He began to use wine treatment from ancient times, constantly improving recipes for the preparation of medicinal compounds. Most often, this method is used in the treatment of blood vessels, since the drink strengthens their walls. Interestingly, the most popular drug used to treat varicose veins is made from grapes.
Using the methods of enotherapy correctly, you can restore youth to the body and prolong physical activity.
What is enotherapy?
This is a branch of medicine that studies the effect of natural grape wine on the body as a whole and on its individual organs and systems. Employees of the Pyatigorsk research institute have proved that grape wine is an effective therapeutic agent that can be used for preventive and therapeutic purposes.
Enotherapy in antiquity today
Seneca, a Roman philosopher, wrote in his writings that drinking wine is just as harmful as taking poison. But between the poison and the medicine, the difference is only in the dose - theoretically, you can poison yourself with water if you drink too much of it. This rule fully applies to the "milk of Venus." That is what wine was called in antiquity.
Recipes for wine treatment were known to the ancient Greeks. They diluted young sour wine with water and drank it to prevent intestinal diseases: even a very small dose of alcohol can kill the causative agents of such serious diseases as typhoid fever and salmonellosis.
The Great Hippocrates recommended drinking sweet wine diluted with water in the treatment of cholera, diluted white with diarrhea, in pure form with pleurisy, slightly warmed up with fever, old with some liver diseases, including hepatitis, and astringent dark wine for recovering patients. to restore strength. He made various wine poultices and compresses with the addition of honey, healing herbs and barley flour.
Galen - personal physician of Marcus Aurelius - used wine treatment using a drink to dissolve drugs. He advised adding three drops of wine to any food. And Avicenna even wrote a large treatise on this topic, “On the Benefits and Dangers of Wine.”
In the Middle Ages, a universal antidote - teriak - was prepared on the basis of wine. Red wine was used to treat patients with anemia, anemia and exhaustion, women in labor and the wounded. Cahors and mulled wine were given even to very young children in the treatment of colds.
Russian professor N. F. Golubev argued that the wine given to the patient in the proper amount and on time is an effective therapeutic agent. During the Great Patriotic War in the hospitals and sanatoriums of the Caucasus and Crimea, natural grape wines were prescribed to the soldiers of the Red Army, recovering from serious injuries.
In the resorts of Spain, wine baths with antioxidant properties are still popular today, and in the south of France they also recommend wraps with honey and wine. In our country, endotherapy is a developing branch of medicine, which is becoming more and more popular every year.
Indications for enotherapy
Nowadays, natural wine is widely used in sanatoria, spa hospitals and spa centers for cosmetic and therapeutic events. But do not think that enorotherapy is just taking a medicinal drink inside. The treatment uses fresh grapes, grape extracts and squeezes, grape seed oil. Thanks to its valuable chemical composition, wine can have a positive effect:
- with hypertension (vasodilation);
- to increase elasticity and strengthen the walls of blood vessels;
- in the treatment and prevention of thrombosis;
- to improve blood composition;
- with diseases of the heart and blood vessels (heart attack, stroke);
- with degenerative joint diseases (arthrosis, arthritis, bursitis);
- with a sharp decrease in body temperature;
- with angina, flu, laryngitis, etc .;
- with diseases of the respiratory system, including bronchitis;
- to normalize ph-balance in the digestive tract, which is especially important in the treatment of gastritis;
- to relieve spasm of the respiratory tract in asthma;
- to protect the nervous system from stress, overload.
Basic Rules
Enotherapy is one of the therapeutic methods, which, like others, is based on strict principles. In many ways, they depend on the specific problem and the patient's characteristics. Wine as a remedy must meet the following requirements.
Naturalness
The wine, which has medicinal properties, is produced according to special technologies, taking into account the aging, the characteristics of the harvesting and storage.
Varieties
For medicinal purposes, mainly red grape varieties are suitable, from which very aromatic drinks are obtained. During production, the peel is not removed from the berries. This adds to the drink more beneficial properties.
It is important to choose the right dosage for a full treatment. For men, the daily norm is 300 ml, for women - 200 ml. Enotherapy is a direction in cosmetic and medical practice, gaining more and more fans in the world. The temperature of the wine is adjusted taking into account its properties and composition.
Wine-Based Drink Recipes
In folk medicine, wine is still widely used today. Some medicinal wines can be used at home, strictly following the instructions and dosages. We offer you simple and effective recipes for medicinal drinks.
Wine treatment for colds
Mix in a pan with a thick bottom a glass of natural red wine, a spoonful of honey (a tablespoon), juice from half a lemon, one dried clove and a pinch of cinnamon. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, cover the saucepan with a lid and put it on a slow fire for two to three minutes. After this, strain the composition, let it brew for thirty minutes. Take the finished drug in a tablespoon three times a day.
Bronchial asthma
Add half a glass of acacia flowers to a glass of red wine. Pour the composition into a container with a tight-fitting lid and shake it several times, then put it in a dark place for a month. After this, the drink should be filtered and taken in a tablespoon before eating.
Cough
Pour a crushed spoon of hot pepper roots (tablespoon) with a glass of red wine and put the mixture on low heat for three minutes. After this, remove the container from the heat and take it warmly before meals on a spoon (tablespoon).
Digestive system diseases
Crush five or six cloves of garlic with a flat side of a knife, pour them in 500 ml of red natural wine and let it brew in a closed jar for two weeks. Shake the composition periodically. After that, take it twice a day, before eating thirty grams.
Benefit and harm
Scientists, doctors, nutritionists argue about the benefits and dangers of wine today. All participants in the discussions give reasoned arguments.
Natural wines from different grape varieties contain more than a thousand compounds that have different chemical nature: nitrogen compounds, antioxidants, alkaloids, food organic acids, a whole range of phenolic compounds, carbohydrates and others. The grapes, as well as its derivatives, contain a complex of essential amino acids, vitamins B, C, P, PP, A, a combination of glucose and fructose, sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium and other micro and macro elements. Such a composition in prescribed dosages cannot harm the body.
To preserve youth and beauty, polyphenols, which are active in the fight against free radicals that accumulate in the body, are most valuable. This amazing property of wine has given rise to the latest trend in anti-aging therapy. Wine face masks are successfully used to normalize the condition of the skin, returning it a healthy color and elasticity.
Doctors confirm the bactericidal, bacteriostatic effect of wine, which destroys a number of pathogens. An interesting fact: any natural water is considered disinfected if a third of the volume of wine is added to it.
The argument of opponents of wine therapy from medicine is the alcohol content, which can form an addiction. Enotherapy is a direction in cosmetic and medical practice, gaining more and more fans in the world. The effects of alcohol are dangerous for pregnant and lactating women, adolescents and young children.