Keeping in good health with wine has existed since ancient times. According to the theory of TCM health preservation, wine can not only nourish emotions, but also cure diseases and preserve health. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, health wine brewed from the roots, leaves and stems of animals and their internal organs and plants appeared in China. The viewpoint that "wine is the best medicine" put forward in Hanshu Shihuozhi has a long history. Health wine occupies an important position from the fifty-two prescriptions of Huangdi Neijing unearthed in Mawangdui to the Emergency Prescription in Sun Simiao and the Imperial Hospital in Yuan Dynasty. Especially the emperors who ruled China in ancient times, admired health wine. There are Lansheng wine and Jiudan wine of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Bai Mo wine of Wei Wendi, Cangqing mash of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Longgao wine and bone-changing mash of Tang Xianzong, Deer Fetus wine of Song Huizong, Taihe Shenjiu of Yuan Renzong, Crane Longshou wine of Ming Shizong, Guiling wine of Qing Gaozong and Songling wine. Empress Dowager Cixi not only keeps health with wine, but also keeps beauty with wine.

According to historical records, Tang Xianzong people's favorite dragon cream wine is a health wine made of crocodiles.