Duhuo Medicinal Wine: Relieving Wind and Dampness for Pain in the Waist and Legs

【Prescription Name】 Duhuo Medicinal Wine

【Source】 Song's "Sheng Ji Zong Lu"

Duhuo is a commonly used Chinese medicine for dispelling wind and dampness. Cold and dampness can cause rheumatic conditions, often causing pain in the waist and legs, and the legs become numb and unable to walk. Duhuo is considered an essential medicine for these symptoms. "Tang Ye Ben Cao" states: "When both legs are affected by cold and dampness and cannot move, this medicine is essential. Duhuo can be used in combination with other medicines that dispel wind, activate blood circulation, promote diuresis, and warm and tonify the body to treat pain in the waist and legs."

【Ingredients】 Duhuo, Chuanxiong, Shu Di Huang (cooked Rehmannia), Chao Du Zhong (fried Eucommia bark), Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica) - 9g each, Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) - 20g, Rice wine - 2000ml

【Preparation】 Process the above ingredients into coarse grains, put them in a fine cloth bag, place them in a porcelain bottle or jar, cover and seal, soak for 5-7 days, open, remove the bag, and filter.

【Functions】 Dispels wind, disperses cold, and promotes diuresis.

【Indications】 Cold and numbness in the waist and feet, tingling and pain, and other symptoms.

【Usage】 Warmly take 20ml each time. It can be taken at any time, frequently taken until intoxicated. It can also be taken by those who cannot consume alcohol to the maximum extent.
 

【Introduction to Medicinal Ingredients】

Duhuo: Used for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, severe pain, headache due to wind-cold-dampness.

Chuanxiong: Mainly used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, difficult labor, retained placenta, postpartum lochia abdominal pain, masses, chest and hypochondriac pain, injury pain, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, numbness of limbs, abscesses and sores.

Dang Gui: The root of Dang Gui can be used as medicine and is one of the most commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs. It has the functions of nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moisturizing and lubricating the intestines, anti-cancer, anti-aging, immune enhancement, etc.

Du Zhong: It can eliminate internal waste, enhance the metabolism of cellular substances in the human body, prevent muscle and bone aging, balance blood pressure, decompose cholesterol in the body, reduce body fat, restore blood vessel elasticity, diuretic and clear heat, broad-spectrum antibacterial, stimulate the central nervous system, and enhance the pharmacological effects of white blood cells.

Shu Di Huang: According to the processing method, it can be divided into fresh Rehmannia, dried Rehmannia, and cooked Rehmannia. At the same time, there are significant differences in their medicinal properties and effects. According to the classification of efficacy in "Chinese Materia Medica," fresh Rehmannia has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood, while cooked Rehmannia is tonifying and nourishing.

Dan Shen: It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, calming the mind, clearing heat, and resolving abscesses. It is used for chest pain, pain in the epigastric region, masses, hot and painful carbuncles, restlessness and insomnia, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, ulcerations and painful swelling.

The Duhuo Medicinal Wine uses Duhuo to dispel wind and dampness, scatter cold and relieve pain, Dang Gui, Chuanxiong, Dan Shen, and Shu Di Huang to nourish yin and blood, activate blood circulation, Du Zhong to strengthen the waist and tonify the kidneys. The whole prescription has a mild nature, nourishes and treats diseases at the same time, and is suitable for the elderly and the weak.