Is drinking a lot of wine really 'healthy'?

Families often have the habit of using wine to treat diseases or restore vitality to the body. Due to limited knowledge and mistakes in wine soaking and drinking, many people have suffered unpredictable consequences.

Every day, Bach Mai Hospital's Poison Control Center receives cases of alcohol poisoning, mainly from the northern provinces. According to doctors at the Poison Control Center in the North, the number of cases of alcohol poisoning due to drinking alcohol soaked with animal or insect medicine is more common than the number of cases of drinking homemade alcohol. Correspondingly, there will be a high risk of fatal poisoning because most of them are due to people soaking and mixing themselves, while their knowledge about alcohol is very limited, so not all types of alcohol give the desired effect.

Soaking wine incorrectly can also affect health, even threaten life. Due to lack of knowledge about soaking medicinal wine, many people think that soaking more types of wine together will have more effect.

This is a huge mistake because among the types of wine used together, there may be some that are incompatible with each other, so when soaked together, they will produce toxins, which are harmful to health. Even with types that have been proven to be beneficial, soaking them incorrectly can cause unpredictable consequences. For example, when soaking geckos, you must remove the eyes, organs containing toxins, and internal organs, then clean them, grill them briefly, and then soak them. However, due to lack of understanding and not knowing the dangers of geckos, soaking them whole is extremely dangerous.

Speaking to the press, Dr. Pham Due - Director of the Poison Control Center of Bach Mai Hospital warned that medicinal wine is also medicine, so it must be taken in moderation and has contraindications for each person.

In fact, many people, due to rumors, have arbitrarily soaked tubers and roots of unknown origin. This is the cause of many poisoning cases leading to death because although it is a tonic, it must have a certain dosage to be effective. There should be no notion that tonics can be used in any amount and the use of medicinal wine must also be suitable for each person's physical condition because it may be good for one person but not for another.

From the excessive use of tonic wine, every year there are hundreds of cases of poisoning due to soaked wine. If mild, there are symptoms of vomiting, behavioral disorders, some more severe cases are deep coma, circulatory collapse, although cured from poisoning, they can still have serious sequelae.

On the other hand, because the blood of animals is often infected with parasites such as worm eggs, and the process of taking their blood is not hygienic, it can be infected with bacteria and larvae; in addition, if the wine is soaked incorrectly, when drinking wine, parasites can easily enter the body and cause disease.

In addition, most people soak their own wine to drink to ensure safety and better health, but this is not entirely correct. For example: if you use roots, herbs or animals to soak wine without knowing the ingredients or uses, there is a risk of poisoning the body and if you drink too much soaked wine, you will not only be poisoned by the ingredients used to soak but also become addicted to alcohol and suffer the same harmful effects as regular alcohol.

To soak a jar of wine, the person soaking must ensure that the wine and ingredients have a clear origin, the cooked wine must have a high alcohol content of about 45-550, especially when soaking animals because when soaking animals with low alcohol content wine, they will easily spoil, decompose and produce toxic substances. When soaking wine, it must be the right recipe and taste. Absolutely do not rely on rumors to buy strange ingredients to soak and when drinking wine, it must be the right dosage because if you drink too much, there may be a reaction in the body, especially for people with stomach and liver diseases. It is best to only drink 1-2 small glasses every other day or as directed by a doctor. In addition, you should combine a nutritious diet and have a suitable exercise regimen to ensure good health.

According to experts' recommendations, when there is a need to use medicinal wine, you should buy medicinal herbs at a legal Eastern medicine establishment and need to consult a traditional medicine practitioner. Absolutely do not arbitrarily collect roots to soak in wine because it is easy to choose the wrong type of toxic plant and do not abuse alcohol, because when the body receives a large amount of alcohol, it will affect health, including the use of tonic wine.

According to PLO