Huangjiu is one of the oldest liquors in the world, originating from China and only in China, and is known as one of the world's three oldest liquors along with beer and wine. In the latest national standards, the definition of yellow wine is: rice, corn, black rice, corn, wheat and other raw materials, after steaming, mixed with wheat, rice or wine medicine, saccharification and fermentation brewed from various types of yellow wine.

Many people don't know much about yellow wine, and some people only see it in the process of food cooking, but it is actually very nutritious and its role is by no means limited to cooking.

Here's a look at the 7 health reasons to drink yellow wine:

1, soothing and revitalizing

Yellow wine smells bitter, sweet and pungent. Drinking it warmly in winter can invigorate blood circulation, remove cold, energize the meridians and effectively ward off cold stimuli and prevent colds. Drinking it in moderation helps blood circulation, promotes metabolism, and replenishes blood and nourishes the skin.

2, easy to digest

Yellow wine contains many easily digestible nutrients, such as maltose, glycerol, higher alcohols, glucose, lipids and so on.

3. Supplementary amino acids

White wine is rich in nutrients, containing 21 kinds of amino acids, including several kinds of unknown amino acids, and the human body can not be synthesized by itself, must rely on food intake of eight essential amino acids yellow wine have, so it is known as "liquid cake".

4, beauty and anti-aging

White wine is rich in B vitamins such as vitamin B1, B2, and a large number of nicotinic acid, vitamin E, etc., which have the effect of slowing down the aging process and beautifying the face.

5, promote appetite

Generally speaking, when the human body lacks zinc, the sense of taste as well as sexual function will be reduced. Yellow wine contains a large amount of zinc, appropriate drinking can relieve the lack of zinc caused by loss of appetite and other symptoms.

6, protect the heart

Yellow wine contains a variety of trace elements, such as magnesium per 100 milliliters of 20 to 30 milligrams, 10 times higher than white wine, 5 times higher than red wine. Yellow wine contains 1 to 1.2 micrograms of selenium per 100 milliliters, which is about 20 times higher than white wine and about 12 times higher than red wine. These trace elements can play a role in promoting blood circulation and combing blood vessels, which can effectively prevent thrombosis and elevated blood pressure, and play a role in preventing and controlling cardiovascular diseases, thus protecting heart health.

7, commonly used medicine

Huangjiu is an important auxiliary raw material of Chinese medicine paste, Dan, pills, bulk, in the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine will often use Huangjiu, with Huangjiu soaking, boiling, steaming Chinese herbs or modulation of pills and a variety of medicinal wines, according to statistics, there are about seventy kinds of medicinal wines on the market need to be used for Huangjiu wine as a basis for the preparation of the wine.