Snake Wine

Snake Wine,Leaky-Sole Leprosy. For itching, numbness, and swelling on the soles of the feet, with fissures at the base and persistent oozing of pus and fluid, treat with Divine Snake Wine. If not cured, take ten doses of the Wind-Seeking Powder, followed by this formula.

Formulas Name : Snake Wine

Chinese Name : 蛇酒

Drug Formulation

1 Bai Hua Snake (head and tail removed), 1 Black Snake (head and tail removed), 3 qian of Angelica sinensis, 3 qian of areca nut, 3 qian of Clematis chinensis,3 qian of Acorus, 3 qian of Forsythia, 3 qian of Peppermint, 3 qian of Sea-tong Bark, 3 qian of Gastrodia, 3 qian of Wind Vine, 3 qian of Atractylodes, 3 qian of Apricot Kernels, 3 qian of Cicada Shed, 3 qian of Ephedra, 3 qian of Safflower, 3 qian of Dried Tangerine Peel, 3 qian of Ophiopogon, 1 jin of Maple Seed Meat (stir-fried to remove oil), 5 liang of Sesame Seeds, 5 liang of White Angelica,Tribulus terrestris 5 liang, Ginseng 5 liang, Cinnabar 5 liang, Schisandra 5 liang, Pollen 5 liang, Licorice 5 liang, Raw Rehmannia 5 liang, Prepared Rehmannia 5 liang, Trichosanthes root 5 liang, Notopterygium 5 liang, Angelica pubescens 5 liang, Saposhnikovia 5 liang, Verbena 1 liang, Dragon’s Blood 1 liang, Whole Scorpion 1 liang, Frankincense 1 liang, Realgar 1 liang, Wood Fragrance 1 liang,Fennel 1 liang, Agarwood 1 liang, Areca Nut Peel 1 liang, Skull Cap 1 liang, Black Jujubes 1 jin, Acanthopanax Bark 8 qian, Tiger Bone 1 liang, Walnuts 4 jin, Polygonum Multiflorum 5 liang, White Moss Bark 5 qian, Schizonepeta 3 liang, Aconite Root 8 liang, Chrysanthemum 3 liang,Poria 3 liang, Cicada Shedding 5 liang, Sichuan Aconite 5 qian, Myrrh 5 qian, Asafoetida 5 qian, Vitex Fruit and Ox Bile 2 qian, Cinnamomum Cassia 5 qian.

Source

*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.

Processing

Cut the ingredients into slices. Separately, place the coarser herbs in a fine linen bag and add 30 jin of aged wine. Submerge the bag in the wine and simmer for three incense sticks’ worth of time. After leaving it overnight, remove the herbal residue; seal the medicinal wine tightly.

Benefits

Leaky-Sole Leprosy. For itching, numbness, and swelling on the soles of the feet, with fissures at the base and persistent oozing of pus and fluid, treat with Divine Snake Wine. If not cured, take ten doses of the Wind-Seeking Powder, followed by this formula.

Instructions for Use

Take one cup daily on an empty stomach, as well as in the morning and evening. Dry the medicinal residue in the sun, grind it into a powder, and mix it with the fine herbs to form pills. Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with the wine prepared earlier.

Snake Wine,*Secretly Transmitted Formulas for Leprosy*.,Leaky-Sole Leprosy. For itching, numbness, and swelling on the soles of the feet, with fissures at the base and persistent oozing of pus and fluid, treat with Divine Snake Wine. If not cured, take ten doses of the Wind-Seeking Powder, followed by this formula.

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