Post Date December, 03 2023
In ancient times, besides being used as a drink, wine was also considered as a drug, and its greatest effect was to treat diseases.
In ancient times, the term "agent" refers to the form of a drug. There are various agents, such as soup, wine, pills, powder, cream, pill, ingot, tablet, dew, cream, glue, tea, koji, etc. Among them, alcohol is now also known as medicinal liquor.
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Ban Gu called "wine the best of all medicines" in "The Book of the Former Han Dynasty: Records of Food and Goods". According to traditional Chinese medicine, wine is brewed from grains and koji. Its qi is strong and its quality is clear, its taste is sweet and spicy, its nature is hot, and it is non-toxic. It has the effects of warming and unblocking the blood vessels, benefiting the spleen and warming the stomach, opening and resolving blood stasis, promoting muscles and bones, relaxing joints, moistening the skin, and removing cold and dampness.
Not only in ancient times, many of the medicines we now take contain alcohol (ethanol) components, such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Shidi Water, Compound Liquorice Oral Liquid, Cold Cough Syrup, and so on.
Today, Xiaogu will share with you the "health preserving wine" of several traditional Chinese medicine experts, which not only maintains health but also has certain effects on alleviating pain.
Yellow wine+tangerine peel: unblock blood vessels and lower blood lipids
Hao Wanshan, a famous expert in traditional Chinese medicine
After the weather turns cold, if the yang qi cannot warm the human body, the cold evil will affect the functions of our various viscera, causing stomach pain, coronary heart disease, joint pain, and other diseases.
Preparation:
Cornus meat 30g
Morinda officinalis 10g
Yellow rice wine 1000g
Approach:
Morinda officinalis can nourish the kidney and yang, dispel wind and dampness, and strengthen muscles and bones; The flesh of cornus officinalis can nourish the liver and kidney, astringent the essence and qi, and consolidate deficiency and collapse. If you have high blood lipids, you can slightly add 10 grams of tangerine peel to clear blood vessels and lower blood lipids. After a month, you can drink about 50 milliliters each time. Long term adherence can have the effects of tonifying the kidney, supporting yang, removing turbidity, and lowering blood lipids.
2 rice wine+red dates: warming the stomach and promoting digestion
Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine Jin Shiyuan:
I recommend rice wine, also known as fermented glutinous rice wine. Because it has less alcohol strength, it also has multiple effects such as promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, warming up, and appetizing.
Approach:
Nowadays, in supermarkets, there are usually prepared fermented grains for sale. When you buy them, add a proper amount of water to the pot and boil them. Add the fermented grains, then add a few red dates, and then take them out of the pot.
Red wine+Chinese wolfberry: Nourishing the kidney and spleen and stomach
Yan Zhenghua, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
The most important aspect of health preservation is to nourish the kidneys. Combining his nearly 80 years of medical and medication experience, he developed a recipe for soaking up alcohol.
Preparation:
Rehmannia glutinosa 50g
Chinese wolfberry 100g
Huangqi 50g
Poria cocos 50g
Approach:
Put an appropriate amount into 1000 grams of red wine and soak for about a month. Yan Zhenghua, the master of traditional Chinese medicine, also named it Yushou Liquor. This wine recipe focuses on regulating the kidney and spleen. Rehmannia glutinosa and wolfberry fruit are responsible for tonifying the kidney. Astragalus and Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen, both of which are medicinal materials with the same medicinal and food sources. They are not warm or dry, and are very peaceful. Drinking a little at night can both nourish the spleen and kidney, which is also beneficial for sleep.
4. Baijiu+Salvia miltiorrhiza: promoting blood circulation and reducing blood pressure
Tang Zuxuan, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
In times of variable seasonal climate and uncertain heat and cold, it is a season of high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, and stroke. Therefore, I recommend a medicinal wine suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Preparation:
Danshen 100g
Huangqi 200g
Angelica sinensis 100g
Chinese wolfberry 100g
Honeysuckle 200g
Approach:
After the materials are washed, put them into five jin of Baijiu and soak them for about one month. This medicinal wine has a very good blood activating effect, and the production method is also simple.
Finally, Xiaogu reminds everyone that medicinal liquor will not weaken the damage of alcohol to the human body due to the addition of traditional Chinese medicine, so it should be consumed in moderation rather than excessive consumption. Remember, a small drink can make you happy, but a large drink can hurt you!
