Nowadays, many people pay great attention to health preservation because they all want to live longer. There are many methods of health care. Among so many methods, medicated wine is also a favorite of many people. Middle-aged and elderly people like to keep healthy with medicine and wine, but some people have some misunderstandings. What are the misunderstandings of medicinal liquor health care? How to make medicinal liquor correctly?

1, the misunderstanding of medicinal liquor health preservation

1, medicated wine is nourishing regardless.

Be sure to recognize the efficacy of medicinal liquor before taking it. General medicinal liquor is divided into therapeutic medicinal liquor and nourishing medicinal liquor. The former has a specific medical function and is mainly prepared according to the doctor's prescription or experience, with obvious clinical effect and strict taking method. Nourishing wine is common in the market, which has health care function and should be taken according to personal situation.

2, medicinal wine to eat.

Many people will take out carefully brewed medicinal liquor to share with friends and family at dinner. This is actually wrong. Medicinal liquor itself is effective. Usually, you can't take medicine with meals. You should also abide by this rule when taking medicinal liquor. Taking wine with food will not only stimulate the digestive tract, but also affect the curative effect.

3. The older the medicinal liquor, the better.

Many people mistakenly think that wine is an old fragrance, and the longer the medicinal liquor should be soaked, the better. That was not the case. Pay attention to aging when drinking medicinal liquor and store it properly. Generally, it is best to store high-quality wine for 4 ~ 5 years. If it continues to be stored, the alcohol content will decrease, the taste of the wine will become weak, the aroma will disappear and the efficacy will be affected. If there is a lot of precipitation or rancidity, you must not drink it again.

Medicinal liquor is a very common health care, but if you fall into the above three misunderstandings, you will not be able to keep healthy, but will hurt your health!

2. How to make medicinal liquor?

1, choose high-grade wine and choose the right wine.

High-alcohol liquor is generally used to make wine, so how much is appropriate? Qiu, a pharmacist in the pharmacy department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that because most of the effective components in medicinal materials will be dissolved in 50 -70 degrees of wine, and high-alcohol can fully dissolve the effective components in medicinal materials, the efficacy of medicinal liquor is stronger. At the same time, the higher the alcohol content, the stronger the anti-corrosion ability of wine, and the lower the alcohol content, the easier it is to deteriorate and harmful to human body. "For example, if there is too much water in wine below 20 degrees, medicinal liquor is easy to produce bacteria and microorganisms. Therefore, you should choose 50 -70 degrees wine for soaking wine, but considering the appropriate drinking degree, it is recommended to choose 50 degrees wine. "

So what kind of wine do you use to make wine? Many people will blurt it out-liquor. Experts said that the brewing of health-care medicinal liquor generally uses well-brewed white wine, and if it is nourishing medicinal liquor, it is best to brew yellow wine with glutinous rice.

2. Glass and ceramic containers are preferred.

It is best to use glass and ceramic containers for soaking medicinal liquor. Metal containers, especially those containing lead, are not recommended. Before soaking wine, clean the container, preferably after disinfection and sterilization.

3. Wash and dry the processed medicinal materials.

Generally, the medicinal materials purchased in regular pharmacies are processed, but they will be screened again before being soaked in wine to pick out impurities and clean them. Qiu said that medicinal materials soaked in wine should be kept as dry as possible to ensure the effectiveness of medicinal liquor. If it's fresh, it's best to wash it and dry it before soaking in wine. Because particles are easy to make medicinal liquor turbid and agglomerate after a long time, it is difficult to identify what kind of medicinal liquor it is, so try not to grind medicinal materials into particles or powder unless it needs to be dissolved quickly, but it is recommended to put them in a bag.

4, soaking method

In fact, there are many ways to brew medicinal liquor, such as cold soaking, hot soaking, frying, brewing and so on. However, home-brewed medicinal liquor is usually soaked in cold and hot.

Cold soaking method: soak medicinal materials and wine at the ratio of 1: 10 or 1: 20. However, some medicinal materials can be poured out after soaking for two months, and then added with new wine to brew again. After repeated soaking, several wines can be stored or drunk together.

Hot bubble method: put the medicinal materials and wine together in a container, boil them in water until they are slightly boiling, and then soak them for one day. Cook in the same way the next day, and repeat it three times. This can speed up the precipitation of effective substances in medicinal materials, but it must be noted that the decocting time should not be too long, otherwise it will accelerate the volatilization of alcohol.

Step 5 drink alcohol in moderation

Because the alcohol content of soaked wine is high, and the more medicinal liquor you drink, the better the efficacy. It is recommended to drink no more than 10 ml each time and no more than 1 time every day. It is best to drink it within half an hour after meals. Qiu said that the general nourishing Chinese medicine is relatively peaceful and suitable for most people to drink. However, it is recommended that people who are not suitable for drinking choose other health preservation methods.

If it is found that the medicinal liquor tastes sour, or the liquor becomes turbid, and there are obvious flocs and oil films on the surface, it means that the medicinal liquor may deteriorate and is no longer suitable for drinking.