Relieving Urticaria with Medicinal Wine: A Natural Remedy for Itchy Skin

Urticaria is a common skin disease characterized by localized edematous reactions on the skin. The skin becomes itchy and uncomfortable during an outbreak, which greatly affects the patient's daily life and work. Below, I will introduce a medicinal wine for treating urticaria.

【Medicinal Wine Formula】

Citrus peel 90g, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, and Cistanche Deserticola each 120g, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, and Lycopodium clavatum each 150g, Pine Needle 250g, 2000ml white wine.

【Preparation Method】

Crush the first 7 ingredients, put them in a cloth bag, place them in a container, add white wine, seal it, soak for 7 days, filter out the residue, and it is ready.

【Efficacy and Indications】

Citrus peel and Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae wine have the effects of promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, and relieving itching. It is mainly used to treat urticaria, skin sores, or itching like insects, and it is particularly effective in treating urticaria.

【Dosage and Administration】

Oral administration: take 10-15ml each time, 3 times a day.

【Pharmacological Analysis】

Citrus peel: it has the effects of promoting qi circulation, relieving stagnation, and reducing swelling. It is commonly used for chest and hypochondriac distension, fullness and pain, indigestion, phlegm stagnation, and organ prolapse.

Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae: it has the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, clearing damp-heat, relieving pain, and reducing virtual heat. It is used for wind-damp arthralgia, hemiplegia due to wind stroke, spasm of tendons and veins, soreness and pain in joints, damp-heat jaundice, bone steaming and heat, and fever in children caused by malnutrition.

Radix Angelicae Pubescentis: it dispels wind and removes dampness, relieves pain and stops spasms. It is used for wind-cold-damp bi syndrome, headache due to wind entangled in the yin meridians, headache with wind-cold, and dampness.

Lycopodium clavatum: it has the effects of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and regulating menstruation and invigorating bones. It is used for treating various inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar and leg pain, abscesses and swelling, pneumonia, appendicitis, acute cellulitis, tumors, bruises, fractures, etc.

Pine Needle: it has the effects of dispelling wind and drying dampness, killing parasites and relieving itching, promoting blood circulation and calming the mind. It is commonly used for wind-damp arthralgia, beriberi, damp sores, ringworm, itchy rash, bruises, neurasthenia, chronic nephritis, hypertension, preventing Japanese encephalitis and influenza.

【Discussion from Various Sources】

The formula in "Tai Ping Sheng Hui Fang" for Citrus peel and Salvia Miltiorrhiza wine is the same as the above, with only slight differences in dosage (Citrus peel 18g, Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, and Cistanche Deserticola each 15g, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, and Lycopodium clavatum each 18g, Pine Needle 50g, 1000ml white wine).