🌿 Zhizhi Xiang (Hoarse Voice)
[Formula] 90 grams each of Cinnamon twig, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica pubescens, Achyranthes bidentata, Dioscorea opposita, and Licorice; 60 grams of processed Aconite root; 120 grams each of Saposhnikovia divaricata, Poria cocos, Aconite tuber, Cicada slough, Eucommia ulmoides, White Atractylodes, and Houttuynia cordata root; 150 grams of dried ginger; 40 jujubes; 100 grams of Eclipta prostrata; 100 grams of Piper betle leaf bark; 6000 milliliters of white wine.
[Preparation] Powder the first 18 ingredients finely, place in container, add white wine, seal, soak for 7 days, filter, remove residue—ready to use.
[Function] Warming liver, dispelling cold, relaxing tendons, unblocking meridians, expelling wind, opening orifices.
[Indication] Liver deficiency with cold, sudden hoarseness or loss of voice, inability to sit, pale-black face, weak limbs, urinary incontinence, damage from chronic wind pathogen.
[Usage] Oral. Start with 40 milliliters, gradually increase to 50–60 milliliters, twice daily as needed.
[Note] Quoted from *Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold*.