Drinking medicinal wine as a tonic in winter is not suitable for everyone
Avoid taking antibiotics while drinking medicinal wine and within 7 days after drinking it
Changsha Evening News, January 31 (All Media Reporter Xu Yuan, Correspondent Shen Si) Winter is the best time to drink medicinal wine. Since the beginning of winter, many people have been drinking medicinal wine to nourish their health. Zhang Wen, deputy director of the Geriatrics Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that medicated wine is not suitable for everyone. When it is suitable for people to take it, don't be greedy. Generally, it should not exceed 100 ml at a time.
"The optimal dosage of medicated wine is 15 to 20 ml. In daily life, medicated wine should not be consumed continuously for a long time." Zhang Wen reminded that usually a course of medicated wine is 3 months, and whether to continue drinking it depends on the specific situation. For the elderly and infirm, because their metabolic function is relatively slow, they should reduce the amount of medicinal wine they drink and should not drink too much. Medicinal wine is best drunk when heated, so that its effect of warming the meridians and unblocking the meridians will be better.
Zhang Wen reminded that when choosing medicated wine, you should choose according to your personal physical characteristics and physical condition: Dry eyes, blurred vision, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees are considered to be liver and kidney deficiency syndrome. You can choose liver and kidney tonifying, Medicinal wine that strengthens muscles and bones; joint pain, difficulty in joint movement, symptoms aggravated by cold, wind, and weather changes. If wind, cold, and dampness are concerned about the joints, you can choose medicinal wine that can dispel wind and dehumidify; pain all over the body, fixed position, and tingling If the nature, the condition is severe at night, consider the syndrome of qi and blood stasis, you can choose medicinal wine that promotes blood circulation, unblocks meridians and removes blood stasis; if you are usually afraid of cold, have lukewarm limbs, and cannot eat raw or cold food and consider cold constitution, you can choose medicinal wine with outstanding effects of warming the meridians and dispersing cold. ; For those who are pale, sallow, or short of breath and are considered to be deficient in both qi and blood, medicinal wine that can replenish qi and blood can be used.
Some people should be careful when drinking medicated wine: patients with liver disease should not drink medicated wine. Alcohol can easily increase the burden on the liver and may worsen the condition; people with alcohol allergies or alcohol intolerance should not drink it. Medicinal wine is made from wine and has a high alcohol content. Taking it can cause allergic reactions. Gout patients are not recommended to drink medicinal wine because it can increase the level of uric acid in the body and induce the recurrence of gouty arthritis. Women during pregnancy and lactation period , it is not advisable to drink medicated wine during menstruation; the elderly suffering from peptic ulcer, esophagitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, hypertension, heart disease and other diseases are better not to drink or to drink less.
At the same time, avoid using cephalosporins and nitroimidazole antibiotics while drinking medicinal wine and within 7 days after drinking medicinal wine. These antibiotics can produce a disulfiram-like reaction with alcohol, which can lead to life-threatening consequences in severe cases.