4 Herbal Wines Suitable for Women to Drink in Harsh Winter

by cshelive9520 on 2012-03-06 21:28:18

The love of beauty is inherent in all people. Every woman wants to have a complexion as beautiful as peach blossoms. Instead of spending large amounts of money on cosmetics, it might be better to take advantage of the cold winter months to adjust your health with medicinal wine. You can make some nourishing medicinal wines that not only warm the body and dispel the cold but also replenish qi, enrich blood, beautify the skin, and regulate gynecological diseases. Below are four types of medicinal wines introduced for women.

1. Donkey Hide Glue Wine: Nourishes Blood and Moisturizes Dryness

Donkey hide glue has excellent effects of 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. Women with irregular menstruation should especially consume donkey hide glue. Those with insufficient blood can benefit from it, while those with excessive blood can use it to solidify blood, and those with less blood can use it to circulate blood. Additionally, there is a theory that donkey hide glue is rich in protein degradation components, which detoxifies and nourishes the body, moisturizing the skin through blood replenishment, benefiting skin health. After consumption, the complexion becomes rosy, the skin fine and lustrous with good elasticity, and it also has some effect on removing spots, thus being used for skincare and beautification.

Making Method: Every day, you can use 25 milliliters of yellow wine, place 3-9 grams of donkey hide glue in the wine, heat it until melted, and then drink it. It can be consumed twice a day, morning and evening.

2. Rose Wine: Soothes Liver Qi and Relieves Depression

There are many methods circulating online for making rose wine, revered as a holy product for female beauty. Rose flowers have the functions of regulating qi, relieving depression, soothing the liver, harmonizing the stomach, activating blood circulation, 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 accompanied by chest tightness, qi stagnation, sighing, depression, etc. Moreover, many women encounter breast diseases such as fibroadenosis, which are related to liver qi stagnation. These conditions are suitable for drinking rose wine.

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

3. Four Gentlemen Wine: Tonifies Qi and Strengthens the Spleen

The "Four Gentlemen Decoction," mainly consisting of party ginseng, stir-fried white atractylodes, poria, and honey-fried licorice, is a classic prescription in the pharmacopoeia. Its main function is to tonify qi and strengthen the spleen. Urban women, due to work stress and frequent late nights, often experience qi deficiency problems. They feel tired in the afternoon at work, have insufficient voice strength, poor appetite, small food intake, and loose stools. The "Four Gentlemen" can be decocted or soaked in wine. It will significantly improve pale complexion and weak spleen and stomach in women.

Making Method: Use 1000 milliliters of yellow wine or white wine, soak 60 grams of party ginseng, 60 grams of stir-fried white atractylodes, 60 grams of poria, and 30 grams of honey-fried licorice for a month before drinking.

4. Four Substances Wine: Tonifies Blood and Regulates Menstruation

Many women are familiar with the "Four Substances Decoction." It consists of Chinese angelica, rehmannia, ligusticum, and peony as its "four main ingredients" and is a classic prescription in traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying blood and regulating menstruation. Besides using it for decoction, it can also be used to soak wine. Many women suffer from dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency, have a sallow complexion lacking redness, and easily have cold hands and feet in winter. All these can be improved by drinking wine soaked with these four herbs. Persistent consumption can activate blood circulation, resolve stasis, expel blood clots, alleviate menstrual pain, improve anemia, and prevent cold hands and feet.

Making Method: Use 1000 milliliters of yellow wine or white wine, soak 50 grams each of Chinese angelica, rehmannia, ligusticum, and peony for a month before drinking.

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