Many people call liquor "the first of all medicines", and "drinking liquor" is "a cure". This theory has no scientific principle, and it is a completely confusing rumor.
Let me talk about a data first. According to the previous estimate of the World Health Organization, 1 person in every 25 deaths in the world is related to drinking.
Alcohol is recognized as "a carcinogen" in the world. After the human body ingests alcohol, it will bring harm to many parts of the body, including mouth, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidney, brain, skin and other parts. Drinking white wine often will inevitably increase the risk of many serious problems such as gastric ulcer, colon cancer, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Specifically, even if only 25 grams of alcohol is consumed every day, the risk of oral cancer and pharyngeal cancer will increase by 82%, the risk of laryngeal cancer will increase by 43%, the risk of esophageal cancer will increase by 39%, the risk of breast cancer will increase by 25%, and the risk of essential hypertension will increase by 43%. Besides these, the risk of other diseases is also increasing. The greater the alcohol intake, the greater the harm to all parts of the body, enough to keep you company with drugs for the rest of your life.
Therefore, drinking is harmful, as long as there is alcohol intake, it will cause "irreversible harm" to the body; The safest drinking amount in the world is "0", so don't have any illusions about drinking white wine.
When you see white wine, you'd better not drink it. Only by not drinking can you not hurt yourself.
If you encounter some special circumstances, you must drink, and you must adhere to the principle of "limited+healthy drinking".
Limit: it is not recommended that gay men drink more than 25 grams a day and lesbians drink more than 15 grams a day; Take a bottle of 50-degree (50% alcohol) liquor as an example. It is not recommended that women consume more than 30 ml per day, and male friends should not consume more than 50 ml per day (one or two).
Health rules: drink white wine, choose "white wine with low alcohol content", drink white wine without stirring, only drink one; Be sure to eat before and during drinking, eat fresh and hygienic food, and don't eat all kinds of pickled and processed food; Drink plenty of water when drinking to accelerate the metabolism and excretion of alcohol.
Pay attention to health and understand "white wine". The so-called "the first of all medicines" theory is unscientific. Drinking is not beneficial but harmful. Give up drinking as soon as possible and restore health.
To be honest, when I saw this problem, I was still puzzled, because in my mind, liquor has always been the most unhealthy and nutritious drink. When did it become the first of all kinds of medicines, so I didn't come up with it after thinking about it.
Finally, I had no choice but to consult a friend who specializes in health science before I solved this answer. Today, I will sort out the answers my friends told me and tell you. First of all, according to my friend, not all places take liquor as the first place in all kinds of medicines.
Only those places with cold and poor medical conditions have this name, because in places with cold weather, most people use white wine to drive away the cold in the body, and once the cold in the body is driven away, it is not easy to get sick.
So in these places, liquor is called the first of all kinds of medicines, but it is only the previous name. As for now, even in cold places, there is heating, so the name has long been out of date, but if white wine is processed into medicinal liquor,
Then it really deserves this title. After all, as long as liquor is processed into medicinal liquor, it can play a lot of health care improvement roles. And now there are thousands of kinds of medicinal liquor made of liquor, even if there are not 10 thousand kinds, if liquor is processed into medicinal liquor,
It is indeed worthy of the title of the top of all kinds of medicines, but if the liquor has not been processed, then these liquors cannot be regarded as the top of all kinds of medicines. After all, most primary school children in Lian Gang know that drinking is harmful to their health, so in my personal opinion, this statement is wrong and irresponsible.
Hello, everyone, I am delicious, and my question and answer is:
Family and friends haven't seen each other for a long time, and they always have two drinks when they meet. This is a matter of etiquette. This pattern continues in many places, and there will be a phenomenon of "deep feelings and stuffy mouth". If you accidentally pass through the intestine, it is easy to drink too much. This is the power of liquor.
Liquor is really strong, because I haven't been back to my hometown for several years, and many relatives and friends invited me to drink. I thought the French refused. Just a few days ago, I was dragged to drink white wine once.
When I first started drinking, I drank leisurely, knowing that drinking too much was bad for my health and that drinking too much would produce fragments. However, the conversation was so speculative that I clinked glasses and drank continuously, but the wine was so powerful that I accidentally drank too much and forgot how I came back that night.
Drink in moderation, and it's not good to drink too much. Drinking too much will hurt the liver and stomach, which is really not worth the loss.
