The following is an introduction to the soaking method of medicinal wines and the prescription of medicinal wines suitable for home use.
Methods and Precautions for Soaking Medicinal Wine
1. Wine Selection Generally, it is better to use 50-degree or above drinking wine, because 50-degree or above wine can kill germs and harmful microorganisms, parasites and eggs attached to herbs to a great extent during the process of soaking, so that it can be consumed under safe conditions.
2. Selection and treatment of liquor-soaked herbs Animal medicines should be removed from the viscera and dirt, washed with water (venomous snakes should be removed from the head), and baked in a fireplace or oven, so as to give off a slight flavor. Baking not only removes water, but also achieves the effect of sterilization and maintains the alcohol concentration of the infused wine. It also makes it easier for the active ingredients to dissolve in the wine and drink it with a tangy feeling.
Any animal medicine that has been corrupted and spoiled or moldy should be discarded.
Botanical medicines should maximize the removal of impurities and sludge in the herbs. The herbs should be dry to ensure the efficacy of the wine.
In addition, all mineral medicines containing toxic ingredients, such as those containing mercury, arsenic, chromium, lead, etc., should not be used to soak wine. A number of emperors in China's Tang Dynasty, such as Emperor Taizong of Tang, etc. were killed by taking elixirs and medicinal wines containing lead and mercury for longevity!
3. The time of immersion of medicinal wine Some ancient recipes or folk rumors, that the medicinal wine should be immersed in a few months to more than a year. The author believes that this is not necessary. General soaking 1 month can be. Sometimes, in order to make the active ingredients escape more quickly, if you do not consider the aesthetics, the herbs can be chopped and soaked.
Additionally, the temperature has a direct impact on the immersion of medicinal wine, the temperature is high, the immersion time is shorter, the temperature is low, the immersion time is longer.
The containers of the wine should be glass bottles and jars, not metal containers, so as to avoid the escape of toxic substances or toxic chemical reactions in the metal.
Recipe and use of commonly used medicinal wine at home
1. qi tonic blood wine Ginseng 33 grams, astragalus 25 grams, angelica body 20 grams, Longan meat 60 grams, 15 grams of Chuanxiong rhizoma, 45 grams of ripened earth. Soak in 50 degree rice wine for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Suitable for weak qi and blood, pale and lusterless face, weakness, or scanty and pale menstruation, late menstruation. Take 10~20 ml each time. Those who are not good at drinking wine can drink this wine in soup. Or this wine stewed chicken effect is also good.
Contraindications: cold and fever, ulcer disease, respiratory disease and liver disease should not be taken.
2.Strengthen the waist and tonify the kidney wine 60 grams of Morinda citrifolia, 45 grams of Cistanches, 33 grams of Sichuan Cortex, 25 grams of ginseng, 18 grams of antler slices, mealybugs, 30 grams of Sichuan Sequence, 15 grams of bone marrow, 75 grams of rock sugar, 50 degrees of rice wine, 1 kilogram. Soak for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Strengthening the yang, strengthening the waist and tonifying the kidneys, suitable for men with lumbar and knee weakness and impotence; it can also be used for women with low libido, low blood pressure, lumbar soreness and weakness. Take 10~20ml each time.
Contraindications: same as above. Do not drink with high blood pressure.
3. Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis wine 85 grams of Radix Panax quinquefolii (Panax notoginseng) (broken or sliced), 25 grams of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 33 grams of Radix et Rhizoma Serratae, 28 grams of Rhizoma Cyperus rotundus, 30 grams of Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, 18 grams of Rhizoma saffron, 35 grams of Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae, 15 grams of Rhizoma Cyperus rotundus, 70 grams of rock sugar, 50 degrees of rice wine 1 kilogram. Soak for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, applicable to old injury from bruises, muscle and tendon pain. Take 10~15ml each time. It can also be applied externally to the affected area. Contraindications: the same as above.
4. The wind and activate the wine White Snake 90 grams, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong 32 grams, 20 grams of Sichuan Papaya, ginger live, live alone 25 grams, 40 grams of Millennium Jian, the system of Sichuan Wu 18 grams, 28 grams of Gentiana Macrophyllae, 45 grams of Sichuan Knee, 50 grams of half of the maple lotus, 100 grams of rock sugar. 1.5 kilograms of 50-degree rice wine, soaked for 1 month.
Functions and Usage: Dispel wind and activate collaterals, activate blood circulation and relieve pain, applicable to chronic rheumatism and musculoskeletal pain, and the pain occurs mostly in cold and wet weather. Take 2~3 times a day, 10~15 ml each time. It can also be applied externally to the affected area.
Contraindications: Same as above. This medicinal wine contains Chuanwu and should not be consumed in excess.
5. Wine for Nourishing the Body 90 grams of Qizi, 65 grams of Huangjing, 32 grams of Astragalus, 28 grams of Angelica sinensis, 38 grams of Cordyceps sinensis, 60 grams of longan meat, 25 grams of ginseng. 1.5 kilograms of 50-degree rice wine, soaked for 1 month.
Function: tonifying qi and blood, nourishing the body and benefiting life, it is a mild fitness wine, which can make one's face red and glossy. Take it once a day in the morning and evening, the amount should not be more than 30 milliliters each time, and 10~15 milliliters is better for the elderly.
Contraindications: same as above.
6. External bruise wine 10 grams of raw Chuanwu, 10 grams of raw Caowu, 15 grams of amphorae, 20 grams of camphor, 18 grams of rhubarb, 17 grams of ice chips, 12 grams of fine Xin, 32 grams of hematoxylin, 60% alcohol 1.5 kilograms, soaked for 1 month.
Function: Promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, soothing tendons and relieving pain. Apply externally on the painful area 3~5 times a day. Avoid applying on broken skin. Prohibit internal use.