There are many methods to make medicinal liquor, such as distillation, hot extraction, dilution and cold soaking. Due to the limitation of conditions, the self-made medicinal liquor is suitable for cold soaking. The price of medicinal liquor on the market is generally more expensive. If you brew at home, not only the cost is low, but also the formula can be flexibly prepared according to your own needs, so it is more suitable.

Cold soaking method is to soak medicinal materials directly with Chinese liquor. First, take a sealed and clean large-mouthed glass bottle or porcelain jar or jar, slice the medicinal materials, wash them, drain them, or grind them into coarse powder and put them into a container, and add Chinese liquor, the dosage of which is about 10 times of the weight of the medicinal materials. If you use food and medicinal materials to soak wine, you only need to add 5 times the weight of alcohol. Shake the wine evenly after adding the medicinal materials, seal the bottle mouth or jar mouth, and store it in a cool and dark place. When soaking, you should often shake the container or stir the medicinal materials so that the Chinese liquor can fully soak the medicinal materials. The soaking time should be at least 14 days, and some medicinal materials can be soaked for several months or 1 year. If the prescription drug has too much flavor and cannot be leached completely at one time, it can be leached twice or multiple times, but the amount of alcohol added each time should be calculated well, not too much, and the total amount of liquor remains unchanged. If the method of multiple soaking is used, a small amount of wine should be used for multiple soaking until the color of the soaked medicinal liquor becomes lighter, indicating that the drug components are extracted more thoroughly.

For soaking medicinal liquor, it is best to use high-quality white wine with 55-60 degrees, but not ethanol (alcohol). It is forbidden to use non-medical ethanol because it contains substances harmful to health. Inferior liquor can't be used either, the residual methanol is high, and the ingredients of brewing raw materials are complex, so it is difficult to ensure the quality of medicinal liquor.

There are many kinds of medicated wine brewed at home, such as ginseng wine, ginseng antler wine, ginseng radix wine, velvet antler wine, ginseng wine, safflower wine, Eucommia ulmoides wine, chinese wolfberry wine, hawthorn wine, mulberry wine, orange wave wine, papaya wine, Zaocys wine, etc. , according to a certain proportion of weighing brewing, dosage should be in accordance with the doctor's advice.

The method of self-made medicinal liquor is simple and easy, and it can be prepared according to the required amount, but not all Chinese medicines can soak wine. For example, traditional Chinese medicine containing water-soluble active ingredients is not suitable for liquor leaching. Another point is that Chinese medicines with severe or toxic effects, such as Radix Aconiti, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, Radix Aconiti Lateralis, poisonous insects, etc. , can not be prepared into medicinal liquor at will. These drugs have strict and standardized brewing requirements and must be operated by professional Chinese pharmacists.

When choosing medicinal liquor, we should not only understand the above-mentioned "application scope and taboo of medicinal liquor", but also be familiar with the functions of medicinal liquor and choose the appropriate medicinal liquor.

(A) the role of medicinal liquor

The functions of medicinal liquor include the dual functions of "the function of wine and the efficacy of medicine". Because each medicinal liquor is made of different Chinese herbal medicines, the efficacy of medicinal liquor is also different.

Generally speaking, medicinal liquor has a wide range of functions, ranging from nourishing medicinal liquor to medicinal medicinal liquor for eliminating pathogenic factors and treating diseases. For example, the health care and beauty medicated wine, which mainly tonifies deficiency and strengthens the body, has the main functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing stomach and producing essence, strengthening heart and calming nerves, resisting aging and prolonging life. Medicinal liquor is mainly used to treat diseases, mainly to dispel wind and cold. Relieving cough and asthma, clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing blood and activating blood, relaxing channels and dredging collaterals, etc. Different diseases have different functions.

Medicinal liquor is made of wine and medicine. But the drugs are targeted and selective, and they are all added according to specific requirements. Therefore, different drugs mixed into wine have different medicinal liquor functions. Medicinal liquor, for example, is mainly used for preventing and treating diseases. It requires strict and meticulous formula and is specially designed for diseases. Nourishing medicinal liquor, although it has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on some diseases, mainly plays a nourishing and strong role in human body, promotes human health, is full of energy, and prevents evil spirits from attacking people. But there are also certain requirements, which are specially designed for supplementing deficiency and rectifying deviation and regulating yin and yang. Therefore, each medicinal liquor has different functions and application scope, which is difficult to describe. Please refer to the application section for the specific functions of each medicinal liquor.

