time of immersion of medicinal wine Some ancient recipes or folk rumors, that the medicinal wine should be immersed in a few months to more than a year. The author believes that this is not necessary. Generally, 1 month can be soaked. Sometimes, in order to make the active ingredients escape more quickly, such as not considering the aesthetic, can be chopped herbs soaking.
In addition, the temperature has a direct impact on the immersion of the wine, the temperature is high, the immersion time is shorter, the temperature is low, the immersion time is longer.
The containers of the wine should be glass bottles and jars, not metal containers, so as to avoid the escape of toxic substances in the metal or the production of toxic chemical reactions.
The recipe and use of commonly used medicinal wine at home
1. tonifying qi and blood wine 33 grams of ginseng, 25 grams of astragalus, 20 grams of angelica, 60 grams of longan meat, 15 grams of chuanxiong rhizoma, 45 grams of ripe earth. Soak in 50 degree rice wine for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Suitable for weak qi and blood, pale and lusterless face, weakness, or scanty and pale menstruation, late menstruation. Take 10~20 ml each time. Those who are not good at drinking wine can drink this wine in soup. Or this wine stewed chicken effect is also good.
Contraindications: Not to be taken for colds and fever, ulcerative diseases, respiratory diseases and liver diseases.
2. Strengthen the waist and kidney wine 60 grams of Morinda citrifolia, 45 grams of Cistanches, 33 grams of Sichuan Cortex, 25 grams of ginseng, 18 grams of antler slices, mealybugs, 30 grams of Sichuan Sequence, 15 grams of bone marrow, 75 grams of rock sugar, 50 degrees of rice wine 1 kilogram. Soak for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Strengthening the yang, strengthening the waist and tonifying the kidneys, suitable for men with lumbar and knee weakness and impotence; it can also be used for women with low libido, low blood pressure, lumbar soreness and weakness. Each time to take 10 ~ 20 ml.
Contraindications: Same as above. Do not drink in hypertensive patients.
3. Activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis wine Tianqi (that is, Panax ginseng) 85 grams (broken or sliced), 25 grams of Angelica sinensis, 33 grams of Szechuan Sequins, 28 grams of Sumac, 30 grams of Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, 18 grams of safflower, 35 grams of Yanhuisuo, 15 grams of adder, 70 grams of rock sugar, 50 degrees of rice wine 1 kilogram. Soak for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, suitable for old bruises, muscle and tendon pain. Take 10~15 ml each time. It can also be applied externally to the affected area. Contraindications: the same as above.
4. wind-expelling and invigorating wine 90 grams of white snakes, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong 32 grams, 20 grams of Sichuan papaya, ginger live, live alone 25 grams, 40 grams of millennium Jian, 18 grams of Chuanwu, Gentiana Macrophyllae 28 grams, 45 grams of Sichuan hyssop, half maple lotus 50 grams, 100 grams of rock sugar. 1.5 kilograms of 50-degree rice wine, soaked for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Dispelling wind and activating blood circulation, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, applicable to chronic rheumatism and musculoskeletal pain, and the pain occurs mostly in cold and wet weather. Take 2~3 times a day, 10~15 ml each time. It can also be applied externally to the affected area.
Contraindications: Same as above. This medicinal wine contains Chuanwu and should not be consumed in excess.
5. Body Wine 90 grams of Qizi, 65 grams of yellow essence, 32 grams of Astragalus, 28 grams of angelica, 38 grams of Cordyceps, 60 grams of longan meat, 25 grams of ginseng. 1.5 kilograms of 50-degree rice wine, soaked for 1 month.
Functions: replenish qi and blood, nourish the body and benefit life, it is a mild fitness wine, which can make one's face red and glossy. Take it once a day in the morning and evening, the amount should not be more than 30 ml each time, and 10~15 ml is better for the elderly.
Contraindications: as above.
6. External bruise wine 10 grams of raw Chuanwu, 10 grams of raw Caowu, 15 grams of amphorae, 20 grams of camphor, 18 grams of rhubarb, 17 grams of borneol, 12 grams of fine Xin, 32 grams of hematoxylin, 60% alcohol 1.5 kilograms, 1 month of soaking.
Functions: Promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, soothe tendons and relieve pain. Apply externally on the painful area 3~5 times a day. Avoid applying on broken skin. Prohibit internal use.
7, dog kidney centipede wine (main metallurgy kidney yang deficiency) (impotence)
(formula) dog kidney 1, goji berries 30 grams, 20 grams of snakebeds, centipede 3, white wine 1000 ml. (Preparation) The above medicines are immersed in the liquor and consumed after 1 week. (Usage) Warm drink about 25 grams each time, once a day, 10 days for a course of treatment.