1. Does the homemade medicinal liquor have a shelf life?
The medicinal liquor you made has a shelf life.
Although the heavier the wine, the better, but after soaking in medicinal materials, the wine will contain medicinal impurities and other additives. If the storage environment is improper, or water permeates, the medicine will deteriorate, the medicinal liquor will become turbid, and it will emit sour taste or other special smells, indicating that it has deteriorated.
2. How long is the shelf life of homemade medicinal liquor?
If the medicinal liquor is stored in a low temperature environment and properly sealed, the shelf life is generally 4 months to half a year, and it is recommended to drink it within half a year. After a long time, the alcohol concentration will drop. Once the alcohol content is lower than 20%, the taste of the wine will fade and the aroma will disappear, which may also lead to the fermentation and deterioration of the medicinal materials in the wine and affect the efficacy.
3. How to store homemade medicinal liquor?
Generally, homemade medicinal liquor should be preserved in porcelain bottles or glass bottles and can be taken at any time. If it needs to be stored for a long time, it needs a large ceramic or glass container, not a metal container, so as to avoid a chemical reaction between the container and the wine. The mouth of the container should be sealed to isolate the internal and external air circulation, so as to prevent the air from contacting the medicinal liquor and causing drug oxidation and pollution. The jar should be stored in a dark environment to avoid high temperature and sunlight.
4. Can I still drink after the shelf life?
It is recommended not to drink.
Soaking medicinal liquor for a long time, not only the medicinal ingredients in it will fail, but also most of the alcohol will evaporate, so medicinal liquor will not have any health care effect. If the medicinal liquor is turbid and has a bad taste, it may be harmful to the health.
5. Matters needing attention of homemade medicinal liquor
1. The preparation of medicinal liquor should be consistent with the diseases to be treated, and the preparation of tonic wine should also be based on the rise and fall of qi and blood and the deficiency of viscera.
2. It is not advisable to prepare too much medicinal liquor each time, generally about 5000 ml is better. If the disease is not cured, you can prepare again. If the prescription dose is large, the dose can be reduced proportionally as appropriate.
3. Drugs in general prescriptions should not be changed or increased or decreased at will, and can be handled under the guidance of a doctor when necessary.
4. The medicinal materials used for soaking wine must be fresh and clean, and the wine used should be of high quality. The medicated wine made of inferior wine will cause different degrees of harm to human body after drinking.
5. Before taking the medicinal liquor, check whether the medicinal liquor has abnormal phenomena and smells such as deterioration and pollution. Once it is found abnormal, stop drinking immediately to avoid poisoning.
If there are abnormal phenomena and smells, stop drinking once the abnormality is found to avoid poisoning.
6. A formula of medicated wine for nourishing liver and kidney
(1) Hemp Eucommia ulmoides Wine
Formula: 50 grams of flaxseed, 50 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 50 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 0/0 gram of Bai Shiying/kloc, and 0/000 ml of Chinese liquor.
Usage: Mash the medicine, put it in a clean container, pour in white wine, seal it, put it in a cool and dry place, soak it for 7 days, and then open it. Drink 15-20 ml warm on an empty stomach every morning and evening.
Efficacy: Fructus Cannabis can moisten intestine to relieve constipation, induce diuresis to relieve stranguria, promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, and is mainly used for treating constipation due to intestinal dryness, wind arthralgia, thirst quenching, geomantic omen, beriberi, heat stranguria, dysentery, warming liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, strengthening bones and muscles, and expelling wind and dampness. It is suitable for waist soreness, cold pain and joint pain of limbs caused by yang deficiency, deficiency of essence and blood, cold and dampness and internal yin.
Note: people with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not eat it.
(2) Rehmannia glutinosa and Polygonum multiflorum wine
Formula: 50g of Polygonum Multiflori Radix, 0/00g of Radix Rehmanniae and 0/000ml of Chinese liquor.
Usage: Mash the medicine, put it in a clean container, soak it in white wine, mix well and then soak it in a sealed way. 10 days later, filter off the residue and drink it. Can be drunk with the quantity, generally 10- 15 ml each time.
Efficacy: Polygonum multiflorum Thunb can nourish blood, nourish yin, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, and is mainly used for treating blood deficiency, sallow, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation and insomnia, and white hair and beard. The whole prescription nourishes liver and kidney and benefits essence and blood. It is suitable for dizziness, fatigue, emaciation, lumbago, nocturnal emission, amnesia, premature gray hair, etc. caused by liver and kidney deficiency. Drinking a small amount often can strengthen the body and prolong life.
(3) Shouwu chinese wolfberry wine
Formula: Polygonum Multiflori Radix 50g, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata 100g, Fructus Lycii 500g, Rhizoma Polygonati 30g and Radix Angelicae Sinensis 30g.
Usage: Wash and chop all the medicinal materials, put them into cloth bags, put them into containers, and add Chinese liquor. Seal the jar and vibrate it several times a day. Soak for 7 days, and then remove the slag. Take 1 time every morning and evening, each time 10-20ml.
Efficacy: Lycium barbarum can nourish liver, nourish kidney and moisten lung. It is mainly used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, impotence, weakness of waist and knees, fatigue, cough, blood deficiency, chlorosis and thirst. The whole prescription can tonify liver and kidney, strengthen spleen and replenish essence and blood, and is suitable for regulating soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dizziness, loss of appetite and listlessness.