4 Medicinal Wines Suitable for Women to Drink in the Harsh Winter

by cshelive9520 on 2012-03-06 21:25:41

The love of beauty is inherent in all people. Every woman wants to have a peach-like complexion. Instead of spending large amounts of money on cosmetics to cover up, it's better to take advantage of the cold winter months to adjust with medicinal wine. You can make your own nourishing medicinal wines that not only warm the body and dispel cold but also replenish qi, nourish blood, beautify the face, and regulate gynecological diseases. Below are four types of medicinal wines introduced for women.

1. Donkey-hide Glue Wine: Replenishes Blood and Moisturizes

Donkey-hide glue has excellent effects in replenishing blood, stopping bleeding, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness. It is also one of the best supplements for women to strengthen their bodies and beautify their faces. It is especially suitable for women with irregular menstruation. Women with blood deficiency can use donkey-hide glue to replenish, those with excessive blood flow can use it to consolidate blood, and those with insufficient blood flow can use it to promote blood circulation. Additionally, some theories suggest that donkey-hide glue is rich in protein degradation components that detoxify and nourish health. By replenishing blood, it moisturizes the skin and benefits its health. After taking it, the complexion becomes rosy, the skin becomes fine, lustrous, elastic, and there is a certain effect on removing spots, so it is also used for skincare and beauty.

**Making Method:** Use 25 milliliters of yellow wine daily, add 3-9 grams of donkey-hide glue into the wine, stew until melted and drinkable. It can be consumed twice a day, morning and evening.

2. Rose Wine: Soothes Liver and Relieves Depression

There are many methods online for making rose wine, which is regarded as a holy grail for female beauty. Rose flowers have the functions of promoting qi, relieving depression, regulating liver and stomach, activating blood, and relieving pain. Many women often worry about freckles and melasma on their faces. These conditions are often associated with liver stagnation and qi stagnation, accompanied by chest and rib pain, irregular menstruation, or chest tightness, qi stagnation, sighing, and depression. Additionally, many women encounter breast diseases such as fibroadenosis, which are related to liver qi stagnation. Drinking rose wine is suitable for these conditions.

**Making Method:** Take 350 grams of fresh rose flowers and soak them in 1500 milliliters of yellow wine. Since rose petals are very thin, their components easily seep out, and they can be drunk after soaking for a few days. Its effects are relatively mild.

3. Four Gentlemen Wine: Tonifies Qi and Strengthens Spleen

The "Four Gentlemen Decoction," featuring party参 (Codonopsis), stir-fried white atractylodes (Atractylodes), poria (Poria), and honey-fried licorice (Glycyrrhiza), is also a classic prescription in the pharmacopoeia. Its main function is to tonify qi and strengthen the spleen. Urban women, due to high work pressure and frequent staying up late, often suffer from qi deficiency. They feel tired in the afternoon at work, have insufficient breath when speaking, poor appetite, small food intake, and difficulty forming stool. The "Four Gentlemen" can be boiled or soaked in wine. It significantly improves pale complexion and weak spleen and stomach in women.

**Making Method:** Use 1000 milliliters of yellow wine or white wine, with 60 grams of Codonopsis, 60 grams of stir-fried Atractylodes, 60 grams of Poria, and 30 grams of honey-fried Licorice. Soak for a month before drinking.

4. Four Substances Wine: Tonifies Blood and Regulates Menstruation

Many women are familiar with the "Four Substances Decoction." It features angelica (Angelica), rehmannia (Rehmannia), ligusticum (Ligusticum), and peony (Paeonia) as the "four main ingredients," and is a classic prescription in traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying blood and regulating menstruation. In addition to boiling it, it can also be used to soak in wine. Many women suffer from dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency, have a sallow complexion lacking redness, and tend to have cold hands and feet in winter. All these can be improved by drinking wine made with these four herbs. Persistent consumption can activate blood circulation, resolve stasis, expel blood clots, reduce menstrual pain, improve anemia, and keep hands and feet warm.

**Making Method:** Use 1000 milliliters of yellow wine or white wine, with 50 grams each of Angelica, Rehmannia, Ligusticum, and Peony. Soak for a month before drinking.

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