Recommendations for the use of wine for medicinal purposes. Healing properties of wine

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

1Healing effects of natural grape wines

2.2 The practice of enotherapy in the Crimea, on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and abroad

2.3Wine "Black Doctor" OJSC "Solnechnaya Dolina"

2.4Enotherapy in cosmetology

2.5 Formation and delivery of wine collection for enotherapy

Conclusion

List of sources used

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Introduction

Galen, Avicenna, Seneca, Paracelsus, Pavlov and many other scientists and doctors wrote about the medicinal properties of wine. "From a dietary point of view, grape wine is useful in its composition, easy digestibility and physiological properties. It can rightfully be considered the most hygienic of all drinks," is just one of such statements by the French microbiologist Louis Pasteur.

As a remedy, wine was used as early as the 13th century BC. during the siege of Troy. The Iliad names two doctors who gave wine to the wounded and the elderly to restore their strength. In general, Homer argued: "Wine gives a person both vigor and strength." The famous doctor Ascletides, a student of Hippocrates, wrote: "The power of the Gods can hardly be compared with the benefits brought by wine."

At the same time, the statement of the famous French physician of the 19th century, Professor Vernier, is very revealing: "If wine were harmful, then this would not have needed to be argued for many centuries." And the great thinker of antiquity, Plato, who called wine “the milk of old people,” taught in his “Laws”: “After all, Dionysus gave people wine as a cure for gloomy old age, and we are getting younger again and forget our bad mood, our cruel temper is softened, like iron, put into the fire, and therefore becomes more flexible.

In ancient Greece, wine healing reached a special flowering. It was the Greeks who first introduced the term "medical wines". But enotherapy developed in other countries as well. The legendary Persian philosopher and physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) in his "Canon of Medical Science" developed the idea that became a popular aphorism for Russians: "It is better to overdrink than overeat." As for wine, white and light, which does not cause a headache, Ibn Sina believed, is more suitable for people with a hot nature. Unperturbed and cold-blooded, he advised the use of old strong wines; sweet and thick wine recommended to those who want to get better and get stronger. For centuries, wine has been used for medicinal purposes and Tibetan medicine. According to many residents of this mountainous country, wine enhances vital warmth, quenches thirst, improves sleep and makes a person resourceful.

Nowadays, enotherapy is also relevant and is becoming more and more widespread in the world. Its meaning is to restore health and rejuvenate the body with the help of wine and products related to its production.

From time immemorial, wine has been considered primarily as a drink with high nutritional properties and taste, rich in substances that are beneficial to health and good spirits. "Drink wine! In it is a source of immortality and light, in it is the flowering of spring and past summers ..." - this is how Omar Khayyam glorified this drink. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that almost initially wine was used as a medicine. Subsequently, it turned out: the intuitive recognition by our ancestors of the various healing properties of this drink is quite justified. Wine contains potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, about 20 amino acids, etc. All of them are involved in metabolism, give antiseptic, bactericidal, antitoxic and bioenergetic effects - hence the comprehensive beneficial effect on the body.

The purpose of this work is to systematize and present in an accessible form the information currently available on the healing properties of wines, give specific recommendations for use and pay special attention to the practice of enotherapy in the Crimea on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and abroad.

Chapter 1

Alcoholic drinks have long been considered healing, red wine is the undisputed leader in this regard. Hundreds of years ago, sorcerers and healers advised their patients to use it for a variety of diseases. And in our time, such well-known scientists as A. I. Oparin, N. M. Sisakyan, N. N. Prostoserdov, M. A. Gerasimov, S. R. Tatevosov and others have discovered many previously unknown healing properties of this noble drink. They found that the composition of red wine includes the so-called polyphenols - substances with pronounced biological activity. Once in the human body, they block the receptors for endothelin, a protein that constricts blood vessels and accelerates the development of hypertension and atherosclerosis. In addition, the tannin contained in red wine is effective tool the fight against herpes viruses and even polio - it destroys special proteins with which viruses enter cells.

Red wine contains more than 600 chemical elements and compounds, many of them, such as glucose, fructose, vitamins P and C, fluorine, iodine, titanium, cobalt, are vital for our body. Thus, a couple of glasses of red wine a day is an excellent prevention of a host of diseases - from heart attack to cancer.

In previous centuries, healers in the treatment of their patients were often limited only to wine, now wine is considered as an additional, auxiliary medicine. However, first of all, wine acts as a means of prevention, disease prevention. Until very recently, the use of wine for medicinal purposes, the choice of drink for each specific disease and specific patient was empirical and based on the experience of many years of medical observations and the intuition of the attending physician. Meanwhile, scientific medicine has made a giant leap, giving rise to hundreds of new potent drugs, and creating new, amazingly effective medical technologies. Experience and intuition have lost their former meaning. The ability to decipher the results came first. laboratory tests and complex instrumental studies, on the basis of which a diagnosis is made and one or another ready-made treatment regimen is prescribed.

