1, Matters needing attention in soaking wine in traditional Chinese medicine
Oil-soluble components can be extracted from traditional Chinese medicine by soaking in wine.
Generally, tonics are soaked in medicinal liquor and taken as medicinal liquor, that is, Chinese medicinal liquor or tincture, which can be animal or plant. The effective components are soaked in alcohol. Compared with the traditional decoction method, oil-soluble components can be extracted by soaking in alcohol, and animals are generally soaked in clams or seahorses.
Gecko, hippocampus, pilose antler, ginseng, medlar and angelica are all very common.
Gecko is a kind of gecko, and hippocampus is a marine life. Taiwan Province Province is rich in velvet antler, and it is also common to make wine with velvet antler. Chinese medicine believes that gecko can help kidney yang, replenish essence and blood, replenish lung qi, relieve asthma and relieve cough; Hippocampus can tonify kidney and strengthen yang, regulate qi and promote blood circulation, while velvet antler can tonify kidney and strengthen yang, replenish qi and blood, replenish essence and strengthen tendons. There are many Chinese herbal medicines, ginseng wine is the most common, and Lycium barbarum, Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae can all be soaked in wine.
Adding alcohol can make the medicine pneumatic, but it will also be counterproductive.
Many people will use Chinese herbal medicine to soak wine, mainly to add wine, which can make the medicine more elastic, and many trauma patients will use wine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; However, not all traditional Chinese medicines will get twice the result with half the effort, and some will have negative effects. For example, rhubarb mainly has diarrhea, which is easy to eat, but after steaming with wine for nine times, the diarrhea effect is not so strong.
Don't use poisonous snakes and poison bee, so as not to be uncomfortable and allergic.
As for soaking Chinese medicinal materials in wine for health preservation, the efficacy will vary with the soaking of Chinese medicinal materials. Some people use sorghum wine, some people use rice wine, some people soak for at least a week, and some people soak for several years. Usually, the alcohol concentration is too low, and animals may still be alive after being soaked for a long time. It is not recommended that people soak unknown poisonous snakes and poison bee, so as not to be uncomfortable and allergic.
2. Which traditional Chinese medicines are good for soaking wine?
1, Shengdi
The medicinal part of Rehmannia glutinosa is root, which contains iridoid glycosides, sugars, amino acids, phosphoric acid, mannitol, sterols, lutein, alkaloids, fatty acids, catalpol, vitamin A and other components. Used for soaking wine, it has the effects of lowering blood sugar, relieving diarrhea and diuresis, protecting liver and strengthening heart, and resisting fungi.
Rehmannia glutinosa medicinal liquor recommendation
Ingredients: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata120g, Fructus Lycii 60g, Lignum Santali Albi 2g, liquor1500ml.
Practice: Chop Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, mash Fructus Lycii, cut Lignum Santali Albi into small pieces, put them in cloth bags, tie the mouth tightly for later use, pour the white wine into the jar, put it in a medicine bag, seal it, put it in a cool and dry place, shake it frequently, open it after 14 days, and drink it after the wine is fragrant, and take it 10 to 25ml in the morning and evening.
Efficacy: Benefiting essence and blood, nourishing liver and kidney, suitable for emaciation, dizziness, xiphoid vision, soreness of waist and knees, scanty semen and impotence caused by deficiency of essence and blood of liver and kidney.
2. Chinese wolfberry
Lycium barbarum is cold and sweet. It has the effects of moistening lung, clearing liver, nourishing kidney, invigorating qi, nourishing essence, strengthening yang, relieving fatigue and strengthening bones and muscles. It is a nourishing and strong medicine with anti-aging effect.
Lycium barbarum medicinal liquor recommendation
Ingredients: 500 grams of Lycium barbarum, 2000 grams of chrysanthemum, 0/000 grams of Radix Rehmanniae/Kloc-,500 grams of Angelica sinensis, 3000 grams of rice, and proper amount of distiller's yeast.
Practice: Put Chrysanthemum, Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa and Lycium barbarum into a pot, add water and decoct to get juice, filter it with gauze for later use, cook the rice to half, drain the water, mix it with the medicinal juice and steam it.
3. Smilax glabra
Smilax glabra contains saponin, tannin, resin, etc. Sapogenin is diosgenin, and also contains alkaloids and a small amount of volatile oil. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and promoting diuresis, and is mainly used for treating damp-heat stranguria, sores, scabies, syphilis and other diseases.
Smilax glabra medicinal liquor recommended
Ingredients: 500g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 250g of Poria, 2500ml of yellow rice wine (or glutinous rice and distiller's yeast).
Practice: put Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria into yellow rice wine, seal it, soak it for more than 10 days, remove the residue and drink it, 30 ml three times a day, and drink it on an empty stomach.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen, regulating middle energizer, nourishing stomach, eliminating dampness, calming heart and tranquilizing mind, and is suitable for regulating anorexia, abdominal distension, dyspepsia, cough due to phlegm retention, edema, diarrhea, dysuria and other symptoms.
4. Polygonatum
Polygonatum sibiricum rhizome contains Polygonatum sibiricum polysaccharides A, B, C, all of which are composed of glucose, mannose, echinococcosis and aldehyde acid, and also contains three kinds of oligosaccharides, amino acids, zinc, copper and iron. Polygonatum sibiricum is sweet and light in taste, and has good functions of nourishing lung, strengthening bones and muscles, lowering blood sugar, replenishing essence and delaying human aging.
Recommended Polygonatum medicinal liquor
Materials: Polygonatum sibiricum, Atractylodes macrocephala each 2000g, Asparagus1500g, Pine leaf 3000g, Lycium barbarum 2500g.
Practice: Put the five herbs into a pot, add water 15000 ml for boiling 1 day, remove the dregs, stir the medicinal juice with distiller's yeast to make wine, and take clear liquid after the wine is cooked, and take 15 to 20 ml in the morning and evening.
Efficacy: tonify essence, nourish liver and spleen, and is suitable for weak body, cold semen, premature senility, white teeth, dull complexion, loss of appetite, fullness of chest and ribs, soreness of waist and knees, etc.