What are the precautions for making wine with fresh ginseng?

Ginseng is a relatively precious Chinese medicinal material. Eating ginseng has the effect of nourishing the body and replenishing the body's vitality. It is very beneficial to the health of the body. Soaking fresh ginseng in wine is also a common way of consumption. However, you need to pay more attention to some matters when soaking fresh ginseng in wine, so as not to easily affect the efficacy. It is best not to use wine with too high concentration when soaking fresh ginseng in wine, and you should also pay attention to the utensils for soaking wine.

What are the precautions for making wine with fresh ginseng?

1. High-proof liquor

Many people have a misunderstanding about the wine to soak ginseng. They will choose wine with a higher alcohol content, thinking that using such wine can soak out all the nutrients in ginseng, so that it will have a nourishing effect when we drink it.

Soaking ginseng in this way will have the opposite effect. Why do I say so? This is because the effective substances contained in ginseng that can nourish the body are of different natures. Some are soluble in alcohol, while others are soluble in water. If the concentration of alcohol used to soak ginseng is too high, the substances soluble in alcohol will quickly decompose.

However, the decomposed substances cannot be dissolved in water, so when we drink the medicinal wine, its efficacy will be greatly reduced. Therefore, when we use wine to soak ginseng, it is better not to choose those with high alcohol concentration. It is fine to choose medium or lower alcohol concentration.

But the decomposed substances are not soluble in water.

2. Don’t use plastic bottles

As for the container for soaking ginseng, many people often don't care about it, but what I want to tell you today is that it is better to choose glass or ceramic containers instead of plastic. This is because the plastic box itself contains some substances that are harmful to health, and if you put medicinal wine in it, the harmful substances in the plastic products will enter the medicinal wine during the soaking process.

If people drink it at this time, these harmful substances will enter our body along with the medicinal wine, thus endangering our health. If you choose to use glass or ceramic jars, you can easily avoid this situation and effectively maintain our health.

3. Do not expose to high temperature

During the soaking process of medicinal wine, we must be careful not to expose it to direct sunlight for a long time, otherwise it will affect the activity of the wine. Also, do not place it in a place with relatively high temperature indoors. Otherwise, it will affect its activity, thus affecting its efficacy when we drink it.