Do you know the relationship between wine and Chinese medicine, wine and health and longevity? Wine and Chinese medicine have a long history and are inseparable. This can be proved by the Chinese character "doctor".
"Medicine" was originally called "medicine". The word "medicine" here refers to external trauma; "Shu" means massage, hot compress, acupuncture and other means. Medical diseases treated; "Unitary" was originally a container for wine, which was connected with the meaning of wine, indicating that wine was an internal medicine. The traditional structure of "medicine" fully shows the relationship between wine and traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, Shuowen explained the original meaning of the word "medicine", saying: "The nature of medicine is made of wine" and "wine is also used to treat diseases". There is a saying in Hanshu. "Food Records": "Wine is the best medicine".
Wine not only has medical function, but also has nourishing function of prolonging life. Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, recorded 79 kinds of medicinal liquor in Compendium of Materia Medica, among which 37 kinds of navel wine were tonic wine. Gao Lian, who was contemporary with Li Shizhen, listed 28 kinds of tonic wine in another monograph of gerontology, Eight Chapters of Respect for Life, which had a great influence on the theory of health preservation in later generations.
Among the ancient medical classics, the Secret Biography of Huatuo Bait Feeding Method in the Secret Biography of Huatuo Divine Doctor includes Huatuo Fuling Crispy Shenfang, Huatuo Dihuang Huangqi Crispy Shenfang and Huatuo Dongpo Shenfang, all of which are made of wine with crisp quality. There is also the well-known "Tiger Bone papaya wine", which is exported to Europe and America and is well received by consumers at home and abroad. It is famous for strengthening muscles and bones, harmonizing qi and blood, and relieving twins. It used to be the specific medicine of Qinggongtai pharmacy.
These tonic wines, which can strengthen the body and prolong life, have better effects in addition to their nutritional and medicinal functions and the role of medicinal materials, so they are also favored by people. Moderate drinking and tonic wine are beneficial to people's health and longevity, especially the elderly. Ancient and modern medicine advocates that the elderly drink alcohol in moderation, which is beneficial to health and can prolong life. Akiklepodki, an early Roman doctor, advocated proper exercise, massage, bathing, drinking and dieting for the elderly. /kloc-In the 5th century, the famous European anatomist Xie Bi believed that wine can promote blood circulation and increase living ability. 1558, Conaro published a discussion on health care for the elderly based on his own experience. At the age of 40, because of his poor health, he implemented a strict system in his life. The most important thing is to control his diet. It is stipulated that solid food should not exceed 65,438+02 Liang (about 600g) and liquid should not exceed 40 Liang (about 2,000g) every day, of which 65,438+02 Liang is wine, accounting for about 30% of liquid drinks, which has a long service life.
In the history of China literature, it is interesting that the Nine Old People's Club in Xiangshan was held in Huichang, the hometown of Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Among them, Gao Hu was 89 years old, Zheng Yi was 84 years old, Lu Zhen was 82 years old, Zhang Hun was 74 years old and Bai Juyi was 74 years old. Therefore, there is a famous sentence in Bai Juyi's poem, "Seven people are 570 years old, dragging purple flowers and heavy white beards". The other two are not recorded in the poem because they are under 70 years old. In ancient China, the average life expectancy was not long, and 70 years old was called 70 years old.
There is a saying that "life is seventy years old." Celebrities who lived long in history, such as Confucius, Xunzi, Lu You, Su Wu, He and Liu Yuxi, lived 76 years, 80 years, 86 years and 765 years and 438+0 years respectively. Liu Che, Yuan Shizu, Li Hong and Li Longji, the great emperors of Qing Dynasty, lived 765, 438+0, 80, 89 and 78 years respectively. These famous people in history all like drinking, and longevity cannot be said to be related to drinking. The ancients also said that there are nine kinds of immortal "fairy prescriptions", one of which is "jade fat liquid cream", which probably refers to wine.
Why does drinking live longer? Moderate drinking can accelerate blood circulation, promote metabolism, enhance immunity, stimulate saliva secretion and improve digestion. This is especially true for the elderly with slow metabolism, weakened blood circulation, and decreased immunity and digestive ability. In addition, moderate consumption of white wine can also excite the circulatory system, have a hypnotic effect on insomnia, and have a certain good effect on the human digestive system. These are all beneficial to the elderly.
Yi Shunding, a gifted scholar in the Qing Dynasty, said in his poem "Drinking in a Chinese Restaurant before September": "Water is the eternal green, and wine is the eternal elixir". Yes, moderate drinking is good for health and longevity, as Wang Chong said in the Eastern Han Dynasty: the way to live longer lies in "supplementing qi and self-control, eating properly".
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Text/Cui Li: Former Deputy General Manager of Langjiu Co., Ltd. and Deputy Director of Langjiu Distillery.