Chinese medicinal wine culture has a long history, and the culture of medicinal wine starts with the poem “New Year’s Day” by Wang Anshi, which refers to “Tu Su”. What is “Tu Su” and what is its significance in the New Year? The sound of firecrackers is the first day of the year, and the spring breeze sends warmth into the tusu. It means that people send off the old year with the sound of firecrackers and drink “Tu Su wine” in the spring breeze to welcome the arrival of the new year. Some people think “Tusu wine” is a kind of wine. In fact, it is a kind of medicinal wine prepared by Sun Simiao, the “King of Medicine”, to purify diseases and remove evil. Sun Simiao did not want fame and fortune in his life, but always put the people’s hardships first. He prepared “Tu Su Wine” for the people, and offered it to them as a medicine to ward off evil spirits and diseases. As a result, this wine was later said to be able to “kill the ghosts and revive the souls of people” to show deep respect for the “King of Medicine”. The ancient people believed that “wine is the longest of all medicines”, and that medicinal wine “dissolves” traditional Chinese medicine and wine in one, “medicine lends strength to wine, wine helps medicine”, which can largely It can improve the effectiveness of medicine and nourish the body to a great extent. These herbal wines include tiger bone wine, Tian Qi wine and papaya wine, which are used to treat diseases. Ginseng wine, Shou Wu wine, Ten Perfect Tonic wine, Deer antler wine, etc. are used to strengthen the body. However, drinkers must recognize their own constitution and select the appropriate medicinal wine in a targeted manner according to the theory of Chinese medicine. For example, those who have a cold body type should use warm tonic wine, and those who have a hot body type should use clear tonic wine. Otherwise, the balance of yin and yang qi and blood will be imbalanced. Drinking wine in winter is one of the most common methods of tonic for folk over the ages. The “Thousand Gold Essentials” day: “Take two or three doses of medicinal wine in the winter, the spring will stop, lifelong happiness, a hundred diseases do not arise.” Medicinal wine is used in the winter when it is cold to warm the stomach and intestines and to protect against wind and cold. But in fact, spring is also a good season to drink medicinal wine. With the rising of spring yang, nature’s biochemical source of everything, the body’s metabolic function state is also in a period of prosperity, at this time, if you can properly drink some medicinal wine, not only can promote the operation of blood, but also play a very good health and disease prevention effect. The choice of wine is generally better to use more than 50 degrees of drinking wine, because more than 50 degrees of wine in the process of soaking can largely kill the germs adhering to the herbs and harmful microorganisms, parasites and insects, so that it can be drunk under safe conditions. The selection and treatment of herbs for liquor infusion is to keep the integrity of the herbs as much as possible, but to make the liquor quickly, it is advisable to cut up the herbs or make them into drinking tablets so that the active ingredients of the herbs can be easily infused out and the time required is relatively short. Animal medicine should be removed from the internal organs and dirt, washed with water (venomous snakes should have their heads removed) and baked in a stove or oven to give off a slight fragrance. Baking not only removes moisture, but also achieves the effect of sterilization. Note In addition, all mineral medicines containing toxic ingredients, such as those containing mercury, arsenic, chromium, lead, etc. should not be used to infuse wine. Some ancient recipes or folk rumors suggest that medicinal wine should be soaked for several months to more than a year. In fact, there is no such need, generally soak 1 month can be. Some solid Chinese medicine such as gold stone, mussel shells bubble time to longer, relatively fruit like wolfberry bubble time can be shorter. The tonic type of medicinal wine, winter dip is particularly appropriate, according to folk customs, from the winter solstice onwards, for two or three months. The container for making wine is preferable to use glass bottles, tile jars. It should be noted that cold, fever, menstruation should stop taking. In addition, patients with hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, and severe ulcer disease should also be cautious in taking medicinal wine. It should not be consumed by women during pregnancy and lactation, nor should it be consumed by children.