The so-called "nurturing" means maintaining, conditioning and nourishing. Health preservation refers to a medical activity to preserve health, enhance physical fitness, prevent diseases and achieve longevity through various methods. "Su Wen's Four Qi Tunes the Spirit" says: "Yang in spring and summer, Yin in autumn and winter." This is timely health preservation, and so is drinking. Only by adjusting the body and mind according to the different seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter can we achieve physical and mental health.

From a health point of view, you can't eat alcohol in the morning, because the ether in your body rises gradually from six in the morning and reaches a peak at eight in the morning. At this time, drinking alcohol and ether will make you feel tired and inefficient all day. It is best to drink in the afternoon, not too late. In addition, it is not advisable to drink alcohol on an empty stomach or before going to bed.

There are many kinds of wine and their functions are different. Wine should not be mixed, so we should pay attention to applying it in time.

Chunsheng

Keeping in good health in spring should follow the principle of nourishing yang and preventing wind. In spring, the human body's yang conforms to nature and diverges upward and outward, so we should pay attention to protecting the body's yang.

Spring is the season to bring forth the old and bring forth the new and give birth to life. Heaven and earth are naturally full of vitality, everything is thriving, and human metabolism is vigorous. Keep healthy with wine in spring, and you can have a drink at the right time. It can not only relieve spring sleepiness, awaken attention, but also stimulate appetite, thicken the stomach, dredge meridians, dissipate moisture, promote qi circulation and refresh.

It should be noted that drinking alcohol should not be too high at this time, and try to choose alcohol with low alcohol content to protect the liver.

Xia Chang

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. People like to stay up late, but it is not advisable to drink alcohol late at night, otherwise it will hurt Yang and suppress Yin. And the weather is hot in summer, so it is not advisable to drink more white wine, because white wine is hot and dry, which helps fire to hurt yin and avoid getting angry.

Summer is especially suitable for drinking beer, clearing away heat and diuresis, and it is rich in nutrients such as sugar, vitamins, amino acids, inorganic salts and various trace elements, so it is called "liquid bread". Drinking beer in moderation can stimulate appetite, promote digestion and eliminate fatigue. The best drinking temperature of beer is about 12℃, and the taste is the best.

It should be noted that drinking should be moderate, and a large amount of drinking can easily cause gastritis, peptic ulcer and other injuries. Don't treat beer as a drink to quench your thirst and relieve summer heat. In addition, beer often appears in barbecue stalls in summer, but when drinking beer, be careful not to eat it with seafood, meat and animal offal. The combination of the two is easy to induce gout symptoms and cause fat accumulation in the body. So pay attention to moderate drinking.

autumn harvest

In autumn, yang gradually closes and yin gradually grows, so it is very important to nourish yin and prevent dryness, so maintaining yin in the body has become the primary task.

Judging from the types of wine, autumn is suitable for drinking wine. But when the weather turns cold in autumn, a sip of white wine is also a way to drive away the cold. Try to keep the wine mellow when drinking it. It is not advisable to add ice or sprite, otherwise it will not only affect the mellow taste of the wine, but also destroy the nutritional components of the wine and fail to achieve the health care effect.

Excessive drinking is bad for your health. Because excessive alcohol is easy to damage people's nervous system, it will lead to memory loss, inattention and poor judgment. Do not drink on an empty stomach. Although the degree of wine is lower than that of white wine, it is easy to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in adverse reactions such as drunkenness, nausea, headache and rapid heartbeat, leading to digestive system diseases and even aggravating hepatitis and cirrhosis.

Dongcang

Winter is the season of storing essence, and the period from beginning of winter to beginning of spring is most suitable for winter tonic. Health preservation in winter mainly refers to maintaining the essence, strengthening the body and prolonging life through diet, sleep, exercise, drugs and other means.

In winter, the weather is cold, everything is depressed, or the wind is cold, so the ancients have the saying that "warm wine" is warm. In winter, when the temperature is low, you can "scald" some yellow rice wine or rice wine to warm the wine. Many people have the problem of cold hands and feet. You can also burn some wine or add some yellow wine when cooking.

Liquor can be drunk while it is hot. First, because liquor contains harmful substances, blanching liquor at a proper temperature can volatilize these harmful substances; Second, it is beneficial to protect the spleen and stomach, especially those with deficiency-cold constitution should not drink cold wine.

Yellow rice wine can be drunk while it is hot. Yellow rice wine contains a very small amount of organic compounds such as methanol, aldehydes and ethers. Organic compounds such as aldehydes and ethers have low boiling points. If yellow rice wine is scalded to about 70 degrees Celsius, a very small amount of organic compounds, such as methanol, aldehydes, ethers and so on. During blanching, it will volatilize with the increase of temperature, and at the same time, the ester aromatic hydrocarbons contained in yellow rice wine will volatilize with the increase of temperature, making the wine taste sweeter, mellow and fragrant.

Yellow rice wine should not be scalded for too long. Warm drinking can make it gentle and supple, and can better release the mellow flavor of yellow rice wine. If shredded ginger or plum is added, the liquor will be more mellow and the nutritional effect will be better.

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The content of this article is taken from Wang Xuqian's book Wine Culture on the Tip of the Tongue.

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