After thousands of years' accumulation in China, medicinal liquor has created a large number of Chinese medicine brewing formulas, which is also a precious spiritual wealth of our nation.
But not all Chinese medicines can soak in wine, and not everyone can drink medicated wine to keep fit.
Some medicinal liquor can use alcohol, which is a good semi-polar organic solvent. In the words of analytical chemistry, it is extraction, that is, by using alcohol as an organic solvent, various effective components in medicinal materials are dissolved and dissolved in alcohol.
The effective components of the medicine are drunk together with alcohol to promote each other, so that the strength of the wine will be strengthened and the medicinal properties will be increased. With the help of the power of wine and the potential of wine to help drugs, drugs can give full play to their effectiveness and improve their curative effect.
For example, the most common ginseng medicinal liquor is not only written into the Pharmacopoeia, but also listed as ginseng medicinal liquor approved by drugs, with 23 national medicine quasi-brands. Its main functions are invigorating qi and nourishing blood, warming stomach and dispelling cold. Used for deficiency of both qi and blood, mental fatigue, stomachache, and loss of appetite. It can be seen that the efficacy of ginseng medicinal liquor is recognized in both practical application and government.
The preparation process of medicinal liquor is similar to ginseng medicinal liquor. Ginsenoside Rg 1 is an important active ingredient in ginseng, which is soluble in water, methanol and ethanol, but insoluble in ether and benzene. It has the highest solubility in methanol, followed by ethanol, but methanol is toxic and can only be dissolved in ethanol.
The preparation of medicinal liquor is mainly a process of dissolution, that is, the soluble components in medicinal materials are gradually transferred to the solvent. In order to improve the dissolution efficiency, some methods can be adopted, such as grinding drugs moderately, increasing the dissolution temperature and mastering the appropriate dissolution time. For example, the ginseng medicinal liquor prepared by ourselves can be cut into small pieces without putting the whole ginseng in, and the dissolution effect is better.
The alcohol used is generally 75% medicinal alcohol, and some non-metallic containers, such as casserole, pottery jar and glassware, are used to prepare medicinal liquor.
Four kinds of medicinal liquor, ginseng medicinal liquor, belong to nourishing medicinal liquor, in addition, there are medicinal liquor for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, anti-rheumatic medicinal liquor and aphrodisiac medicinal liquor, and only a few syndromes match the medicinal properties of the wine, which is more suitable for making medicinal liquor. The main medicinal components of ginseng are dissolved in wine, and taking some medicinal liquor as needed will have a certain therapeutic effect. It's just that medicinal liquor is not suitable for everyone.
This paper only describes the functions of medicinal liquor and ginseng medicinal liquor, and the space is limited, so it fails to elaborate the taking method and matters needing attention in use. Just remember: pregnant women, taking medicine, suffering from certain diseases can not drink medicinal liquor.
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