White Flower Snake Wine

White Flower Snake Wine,All types of wind disorders, regardless of whether they are acute or chronic, characterized by weakness and limpness in the hands, feet, waist, and legs; unsteady gait; mental confusion; deviation of the mouth and eyes; slurred speech; and excessive phlegm and saliva; or by tight and spasmodic tendons and meridians, numbness in the muscles, dry and itchy skin, and aching joints; or by the development of malignant sores with unpredictable pain; or by wind pathogens rising upward, causing facial swelling, tinnitus, lower back pain, and a heavy sensation in the body;all rheumatic sores and scabies.

Formulas Name : White Flower Snake Wine

Chinese Name : 白花蛇煮酒

Drug Formulation

Whole scorpion (roasted) 1 qian, Angelica sinensis 1 qian, Saposhnikovia divaricata (stem removed) 1 qian, Notopterygium incisum 1 qian, Paeonia lactiflora 5 qian, Cimicifuga heracleifolia 5 qian, Angelica dahurica 5 qian, Gastrodia elata 5 qian, Dehua 5 qian, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 5 qian.

Source

From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.

Processing

Cut the ingredients into slices.

Benefits

All types of wind disorders, regardless of whether they are acute or chronic, characterized by weakness and limpness in the hands, feet, waist, and legs; unsteady gait; mental confusion; deviation of the mouth and eyes; slurred speech; and excessive phlegm and saliva; or by tight and spasmodic tendons and meridians, numbness in the muscles, dry and itchy skin, and aching joints; or by the development of malignant sores with unpredictable pain; or by wind pathogens rising upward, causing facial swelling, tinnitus, lower back pain, and a heavy sensation in the body;all rheumatic sores and scabies.

Instructions for Use

Wash the white flower snake thoroughly with warm water, remove the head and tail (each 3 cun long) as well as the bones, and extract 1 liang of clean meat.First, use 2 dou of glutinous rice to brew white wine according to standard methods. Place the aforementioned herbal pouch into the wine vat. Once the wine has fermented—5 days in spring, 3 days in summer, 7 days in autumn, and 10 days in winter—remove the wine along with the herbal pouch and boil them together until thoroughly cooked. Drink while hot on an empty stomach. Start with 1 cup; after 3 days, add half a cup; after another 3 days, increase to 2 cups; gradually increase to 3 cups as a regular dose. Do not exceed this amount, as excessive intake may cause adverse reactions.

White Flower Snake Wine,From *Formulas for Prolonging Life*.,All types of wind disorders, regardless of whether they are acute or chronic, characterized by weakness and limpness in the hands, feet, waist, and legs; unsteady gait; mental confusion; deviation of the mouth and eyes; slurred speech; and excessive phlegm and saliva; or by tight and spasmodic tendons and meridians, numbness in the muscles, dry and itchy skin, and aching joints; or by the development of malignant sores with unpredictable pain; or by wind pathogens rising upward, causing facial swelling, tinnitus, lower back pain, and a heavy sensation in the body;all rheumatic sores and scabies.

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