A distant relative of mine is 95 years old this year. He is in excellent health, has good eyesight, is deaf, walks lightly and drinks a lot. He drinks white wine at least three times a day and doesn't have breakfast in the morning, let alone a glass of white wine at noon and evening. In this way, he drinks moderately every day and goes to the hospital for physical examination regularly. Everything is normal. It's really amazing.
He told me that moderate drinking can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and lower blood pressure. He is doing experiments on the spot. When he doesn't drink, we all know that the normal blood pressure of men over 46 is between 128 and 137. After drinking, his blood pressure is 2 to 3 lower than the normal values of hypertension and hypotension.
First, there are two concepts that need to be clarified. First, Chinese medicine believes that everything in the world is medicine, and liquor is no exception, but it may be far-fetched to call liquor the first of all medicines. Secondly, liquor is generally regarded as the best medicine, not the first.
In many TCM prescriptions, liquor is used as an introduction. The main function of drug introduction is to make the drug reach the focus faster under the action of alcohol than when there is no liquor as the drug introduction. That's all, there is no need to myth the magic of liquor as the drug introduction.
In addition, medicinal materials are processed in Chinese liquor and left standing for a period of time to be drunk as medicinal liquor, such as tiger bone wine and snake wine.
Then the problem is coming. What effect does wine have on people's health as a medicine?
In fact, the biggest effect of wine as a medicinal material on human body is to block people's surface consciousness and conduction nerves, commonly known as human anesthesia. To put it bluntly, it was originally used for anesthesia. Remember Comrade Hua Tuo, who was the first person in China to use alcohol to achieve anesthesia. If in this sense, wine is called the first of all medicines, it is barely possible.
Finally, if wine, especially white wine, is used as a daily drink, there is no saying that drinking less is good for health. Don't misunderstand me. I mean every meal must be mixed with white wine. No matter how little it is, it will not be good for your health. This effect will only be shown in the long run.
Real health is drinking zero!
However, there is no need to give up eating because of choking. If you feel a little sick, wine is still good for your health.
The liquor you are talking about must be pure grain Maotai-flavor liquor produced by traditional technology, and only Maotai-flavor liquor can be called "the first of hundreds of medicines".
Technological characteristics of maotai-flavor liquor;
1. One production cycle per year,
2. Throw the beam twice, follow the laws of nature, have fun on the Dragon Boat Festival, and pour sand on the Double Ninth Festival.
3. Cook for nine times, ferment for eight times, and take wine for seven times.
In the production process:
High-temperature accumulation, high-temperature fermentation, and high-temperature wine volatilize harmful substances.
After a long storage period of at least 5 years, coupled with the special geographical location of Maotai Town, it is suitable for microbial fermentation.
Maotai-flavor liquor contains microorganisms such as acid, ester, phenol and germanium.
Therefore, a good bottle of Maotai-flavor liquor contains more than 1000 kinds of healthy nutrients. It is also well-deserved to be called "the first of all medicines".
This topic is very suitable for a model, which is called "Ask why, think first". That is to say, to ask "Why is liquor called the first of all kinds of medicines", you need to think about whether liquor is the first of all kinds of medicines.
In fact, there are many similar sayings about liquor, and the words are not uniform. The common words are "the king of medicines" and "the length of medicines", but no matter which word is used to describe it, there is always the meaning of "liquor is particularly good, stronger than many medicines". So is this statement true?
Of course, the answer is no, no matter ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, almost all the evidence that can be found at present shows that the statement that "liquor is the first of all medicines" is not valid.
There is no saying in historical materials that wine is the "head of all medicines" or "king of all medicines", which is basically a misinformation of "wine is the head of all medicines", and the original text of this sentence should come from Hanshu Food Record, and the context is "husband salt, food will be; Wine, the length of a hundred medicines, the goodness of Jiahui. "
Hanshu recorded a total of 229 years of historical events from 206 BC to 23 AD. Regardless of whether its medical rhetoric is authoritative as a historical book, we will count it as it is for the time being, but even if it is authoritative, the "wine" mentioned here is not liquor.
Our common liquor now is distilled liquor, which was once called "shochu", but its birth time is still controversial. It is clearly recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that "shochu is not an ancient method, and its method was invented since Yuan Dynasty", so it can be seen that distilled liquor appeared at least after AD 1200, nearly 1000 years later than the saying that "wine is a good medicine".
