Middle-aged and elderly people are suitable for drinking medicinal liquor. Broadly speaking, "wine is the crown of all drugs", which has the effects of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, dispelling cold and helping yang. Drinking in moderation, all wines have a certain health-preserving effect, which can be divided into medicinal wine and nourishing wine. In our daily life, medicated wine is often said in a narrow sense, especially the wine which is based on fermented wine, distilled wine or edible alcohol, and is made by adding Chinese herbal medicines in the wine-making process or directly in the wine, and has certain nourishing and medical functions. Various medicinal wines have different curative effects: chinese wolfberry wine can lower blood pressure, tonify kidney and strengthen yang; Ginseng wine can dispel cold, relax tendons and activate collaterals, promote blood circulation and increase immunity; Deer velvet wine can nourish yin and enrich blood; Ganoderma lucidum wine can prolong life; Polygonum multiflorum wine can nourish hair. In some areas of southern China, snakes, scorpions, ants and other animal medicines are often added to wine to promote blood circulation, dispel wind and remove dampness. Huangdi Neijing records that "he is over forty years old, and Yin Qi is half." Because most medicinal liquor has the function of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, it is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to drink medicinal liquor. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not drink ginseng wine. Although it has a certain health care function, it is still wine, which belongs to hot and dry products and should not be drunk excessively. Patients with peptic ulcer, gout, hypertension and alcohol allergy should not drink it, and it is best to avoid medicinal liquor. Of course, people who don't drink and get drunk as soon as they drink can't drink medicinal liquor. Even if you have a little alcohol consumption, you should control the consumption of medicinal liquor, which should not exceed 100 ml a day. Because medicinal liquor is irritating, it is best not to drink it on an empty stomach, but to drink it with food. Even if it is the same medicinal liquor, some people are suitable and some people are not. Take the most common ginseng wine as an example. People who are deficient in qi, afraid of cold and have low back and leg pain drink it, which is "symptomatic drinking". People with yin deficiency and excessive fire will aggravate their illness and have the opposite effect. If you drink medicinal liquor for a long time, you'd better ask a doctor to diagnose your condition first and choose the appropriate medicinal liquor according to your own situation. Medicinal liquor prepared with precious Chinese herbal medicines may not be able to strengthen the body, so we should pay attention to its indications and contraindications when drinking medicinal liquor. The shortest time to prepare medicinal liquor is one week. Now many people make their own medicinal liquor at home. The soaking time and specific processing technology of medicinal materials directly affect the health care effect of medicinal liquor. Generally speaking, it is best to choose yellow wine or low-alcohol liquor as the base wine to prepare nourishing medicinal liquor. Wrap the selected medicinal materials in gauze or put them into a ceramic jar with a cover, add wine according to the proportion required by the prescription, and seal and soak them. Shake or stir 1 time every day in the first week of soaking medicinal liquor, and shake or stir 1 time every week thereafter. The soaking time should be about 1 month, and the shortest time should not be less than 1 week, otherwise the medicinal materials can not be fully dissolved in the wine, and the effect of medicinal liquor is not obvious.