(1) Wine can soothe the gods

Wine can soothe the gods, relax the mind and activate blood circulation. When people are uncomfortable or depressed, drinking can relax the qi, relax the muscles and promote blood circulation. That's why some people "drown their sorrows by drinking wine". After drinking, their bodies get high and forget many worries, and the stagnation between the liver and spleen. However, it is not advisable to "drown your sorrows by drinking", because the real sorrow still needs to solve the root of the problem, and drinking is just an escape, which can't solve the root of the problem after all, so there is a saying that "drown your sorrows by drinking".

(2) Wine can be used as traditional Chinese medicine

In traditional Chinese medicine, wine is also blindly used as traditional Chinese medicine. For example, it is recorded in "Medicinal Nature Fu" that "wine has the function of promoting medicine to break the knot", and in the process of processing traditional Chinese medicine, many traditional Chinese medicines need to be processed with wine, and some medicinal wines commonly used in ophthalmology and head and face diseases can be used to induce drugs to go up after processing; Some traditional Chinese medicines for warming and nourishing liver and kidney can alleviate the acidity and enhance the effect of warming and nourishing liver and kidney after being processed with wine; Some traditional Chinese medicines that promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals will have a stronger effect of promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals after being made into wine; There are also some traditional Chinese medicines with fishy smell, which can be used to correct odor after being made with wine.

2. Harm of alcohol to the human body

(1) Harm of alcohol to the liver

Alcohol is a hot product. Long-term heavy drinking will make alcohol poison enter the body, which is the most likely to hurt the liver. The main muscle of the liver will be enlightened, and alcohol will hurt the liver, and there will be symptoms such as disdainful fingernails, tremor of hands and feet, decreased vision and blurred vision. The liver governs the drainage and promotes the subtle absorption of Shui Gu and the excretion of dregs in the body. Excessive drinking will bring a great burden to the liver, lead to abnormal drainage and the accumulation of alcoholism, which will lead to diseases such as alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver and cirrhosis. The liver is the official of the general, second only to the position of the heart as the official of the monarch, which affects the whole body. After the liver is injured, the detoxification ability of the body will also decrease, resulting in decreased immunity and easy infection with other diseases.

(2) The damage of wine to the spleen and stomach

When the wine is toxic and damp, it hurts the spleen and stomach, and it is easy to have symptoms such as anorexia, abdominal fullness, fatigue and belching. Excessive drinking at one time will lead to gastric bleeding and acute gastritis, while continuous drinking in large quantities will most likely lead to more serious chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer. Long-term drinking hurts the stomach, the spleen and stomach are dysfunctional, the digestion is not good, the body is malnourished, the constitution is poor, and it is easy to infect other diseases.

(3) Harm of alcohol to the heart

When alcohol poison enters the heart and the heart governs the gods, symptoms such as memory decline and palpitation and insomnia will easily appear, and the temper will become irritable; Excessive drinking causes myocardial fibrosis, loss of elasticity, enlargement of heart and increase of cholesterol. Not only cases of myocarditis are high, but also the incidence of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease is much higher than that of moderate drinkers. Therefore, the whole cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system is in a state of crisis.

(4) Harm of alcohol to lung

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is delicate and dirty, which likes moistening and hates dryness, while alcohol has the function of pungent heat and dispersing qi, and long-term heavy drinking is easy to dissipate lung qi and lung yin.

(5) Harm of alcohol to kidney

If alcohol poisoning lasts for a long time, it will hurt the kidney, which is prone to soreness of the waist and knees, and even the physiological function will decline.

It is clearly pointed out in The Essentials of Health Preservation that "drinkers can benefit people as well as harm them". Xin Qiji, a famous poet in the Song Dynasty, once said, "Nothing is beautiful or evil, but it will be a disaster if it is overdone", which reminds me of the sentence that Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, said, "Although ethos can give birth to all things, it can also harm all things, such as water can make Upright and capsize the boat". It can be seen that wine is a double-edged sword. If it is used well, everyone will be happy, but if it is not used well, it will be extremely painful.