Men must be careful when drinking this

“Whether you are buying medicinal liquor or making your own, you should understand the effects of the liquor and choose a recipe that suits your personal constitution under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.”

Professor Li Haisong pointed out that some families who pay attention to health care still have the habit of brewing medicinal wine. Some of them follow the recipes passed down by their elders, and some are recommended by friends or simply found on the Internet. However, there are some unknown risks hidden in this.

First of all, the cold, hot, yin and yang properties of various medicinal materials are different. Some medicines are contradictory when used at the same time, and may even produce toxicity and endanger human health.

Secondly, if the medicinal wine is not suitable for your condition, drinking it at will without understanding your own physical condition may cause adverse reactions and damage your health.

People's constitutions can be divided into cold and hot. People with hot constitutions should not eat too much hot food, and people with cold constitutions should not eat too much cold food. For example, it is common for people with hot constitutions to drink deer antler wine, which is like "adding oil to the fire". It not only fails to achieve the effect of health care and strengthening the body, but also causes "getting angry". Therefore, Professor Li Haisong recommends:

1. Homemade medicinal liquor is limited to daily health care and is not suitable for use as medicine.

2. It is best to consult a Chinese medicine doctor before making your own medicinal wine and choose according to your own constitution.

For internal medicinal liquor, non-toxic Chinese herbal medicines suitable for internal use should be selected, and their usage and dosage should be understood in detail. For external medicinal liquor, Chinese herbal medicines with certain toxicity can be appropriately selected. Do not use folk prescriptions that are not recommended by doctors, or randomly copy prescriptions to prepare medicinal liquor on your own; do not buy herbal medicines at tourist attractions and blindly prepare medicinal liquor or boil soup for food therapy.

3. Homemade medicinal wine

It is advisable to choose low-alcohol wine brewed from grains, which generally should not exceed 40 degrees.

4. Do not drink too much

Even men who can drink a lot of alcohol should not drink too much medicinal wine to avoid harming their bodies.

Whether it is medicinal wine or health wine, the addition of Chinese medicinal materials will not weaken the harm of alcohol to the human body, because moderate drinking is very important, and drinking too much will do more harm than good.