Can I drink rice wine during menstruation?

Huangjiu is different from ordinary alcoholic beverages. It not only has nutritional value, but also medicinal value. Drinking Huangjiu on a regular basis is a very good way to maintain health. Rice wine has a good effect on improving cold hands and feet or cold body, which are most likely to occur during menstruation. Therefore, some women will drink rice wine to regulate their bodies during their menstrual period. So, can you drink rice wine during menstruation? Let’s take a look below.

Huangjiu is a type of brewed wine that uses rice, millet, corn, millet, wheat, etc. as the main raw materials, and is made through steaming, adding koji, saccharification, fermentation, pressing, filtering, frying, storage, and blending. Its main component is ethanol, but the concentration is very low, generally 8%-20%.

Yellow wine is warm in nature. Drinking it in moderation can relax the menstruation and promote blood circulation, and it has certain benefits for women with scanty menstruation. Drinking rice wine during menstruation is more suitable for people with dysmenorrhea, cold pain in the lower abdomen, and blood stasis. However, it should not be taken if the menstrual flow is heavy. Because rice wine can promote blood circulation and further increase menstrual volume.

The effects of rice wine are as follows:

1. Relax muscles and promote blood circulation: Yellow wine tastes bitter, sweet and spicy. Drinking warm rice wine in winter can invigorate blood circulation, dispel cold, dredge meridians and activate collaterals, effectively resist cold stimulation and prevent colds. Drinking it in moderation regularly can help blood circulation, promote metabolism, and nourish the blood and skin.

2. Beauty and anti-aging: Yellow rice wine is a good source of B vitamins, rich in vitamin B1, B2, niacin and vitamin E. Long-term drinking is beneficial to beauty and anti-aging.

3. Promote appetite: Zinc is an important component of energy metabolism and protein synthesis. When zinc is deficient, appetite and taste will decrease, and sexual function will also decline. The zinc content in rice wine is not small. For example, every 100 ml of Shaoxing Yuanhong rice wine contains 0.85 mg of zinc. Therefore, drinking rice wine can promote appetite.

4. Promote uterine contraction: Drinking a small amount of this wine after childbirth can dispel wind and activate blood circulation, ward off evil spirits and expel filth, help discharge lochia, promote uterine contraction, and relax the meridians and activate the collaterals for postpartum wind.

5. Protect the heart: Rice wine contains a variety of trace elements. It can prevent high blood pressure and blood clot formation. Drinking rice wine in moderation has a protective effect on the heart.

6. As a medicine guide: Yellow wine is a very important auxiliary material or "medicine guide" in medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, rice wine is often used to soak, boil, steam and roast some Chinese herbal medicines or prepare pills and various medicinal liquors. According to statistics, more than 70 kinds of medicinal liquors require rice wine as the base wine.

7. Remove fishy smell and greasiness when cooking. Adding a proper amount of rice wine when cooking can dissolve the substances that cause the fishy smell in the hot alcohol and be taken away as the alcohol evaporates.