[Peony Soaked Wine: An Ancient Remedy for Joint Pain and Weakness of the Legs]

　　[Medicated Wine Recipe]

　　Peony Soaked Wine

　　[Ingredients]

　　180g of red peony, 100g of raw rehmannia, 35g of tiger bone (soaked in wine and roasted), 1kg of wine.

　　[Method]

　　Crush the above ingredients finely, soak them in wine in a clean container, and it can be taken after 7 days.

　　[Indications]

　　Joint pain, weakness of the legs.

　　[Usage]

　　Take 15ml on an empty stomach, 3 times a day.
 

　　[Effects and Functions of Peony]

　　Nourishes blood and nourishes; relieves pain; astringes Yin and calms the liver. Mainly used for irregular menstruation; abdominal pain during menstruation; excessive menstruation; night sweats; night sweats; pain in the sides, ribs, abdomen, and limbs; headache; dizziness.

　　① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Treats abdominal pain caused by pathogenic factors, dispels blood stasis, breaks down stubborn accumulations, treats cold and hot hernias, relieves pain, promotes urination, and boosts qi."

　　② "Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica": "Regulates blood vessels, relieves stagnation, disperses stagnant blood, expels dampness, promotes urination and defecation, dissolves abscesses and swelling, treats intermittent cold and hot, relieves abdominal pain, and lower back pain."

　　③ "Discourse on the Nature of Medicines": "Treats lung pathogenic factors, abdominal pain, accumulation of blood and qi, promotes lung and stomach functions, treats pain caused by pathogenic factors and blood stagnation, strengthens the five viscera, supplements kidney qi, treats distension and bloating in the heart and abdomen, treats blood stagnation in women, and has the ability to corrode pus."

　　④ "Tang Materia Medica": "Nourishes women's blood."

　　⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "Treats wind and nourishes consumption, treats all diseases in women, including pre and postpartum illnesses, regulates menstrual flow, reduces fever and restlessness, strengthens qi, treats heat syndromes with fever, malaria, madness, women's blood circulation, intestinal wind-induced bloody diarrhea, hemorrhoids, back pain, sores and itchiness, headache, improves vision, red eyes, and eye sties."

　　⑥ "Origin of Medical Science": "Stabilizes the spleen meridian, treats abdominal pain, strengthens the stomach, stops diarrhea, nourishes blood, consolidates the skin, purges the liver, and strengthens the spleen and stomach."

　　⑦ Wang Haogu: "Regulates the middle qi, treats spleen deficiency with fullness, discomfort in the lower chest, pain in the sides, belching, acute lung distention, reverse panting and coughing, bleeding from the nose due to yang deficiency, astringent pulses with abdominal pain and fullness, dissolution in the lower back as if sitting in water."

　　⑧ "South Yunnan Materia Medica": "Purges spleen heat, relieves abdominal pain, stops diarrhea, regulates liver qi counterflow pain, regulates and nourishes the heart, liver, and spleen meridians, smooths the meridians and lowers qi, relieves liver qi pain."