Russia has accumulated extensive experience in research in the field of enotherapy. To date, this issue is being studied in detail by the National Association of Restorative Medicine Specialists (ASVOMED) and, in particular, its Center for Natural Technologies "Healing Elixirs" under the guidance of Doctor of Biological Sciences Arseniy Trukhanov.

Great practical experience in the use of natural grape wines was accumulated in the health resorts of the Crimea, Anapa, Gelendzhik, and the greatest contribution to the development of enotherapy was made by the employees of the Marfinsky Central Military Clinical Sanatorium, where for more than 20 years a program for enotherapy has been developed and effectively applied in practice. The result of this work was the publication in 2007 in the series "Library of Restorative Medicine" of Professor L.D. Shalygin's monograph "Wine in Restorative Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation". Combining the efforts of the employees of the sanatorium and the leading specialists of ASVOMED in the field of enotherapy allowed us to open up fundamentally new opportunities for the formation of enotherapy courses within the framework of health programs. The basis of the new approach was the development of principles for quantifying the content in natural grape wines of biologically active ingredients, which play a special role in the prevention of disorders of redox processes in the human body. On the basis of the biochemical studies of wine samples, a collection of medical wines is formed, which can be used in the practice of health institutions for the prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.

From the standpoint of the modern approach to enotherapy, anti-aging programs that use data on the antioxidant activity of wine are of particular interest. Pathological changes in the human body, leading to premature aging and the development of more than 100 diseases (as well as the most dangerous and socially significant, such as cardiovascular, oncological diseases, diabetes mellitus, etc.), are associated with the accumulation of active forms of oxygen - free radicals. Their persistent increase in the content in cells creates conditions for oxidative stress, in which free radicals oxidize the walls of blood vessels, protein molecules, DNA, and lipids. As a result, the properties of cell membranes change, bonds in the DNA molecule are broken, the genetic apparatus of cells that regulates their growth is damaged, which leads to oncological diseases. After oxidation, low-density lipoproteins are deposited in the walls of blood vessels, which leads to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

The collection of natural dry grape wines for enotherapy is formed taking into account the content of biologically active substances and antioxidant activity in them, which is most effectively determined by the amperometric method and is expressed in mg/100 ml of wine in terms of quercetin. For enotherapy, only those wines are selected that contain certain biologically active substances in 100 ml of wine in quantities that provide adequate levels of their daily intake in accordance with the requirements of the Methodological Recommendations developed by the specialists of the State Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Chapter 2

.1 Therapeutic effects of natural grape wines

Oenotherapy in restorative medicine and medical rehabilitation is based on the use of certain varieties of natural grape wine for the prevention and treatment of a number of diseases, taking into account information about the biochemical composition of wine.

ASVOMED scientific research indicates that the chemical composition of wine is very complex and represents groups of many compounds. Naturally fermented wine contains water, alcohols, carbohydrates, organic and mineral acids, minerals, trace elements, nitrogenous substances, tannins, colorants, aromatics, esters, aldehydes and acetals, extractives, vitamins and enzymes, dietary fiber. . If we evaluate wine from the point of view of the content of nutrients in it, then it should be noted that their content is low in order to talk about the satisfaction of a person's daily need when drinking wine. In this case, their presence in wine is important in combination with biologically active substances that have a corrective effect on the functional state of the internal organs and systems of a healthy and sick person.

Natural dry grape wine used for enotherapy ("healing elixir") is characterized by a high content of biologically active substances (phenolic acids, flavonols, polyphenols, anthocyanins, stilbenes) and antioxidant activity. The content in the "healing elixir" of biologically active substances should provide the recommended values ​​of their daily intake for an adult in the composition of 125-250 ml of wine.

Determination of the content of biologically active substances in wine is carried out in specialized, certified biochemical laboratories. For biologically active substances contained in wine, normative documents adequate and upper acceptable levels their consumption: phenolic acids - 100mg-300mg; flavonols - 30-100 mg; polyphenols - 200-600 mg; anthocyanins - 50-150 mg; stilbenes - 10-40 mg.

Each liter of natural dry grape wine contains up to 80 g of alcohol. With one glass of wine (125 ml) we drink about 10 g of alcohol, respectively, with two glasses of wine (250 ml) we drink no more than 20 grams of alcohol. It is important to comply with non-toxic alcohol consumption standards (no more than 20 grams for an adult in terms of pure alcohol). Beneficial features ethyl alcohol are more effective in wine than in water-alcohol solutions, since alcohol in natural dry grape wine is in small concentrations (10-15%) in combination with other biologically active substances and is always consumed with food (lunch, dinner).

2.2 The practice of enotherapy in the Crimea, on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and abroad

"Wine carries both poison and honey,

Both slavery and freedom

He does not know the price of guilt

Who drinks it like water"

Omar Khayyam

During the Great Patriotic War in hospitals and sanatoriums of the Caucasus, where the wounded were sent for aftercare, wine was part of the mandatory diet. It was regarded as an excellent therapeutic and dietary remedy, helping to revive people who had been bedridden for many months.