But with the progress of archaeology, new discoveries have been made. The most exciting thing for liquor companies and liquor lovers is a distiller found in the tomb of Hai Faint Hou. Some people think that the history of distilled liquor in China can be pushed forward for nearly a thousand years. In fact, in the reports at that time, relevant archaeologists thought that this distiller was actually used to distill toilet water and alchemy. However, because the unearthed place is located in the wine cellar in the tomb, it is suspected that this distiller is related to wine, but these truths have always been ignored by enthusiastic liquor lovers. Later, some archaeologists pointed out that in fact, distillers had been found in tombs around the Han Dynasty before, but it was basically believed that it had nothing to do with liquor, but was used by dignitaries at that time to refine alchemy and "collect fairy dew."
Even if we take a step back and assume that the medical value of wine is recorded in the history books, now we will give in again. Even if the distiller found in the tomb of Hai faint Hou is used to distill wine, the statement that "wine is the length of a hundred medicines" is still inconsistent with the emergence of liquor. Because the title of "faint at sea" was first awarded in 20 1 year, which appeared at least later than the saying that "wine is a good medicine" 180 year. If distilled liquor had prevailed before this, it would not be so difficult to make textual research, and people could only interpret it from a few words. After all, if distilled liquor is already expensive before that, it is impossible to catch up with this level, which is not in line with basic logic.
Therefore, from the content of our limited data interpretation at present, from the historical point of view, the statement that "wine is a thousand kinds of good medicine" does not refer to liquor.
In fact, this saying that "more harm than good" is euphemistic, which mainly refers to the positive effect of wine on people's emotional regulation and relaxation. If we only consider the physical health factors, according to the mainstream medical point of view at home and abroad, that is: it is not good to drink alcohol.
The Lancet, an authoritative medical journal in the world, once conducted a survey based on the data of 28 million people. The sample size is at least unprecedented, and its credibility cannot be overturned by such cases as "an old man who drinks in the village lives to 80 years old" and "an old man who doesn't quit smoking and drink lives to 90 years old". By analyzing the data of tens of millions of people, the research team found that "among the people who die of various reasons every year in the world, drinking directly leads to 2.8 million deaths, which is the seventh leading cause of death and disability. There are 2 billion drinkers in the world (data 20 16), of which 75% are men, and the proportion of men who die from drinking is as high as 6.8%, and the proportion of women who die from drinking is 2.2%, which is basically consistent with the data.
There are other authoritative organizations and journals that have similar research, so I won't go into details. For example, the 20 14 World Cancer Report shows that 3.5% of cancers are caused by alcohol, and one in every 30 cancer deaths is caused by alcohol. On the question of "how much alcohol is the least threat to health", after many statistical analyses, there is only one result: not drinking is the best choice for health.
Although alcohol has the function of relaxing body and mind and relieving mood, if it is abused and dependent, the consequences will be negative. To give a simple example, in many domestic violence incidents, the violent party is drunk.
In fact, the current liquor is different from the wine we remember in history.
In fact, the wine we can see in most poems and ancient prose is not white wine according to the time point. Most of the nutrients produced in the brewing process of wine basically disappear in the distillation process, so more than 98% of distilled wine is only water and alcohol. If the low-degree brewing without distillation used to be a gentle square dance, now these strong distilled high-degree wines are dangerous and easily injured competitive sports. Moreover, even if the ancients used to drink low-alcohol wine, drinking too much was not a good thing. The whole world is praising "100 poems of Li Bai's fighting for wine", but I don't know that the legendary death of Li Bai is directly or indirectly related to wine.
So at this point, the question is basically answered clearly. No matter from any angle, the saying that "white wine is a panacea" is not valid.
"wine is the first of all medicines." Since ancient times, wine and medicine have been inextricably linked. Traditional writing of medicine: "medicine" contains "unitary", and unitary is also wine. Physicians like to use wine, which is the characteristic of using its good drug potential to reach the viscera and limbs. This is how Chinese medicine interprets wine. It is warm, pungent and bitter, and has the functions of warming blood vessels, dispersing medicine, warming stomach, dispelling cold, strengthening yang and resisting fatigue. There is a treatise on decoction and medicine in Huangdi Neijing, which specifically discusses the way of medication.
In fact, the reason for this statement is not because of the therapeutic effect of wine. Mainly because wine, as a carrier of medicine, occupies a great position in traditional Chinese medicine. After the medicine is made into medicinal liquor, the storage time is greatly prolonged, and the dissolution rate of the effective components of the medicine is also great, which improves the curative effect of related drugs. This is the main reason why alcohol is the first disease.
