On the one hand, mulberry wine has the efficacy of mulberry, on the other hand, it increases the efficacy of wine (ethanol). From the perspective of Chinese medicine, mulberry wine has the efficacy of nourishing the blood and nourishing the yin, generating fluid and moistening dryness, and activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis. Modern pharmacology shows that mulberry wine mainly contains flavonoids, ethanol, anthocyanins, organic acids and other components, which have antioxidants, reduce facial pigmentation, whiten and lighten spots, improve excitability, reduce the body’s blood lipid content and other effects, thus anti-atherosclerosis, anti-platelet aggregation, prevent thrombosis. Let’s take a look at the efficacy and functions of mulberry wine, as well as the production method of mulberry wine!
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The efficacy and function of mulberry wine
1、Healthy spleen and stomach
Mulberry wine itself is acidic wine, drinking mulberry wine has a very good protective effect on the spleen and stomach. As the spleen and stomach need acidic substances to nourish, drinking a small cup of mulberry wine every day can protect the spleen and stomach, speed up the efficiency of food digestion, to avoid the accumulation of food and further damage to gastrointestinal health.
2、Supplemental nutrition
Mulberry wine contains a variety of nutritional elements required by the human body. Regular consumption of mulberry wine can effectively improve the yellowing of the face caused by malnutrition. It is also a good blood tonic for anemic women, as it is very rich in nutrients. The body absorbs these substances to improve the vitality of the body’s organs and enhance the body’s quality.
3、Nourish Yin and nourish blood
Mulberry wine has a very good effect on the spleen and stomach, and also has a certain complementary effect on the liver and kidneys. Under the influence of this action, it can effectively nourish the yin tract. It contains a large number of nutritional elements. When the nutritional supplements for various functions are in place, it can increase the concentration of natural blood, which is the effect of blood replenishment.
4、Protection of eyesight
Among the effects and functions of mulberry wine, one of the more obvious effects is that regular consumption of mulberry wine can improve vision levels, reduce the damage to vision from radiation, and relieve the soreness of the eyes after long hours of looking at the computer. This is undoubtedly the most necessary wine for office workers.
5、Improve immunity
Mulberry wine contains a substance that can resist the invasion of bacteria into the body. The presence of this substance can be a good way to prevent people from getting sick. In this case, it can improve the activity of the body’s immune system and can also play a role in fighting cellular diseases. Therefore, people who like to drink mulberry wine regularly can improve this symptom.
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How to make mulberry wine
1、Material preparation
The first thing we need to do is to prepare the ingredients for making authentic mulberry wine. The main ingredient that we do not need to consider is mulberry. Next, we should prepare sugar, glutinous rice wine and yeast liquid. We should take care that the mulberries are not rotten when we pick them. We need intact mulberries. Only intact mulberries can make authentic mulberry wine.
2. Cleaning
After the preparation is complete, we need to clean some mulberries as part of the homemade mulberry wine process. This is part of the homemade mulberry wine practice. Because these mulberries are used to make wine, we drink them ourselves, so we need to ensure hygiene. In addition, during the cleaning process, you must pay attention to cleaning the mulberries gently, not rubbing them with your hands, and not cleaning the mulberry skin, otherwise the brew will taste different from the authentic one.
3、Drying the mulberries
The third step in making mulberry wine is to dry the mulberry fruit. After we clean the mulberries, we check the mulberries for any damaged mulberries from the cleaning. Do not remove damaged or washed mulberries because if there are damaged or broken parts of the mulberries, drying them will change their flavor. For other intact mulberries, we must dry the moisture and air during the cleaning process before proceeding to the next step.
4. Crushing the mulberries
We must break up the dried mulberries thoroughly. If the fruit is not completely crushed, the nutritional value of the mulberry wine will not be fully realized. We can use our hands or machines, but only if they are sterilized and crushed directly, otherwise the previous steps will be futile.
5、Start fermentation
Fermentation is the most important step in the mulberry wine making process. If the first four steps of fermentation are not wasted, we should mix the prepared rock sugar, glutinous rice wine, yeast liquid and crushed mulberries, put them into a clean container and seal the jar to start fermentation. We must be careful to seal the mouth of the jar. If we do not seal the jar, some bacteria will enter and cause the fermentation to fail.
6、Strain
7、Second fermentation
After filtering, we put it back into a clean jar and add some sugar or no sugar. It depends on personal taste. Some people like it very sweet, while others don’t like it too sweet. Then we seal it up again. After 30 days, the mulberry wine is basically ready to be made and we have a delicious mulberry wine.
