Medicinal Wine for Scrofula，From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.，For chronic scrofula nodules that have spread across the neck in a chain-like pattern and are stubbornly hard and resistant to rupture.
Medicinal Wine for Scrofula
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Formulas Name : Medicinal Wine for Scrofula
Chinese Name : 瘰疬酒药
Drug Formulation
Half a jin of Cnidium monnieri, 6 liang of honeysuckle vine, 4 liang of wild mugwort, 4 liang of wild chrysanthemum, 3 liang of Polygonum cuspidatum, and 1 liang 5 qian of verbena.
Source
From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.
Processing
Chop the ingredients finely. Place the herbs in a cloth bag and suspend it in 15 jin of aged liquor. Seal the jar tightly and simmer for the duration of three sticks of incense. Remove the bag, rinse with water, and let it steep for one fu.
Benefits
For chronic scrofula nodules that have spread across the neck in a chain-like pattern and are stubbornly hard and resistant to rupture.
Instructions for Use
The initial dose should be taken until one is thoroughly intoxicated and sweating; subsequent doses may be taken as desired. Once the entire batch of wine is consumed, the disease will be cured and will not recur.
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Medicinal Wine for Scrofula,For chronic scrofula nodules that have spread across the neck in a chain-like pattern and are stubbornly hard and resistant to rupture.