In winter, many people brew medicinal liquor at home because it is convenient to make and preserve.

However, if the medicinal materials are not selected properly, it will affect the curative effect and even produce toxicity.

One: the role of medicinal liquor:

Medicinal liquor contains the dual functions of wine and medicine, but it is mainly used as medicine.

Wine itself also has the function of medicine; Moreover, the wine can completely dissolve the fat-soluble and water-soluble effective components in the medicinal materials, which greatly improves the efficacy.

Wine and medicine can promote each other.

If the drug alone can play a role of three points, then you can get six to eight points in the medicinal liquor.

Moreover, after mixing wine with medicine, the strength of wine will be enhanced. Those who can drink half a glass of wine at ordinary times can only drink a mouthful of medicinal liquor.

2. Selection of medicinal materials:

According to the different properties of medicinal materials, medicinal liquor can be divided into animal medicinal liquor, plant medicinal liquor, animal and plant medicinal liquor and mineral medicinal liquor.

Commonly used medicinal materials include ginseng, snake, wolfberry, velvet antler, deer penis, cordyceps sinensis, American ginseng and so on.

It's best to use white wine (Laobaigan), whole or sliced medicinal materials.

Different wines have little effect on the curative effect, and the degree and smell of wine are generally selected according to personal preferences.

You can choose low-alcohol wine with a small capacity of 38 degrees; You can choose a high-alcohol liquor of about 52 degrees.

Usually, Qu liquor is not selected, because Qu liquor is fermented by Qu, and the aroma of Qu contained in it will be mixed with the smell of drugs, which will produce a strange smell and make people smell uncomfortable.

Usually, white dried or yellow wine is used, which is light and fragrant after being mixed with medicinal materials.

The advantage of liquor is that it is not easy to deteriorate and has a long storage time.

But in the south, fruit wine is occasionally used to make wine, with less alcohol content and less harm to human body.

When making fruit wine, the cooking method is generally used-the medicinal materials are cooked and the residue is removed, and a proper amount of liquid medicine is mixed into the fruit wine for drinking.

Medicinal materials can be put whole or cut into 3 ~ 5 mm pieces or segments, but they are rarely ground into particles.

Because particles are easy to make the liquid medicine turbid, the light transmittance is not good, and the granular medicine dissolves quickly and has a large concentration.

Only large particles will be used unless rapid dissolution is required.

The containers of medicinal liquor are mostly frosted glass bottles, which are easy to seal and prevent drug oxidation.

Dark bottles are best. If you use a transparent bottle, be careful not to direct it in the sun.

The ratio of medicine to wine is also particular.

Generally speaking, the soaked medicinal materials account for about 1/3 of the total volume of medicinal liquor.

Three: the amount of medicated wine to drink:

Drink one and a half at a time.

The medicinal materials are soaked in wine and stored indoors at room temperature, but attention should be paid to sealing them from light and shaking them several times a day. This is called "cold soaking" and is the most commonly used method.

There is also a "hot cooking method"-boiling herbs in wine can warm yang and relieve exterior syndrome.

However, this kind of wine is volatile, which makes it low in degree and not suitable for long-term storage, but only for short-term use.

When the color of medicinal liquor no longer deepens, it means that the effective components of the medicine have stopped oozing, and the concentration of medicinal liquor has reached the maximum, so it can be taken.

Generally speaking, animal medicinal liquor can only be taken after soaking 1 ~ 2 weeks, while plant medicinal liquor can be taken for 3 ~ 5 days.

Some precious medicinal materials can be soaked repeatedly. When the liquid level is still 1 inch before drinking, add new wine to continue soaking.

Do not take it in case of the following conditions, such as turbid texture, obvious floc, dark color, oil film on the surface, light wine taste and obvious rancidity taste.

When drinking, drink one or two to one and a half at a time.

Those who are not good at drinking can mix the medicinal liquor with yellow wine or cold boiled water and drink it according to the quantity.

There is no time limit for taking nourishing medicinal liquor; It is best not to use medicinal liquor for treatment on an empty stomach or when eating; Anshen medicinal liquor is suitable for 1 ~ 2 hours before going to bed.

For example: "Feng Tong medicinal liquor";

Ingredients: Ding Gongteng 19.2kg angelica dahurica 1 0.6kg acanthopanax bark10.2kg ephedra 3.2kg Artemisia annua10.6kg angelica sinensis 1kg cassia twig/0.6kg fennel1.

Exercise:

First, mix the above 15 kinds of medicinal materials except Chinese liquor, then add Chinese liquor for sealed soaking, filter the supernatant, squeeze the residue for 45 days in summer and autumn and 60 days in spring and summer, combine the squeezed liquid with the soaked liquid, stand for 4 days, and filter to get the finished product.

The administration method is oral, and the usual dosage is 15ml, three times a day.

Efficacy:

Dispelling wind and dredging collaterals, dispelling cold and relieving pain.

It can be used for rheumatic arthralgia, numbness of limbs, soreness of bones and muscles, soreness of waist and knees, and recurrence of old injuries.

For example: "compound roasted wild aconite medicinal liquor"

Ingredients: Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii preparata100g Radix Clematidis 200g Rhizoma Dioscoreae Nipponicae 300g edible alcohol.

Exercise:

Add 10 times of water to Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, heat and boil for 3-4 hours (with a big knife until there is no white heart and the tongue tastes numb), then stew the water until it is dry, squeeze the moxibustion Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, mix with coarse powders of Radix Clematidis and Rhizoma Dioscoreae Nipponicae, extract by percolation, collect, store in another container, and continue percolation.

How to take orally?

About 10 ml each time, 2 ~ 3 times a day.

Efficacy: expelling wind and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.

Used for rheumatoid arthritis.

For example: "rheumatism and pain relief wine"

Ingredients: Chinese liquor (8000g), Zaocys (45g), Yunshi (150g), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (15g), Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (15g), nidus vespae (45g) and Radix Glycyrrhizae (65438).

Accessories: Caulis Trachelospermi (60g), Caulis Celosiae (60g), Squama Manis (45g), Scolopendra (30g), Scorpio (45g), Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga (45g), Achyranthes bidentata (15g), Ramulus Cinnamomi (45g) and Herba Taxilli (45g).

Exercise:

1. pulverize the above medicinal materials, put them in a cloth bag, put them in a container, add Chinese liquor, seal them, stir them once a day, soak them for 30-40 days, then take them out of the bag, squeeze them, combine them, filter them, add white sugar to the filtrate, stir and dissolve them, seal them, let them stand for/kloc-0.5 days, and filter them.

2. Take 10- 15g twice or three times a day. Pregnant women and children should not take it.

Efficacy: dispelling wind and cold, removing dampness and dredging collaterals, suitable for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia.

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