Development and application of wine in traditional Chinese medicine
Since ancient times,wine has been known as the"king of a hundred medicines".This study comprehensively introduced the origin and development of wine and its application in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),summarized the development process of wine and its applications in TCM processing,making wine preparation,guiding and administering Chinese medicine as medicine enhancer,and decocting Chinese medicine as solvent,which also defined that the wine used in TCM was mainly yellow rice wine(rice wine).In addition,the modern research of rice wine was summarized in order to provide the basis for the modern application and development of wine.
WineOrigin and developmentProcessingTraditional Chinese medicine preparationYellow rice wine