In the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization, wine has occupied an important position in all aspects of literature and art creation, culture and entertainment, diet and cooking, health care and so on, and wine has become a traditional culture. In modern times, wine is an indispensable social communication link. It is fun to get mixed drinks. When the wine is slightly drunk, the atmosphere is active. After three rounds of wine, it can be said that it is people's courage medicine and people's forgetfulness.

First, the benefits of wine to the human body

1. Wine can strengthen people's courage

In traditional Chinese medicine, people with deficiency of gallbladder and qi are easily frightened and indecisive. It has been recorded in Hanshu Shihuozhi that "wine is the best medicine", and wine is a hot and dry thing, and people with gallbladder qi deficiency can supplement bile after drinking. According to Chinese medicine, when people are in a state of great anger, they are prone to impulsiveness, and they can do many things that they usually dare not do, so wine can embolden them.

2. wine can connect the gods

Wine can clear the mind, relax the mind, promote blood circulation and collaterals. When people are uncomfortable or depressed, drinking can relax the qi, relax muscles and promote blood circulation. That's why some people "drown their sorrows by drinking". After drinking, their bodies are on cloud nine and forget many worries, and the stagnation between liver and spleen is temporarily solved. However, it is not advisable to "drown your sorrows by drinking", because the real sorrow still needs to solve the root of the problem, and drinking is just an escape, which can't solve the root of the problem after all, so there is a saying that "drown your sorrows by drinking".

3. wine can be used as Chinese medicine

In traditional Chinese medicine, wine is also a traditional Chinese medicine blindly. For example, it is recorded in the "Medicinal Nature Fu" that "wine has the function of promoting medicine to break the knot", and in the process of processing traditional Chinese medicine, many traditional Chinese medicines need to be processed with wine, and some medicinal wines commonly used in ophthalmology and head and face diseases can be used to induce medicine to go up after processing; Some traditional Chinese medicines for warming and nourishing liver and kidney can alleviate the acidity and enhance the effect of warming and nourishing liver and kidney after being processed with wine; Some traditional Chinese medicines that promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals will have a stronger effect of promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals after being made into wine; There are also some traditional Chinese medicines with fishy smell, which can be used to correct odor after being made with wine.

Second, the harm of wine to human body

Wine has many benefits to the human body, so can it be drunk without restraint? Certainly not. The ancients once warned that "life is in moderation, and excessive drinking is a disaster", as Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out in Compendium of Materia Medica: "If you drink less wine, your blood and qi will circulate ... if you drink too much, it will harm people instantly." Therefore, for the sake of health, don't drink too much.

1. Liver damage caused by alcohol

Wine is a hot product. Drinking a lot for a long time will make alcohol poison enter the body, which is the most likely to hurt the liver. The main muscle of the liver will be enlightened to the eyes, and alcohol will hurt the liver, and there will be symptoms such as disdainful fingernails, trembling hands and feet, decreased vision and blurred vision. The liver governs the drainage and promotes the subtle absorption of Shui Gu and the excretion of dregs in the body. Excessive drinking will bring a great burden to the liver, lead to abnormal drainage and the accumulation of alcoholism, which will lead to diseases such as alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver and cirrhosis. The liver is the official of the general, second only to the position of the heart as the official of the monarch, which affects the whole body. After the liver is injured, the detoxification ability of the body will also decrease, resulting in decreased immunity and easy infection with other diseases.

2. The harm of wine to the spleen and stomach

Alcoholism is damp and hot, which hurts the spleen and stomach, so it is easy to have symptoms such as anorexia, abdominal distension, fatigue and belching. Excessive drinking at one time will lead to gastric bleeding and acute gastritis, while continuous drinking in large quantities will most likely lead to more serious chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer. Long-term drinking hurts the stomach, the spleen and stomach are dysfunctional, the digestion is not good, the body is malnourished, the constitution is poor, and it is easy to infect other diseases.

3. The harm of wine to the heart

Alcohol poisoning enters the heart, and the heart governs the gods, which is prone to memory decline, palpitation and insomnia and other symptoms, and the temper will become irritable; Excessive drinking causes myocardial fibrosis, loss of elasticity, enlargement of heart and increase of cholesterol. Not only cases of myocarditis are high, but also the incidence of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease is much higher than that of moderate drinkers. Therefore, the whole cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system is in a state of crisis.

4. The harm of alcohol to the lungs

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are delicate and dirty, and they like to moisten and hate dryness, while wine has the function of pungent heat and dispersing qi. Long-term heavy drinking is easy to dissipate lung qi and lung yin.

5. Harm of alcohol to kidney

Alcoholism will damage the kidney for a long time, which is prone to soreness of the waist and knees, and even the physiological function will decline.