Thus, the functions of medicinal liquor are varied. Its other main function, when wine is used as medicine, can neutralize or alleviate the medicinal properties of bitter cold medicine and avoid the bitter taste of taking medicine at ordinary times, which is also accepted by people. If there are many people who are good at drinking, they often use people's daily food to prepare medicinal liquor. It not only has medical function, but also has nourishing and health care function. It's a double-edged sword. It's really good to drink.

(2) Selection of medicinal liquor

Choosing medicinal liquor is very important. First of all, we should be familiar with the types and properties of medicinal liquor. Second, we should aim at the condition and meet the needs of the condition; Third, we should consider our physical condition; Fourth, we should understand the use of medicinal liquor.

1. People with deficiency of both qi and blood can choose Longfeng wine, pheasant tonic wine, Yishou tonic wine, Bazhen wine and Shiquan tonic wine.

2. People with weak temper can choose ginseng wine, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Astragali, longevity tonic wine, tortoise Angelababy wine, etc.

3. People with liver and kidney yin deficiency can choose Angelica wine, chinese wolfberry wine and Clam Ant wine. Round wine, etc

4. People with kidney-yang deficiency can choose goat tonic wine, Guilingji wine, ginseng antler wine, three-whip wine, etc.

5. Diseases such as wind-cold-dampness arthralgia and apoplexy sequelae. Can be selected from famous Chinese and foreign medicinal liquor, popular medicinal liquor and other symptomatic medicinal liquor.

6. Rheumatoid arthritis or muscle soreness caused by rheumatism can be selected from rheumatic medicinal liquor, wind-chasing medicinal liquor, rheumatic osteopathy liquor and Wujiapi liquor. If the symptoms of rheumatism are serious, papaya wine with mild medication can be used. Nourishing blood and treating wind wine; Such as rheumatism for many years, limb cup wood, hemiplegia, you can choose python wine, three snake wine, five snake wine and so on.

7. Patients with musculoskeletal injuries can choose traumatic injury wine and traumatic medicated wine.

8. People with impotence can choose multi-whip aphrodisiac wine, aphrodisiac wine and epimedium wine. Qingsongling medicinal oil, seal kidney wine, etc.

9. People with neurasthenia can choose Schisandra wine, Ningxin wine and Albizia Albizia bark wine.

10. Menstrual patients can choose female menstruation regulating wine, angelica wine, etc.

All these are not exemplified here. In short, medicated wine treats many diseases. Generally, you can refer to the prescriptions of medicinal liquor listed in this book and choose according to the symptoms.

In the prevention of diseases, the ancients and the people have long practiced, such as drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival, which can resist aging and prevent aging; Drinking bayberry wine in summer can prevent heatstroke; Drinking alpine plant wine regularly can prevent the formation of hyperlipidemia and reduce the occurrence of arteriosclerosis; Long-term drinking of acanthopanax bark wine and ginseng wine can strengthen muscles and bones, tonify qi and blood, strengthen body resistance and prevent diseases.

In short, the choice of medicinal liquor varies from person to person and from illness to illness. If you choose nourishing medicinal liquor, you should consider people's physique. For example, thin people often suffer from yin deficiency and blood deficiency, which is easy to get angry and hurt body fluid. It is advisable to choose medicinal liquor for nourishing yin and enriching blood. Obese people often have yang deficiency and qi deficiency, and are prone to phlegm and cold. It is advisable to choose medicinal liquor that tonifies the heart and calms the nerves. The choice of medicinal liquor based on treatment should be based on syndromes, and it is best to choose it under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine. In short, it is necessary to choose the appropriate medicinal liquor in a targeted manner. Medicinal liquor can not only cure diseases, but also strengthen the body. This does not mean that every medicinal liquor can cure all diseases, and patients can take any medicinal liquor at will to get the effect. People who drink must choose carefully, recognize their illness and physical condition, have a clear purpose to choose, never use it for others, and drink it when they see wine.