Yellow rice wine is brewed with glutinous rice, with many varieties and producing areas. The most famous is Shaoxing yellow rice wine in Zhejiang. According to different brewing methods, there are carved flowers, Zhuangyuanhong, rice wine, sealed wine, good wine and heavy wine. The alcohol content of yellow rice wine is 15-20%, which is an ideal alcoholic beverage.
Yellow rice wine has high nutritional value and is a comprehensive beverage wine containing essential amino acids for human body. Of the 17 amino acids in yellow rice wine, 7 are essential amino acids, which is 5- 10 times higher than that in beer. Moreover, most of the nutrients in yellow rice wine are low molecular weight sugars, which are easily digested and absorbed by the human body. Yellow rice wine also contains organic acids, lipids, trace amounts of higher alcohols and various vitamins.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yellow wine is warm, pungent and bitter, warms qi and blood, nourishes blood and relaxes tendons, strengthens the body, nourishes the collaterals, and eliminates dampness. Drinking yellow wine in moderation is helpful to blood circulation and promotes metabolism.
Drinking yellow wine in winter can promote blood circulation and dispel cold, dredge meridians, effectively keep out the cold and prevent colds. In particular, adding ginger slices to boiled yellow rice wine can promote blood circulation and dispel cold, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen.
It can be seen that cooking ginger with yellow wine can not only dredge meridians, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite, but also help us prevent colds. Yellow rice wine is warm and tonic, and ginger is spicy. The combination of the two can help the human body to sweat and drive away cold to a great extent, promote blood circulation in the body, and thus achieve the purpose of health preservation. Yellow rice wine is good, but you can't drink too much.