In fact, if we must talk about the scope of application, licorice is a well-deserved cure for all diseases. Because it has the function of harmonizing various drugs, it is basically ten drugs and nine drugs in the application of traditional Chinese medicine, and its application range is very wide.
Finally, talk about medicinal liquor. Because it is easy to store and take, it is most commonly used for nourishing, as well as drugs to drive away wind. There are still many people who like to drink medicated wine for health. However, the premise must meet the medication standards. Drug abuse not only does not play a health care role, but is prone to side effects.
Known as the "top of hundreds of medicines", Chinese medicine interprets it this way. It is warm in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, and has the functions of warming blood vessels, dispersing medicine, warming stomach and dispelling cold, strengthening yang and relieving fatigue. In fact, wine itself is a potion, and it is one of the oldest medicines in the world. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating diseases with wine, and the medicinal value of wine has been affirmed by many ancient doctors.
As we know, Dongjiu is also called medicinal flavor. When making koji, Dongjiu was added with 130, Xiaoqu was added with more than 90 herbs and Daqu was added with more than 40 herbs. The production technology of Daqu and Xiaoqu fermentation, double fermented grains and aromatic distillation was adopted. Dongjiu adheres to the balanced and harmonious health preserving theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and combines Chinese medicine koji making with traditional liquor brewing.
1. Types of medicinal liquor: There are basically four components. Essence medicinal liquor, animal medicinal liquor, traditional Chinese medicine medicinal liquor and compound medicinal liquor.
Functionally, it can be basically divided into four kinds: flavor medicinal liquor, nutritional medicinal liquor, nerve stimulating medicinal liquor and comprehensive medicinal liquor.
Second, the terminology is not explained here. Students can check Baidu. Just talk about a few factors that a good medicinal liquor should have.
1. Choice of wine: First of all, the main component of wine is ethanol, which is characterized by its rapid solubility in water. The content of ethanol determines the speed and distance of transmission after entering the water, so high-alcohol wine is better than low-alcohol wine.
2. Wine itself is the product of grain fermentation. In addition to alcohol, there are a large number of volatile substances, including alcohols, volatile acids, esters, aldehydes, acetals, terpenes, hydrocarbons, sulfides and other chemical families, which have different functions and enjoy different degrees. These substances account for a small proportion in wine, but they play a great decisive role in the quality of wine. It also determines the preferences of natural creatures (including people), so fermented wine must be better than blended wine.
It can be seen that wine, as a part of medicine, is really common in Chinese medicine. In fact, in the long history, many people are doing experiments in this field.
Mr. Ji Keliang, a master brewer in China, former secretary and director of Maotai Distillery, insisted on drinking a small amount of Maotai-flavor liquor for 20 years in order to verify that it was beneficial to health during the long-term brewing process. The final physical examination report is excellent, and the liver function is better than ordinary people. In addition, according to statistics, the physical examination report of Maotai Distillery employees is better than others, especially the liver function. This has something to do with their long-term work and drinking Moutai.
All of the above are enough to show that liquor really has pharmacological effects.
The invention of wine itself is a great achievement in ancient times. The liquid medicine prepared by witch doctors is mostly wine, which is used to treat various diseases. Wine can be called the first artificial medicine made by human beings, so there is a saying that "wine is the length of a hundred medicines"
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating diseases with wine, and the medicinal value of wine has also been affirmed by many medical scientists in past dynasties.
In ancient times, it was very common to treat diseases with wine, especially to make medicinal liquor to prevent and treat diseases. For example, medicinal liquor made of various medicinal materials is soaked in wine, and mugwort wine, realgar wine and chrysanthemum wine are drunk inside. A medicated wine for external use for treating traumatic injury. Modern medical research shows that soaking drugs in wine can not only dissolve the effective components of drugs, but also facilitate people's absorption. Because of the good nature of wine, it can promote blood circulation and guide the drug to the parts that need treatment, thus improving the curative effect. In addition, the medicine is not easy to rot after long-term soaking, is convenient to store and can be drunk at any time. There are countless therapeutic and fitness effects ... this is why wine has been valued by doctors of all ages and welcomed by the masses.
The rapid development of western medicine is amazing, but the traditional civilization of Chinese medicine is not necessarily dross!
Pure grain wine fermented by koji is medicine. If Chinese herbal medicine is added, the curative effect will be obviously improved. Therefore, as the old saying goes, the curative effect of a restaurant depends on the strength of medicine.