Caucasian winemakers, in an effort to increase the nutritional properties of wine, invented a way to make an extract from fruits and leaves. walnut. This extract was added to wine. After such a procedure, the content of vitamin C in the wine increased dramatically. One must think that other components of the walnut had a tangible healing effect. In 1944, the Pyatigorsk wine-making trust produced 40,000 liters of this fortified wine.

After the war, studies of the mechanisms of the beneficial effects of wine were continued in Georgia, started in Moldova, Ukraine and even in Moscow.

The inhabitants of the Caucasus often serve not only wine for adults, but also a drink made from wine prepared for children. In special wooden barrels of small capacity, wine of sweet grape varieties is aged for decades. When children appear in the family, the barrel is opened, red-hot knives and pieces of stainless steel are lowered into the wine. The wine heats up, the alcohol evaporates from it. The resulting drink is given to children. Such a drink retains its taste qualities about 3 days. Dry wines can also be used for these purposes.

A drink obtained by dealcoholization of wine can have a beneficial healing effect on many diseases: metabolism, gastrointestinal tract, anemia, colitis, asthenia. A drink obtained by dealcoholization of white wines can help in the treatment of hypertension, with sluggish liver, as a diuretic and laxative. Dealcoholized red wines - for hypotension, obesity and as a tonic.

Unlike medical wines, which have been used in practice since the European Middle Ages, and which consisted of wine itself and suspended in it medicinal product, infusions on wine - absolutely natural medicine.

Crimean resorts, unlike most foreign ones, initially developed precisely as medical and health resorts, and not just as places for recreation and entertainment. In terms of the development of the sanatorium network and medical orientation, they have no analogues. Over the past 150 years, the Crimea has accumulated tremendous experience in treatment and rehabilitation. A powerful scientific and medical-diagnostic base with highly professional personnel has been created. The climate of the peninsula is also unique, where Nature itself heals.

Which of us, in the long winter, in the usual flurry of working days, did not dream of a blessed summer time or no less beautiful "Indian summer", when you can finally really relax? Many are accustomed to combine business with pleasure - they went to sanatoriums to heal at the same time. Fortunately, despite all sorts of cataclysms of the last decade, most health resorts have not disappeared in the market element. On the contrary, there are new ones.

Going to the Crimea, you need to know that October - December is considered the period of wine tourism. First of all, this means visiting tasting rooms in combined excursions. Moreover, individual specialized programs are organized for visiting delegations.

Yes, at the end of 2003. a delegation from France visited the peninsula to exchange experience. The Ministry of Resorts and Tourism organized a "Tourist Academy", which included visits to the wine cellars of the Crimea, where 120 travel agents from Germany visited. Tastings with in-depth excursion service, licenses for which are issued by the Crimean Ministry of Resorts, are organized by the major wine producers of the peninsula: Massandra, Koktebel, Solnechnaya Dolina and Zolotaya Balka.

In the cellars of the peninsula, tourists can also take a course of enotherapy. Crimean winemakers, together with doctors, have developed a method of treatment and recipes for healing drinks. For example, Madeira with honey will help with cardiovascular diseases, Cabernet with rosemary returns male power. The course is designed for ten days - three glasses a day. Treatment with essential oils of unique varieties of rose and lavender, healing mud and mineral waters, as well as grapes and wine in the Crimea has been practiced since antiquity.

By the way, in the south-west of France, famous for its wine traditions, patients are prescribed red wine baths, honey and wine wraps, and even an intoxicating massage.

The famous Massandra factory houses one of the world's largest (one million bottles!) collection of rare wines, created at the end of the 19th century by the Russian prince Golitsyn. The unique galleries of the main Massandra basement are cut into the rock. Experts say that this is the most suitable place for treatment.

At the same plant, they tried to confirm the theory of the benefits of drinking wine. The studies were very serious, and the answer was positive. Indeed, wine can be considered not only a drink of cheerfulness and joy, but also a medicine.

In France, they collected all possible information and summed up the accumulated knowledge of mankind. Americans who were skeptical about wine have admitted their mistake and are increasingly incorporating red and white wine into their diets. Wine therapy is carried out exclusively with the help of natural high-quality dry wines, without the addition of sugar, otherwise the healing effect is minimal. It is believed that red wine (dry) is more useful than dry white wine, this is due to the production process and the substances that then remain in the wine. The standard wines are those made from grapes grown in southwestern France and the Italian province of Sardinia. The recommended dose of drinking wine is 150 - 200 ml per day.

Red wineable to kill Koch's bacillus, cholera bacillus, removes radionuclides, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, enhances the combustion of fat in the body. Scientists distinguish among red wine rich in various elements such components as procyanidin (it prevents the vessels from suddenly narrowing, making them more elastic and elastic) and resveratol (prevents the deposition of cholesterol on the walls of blood vessels, thus preventing clogging).

White wineimproves stomach function, and it is especially useful for those who have low acidity, protects against Alzheimer's disease, increases bone density, promotes better absorption of calcium, improves lung condition, is useful for diarrhea and flatulence, etc. To improve digestion, white wine is taken before dinner in a volume of up to 150 ml, it can also be taken between an appetizer and a hot dish.

According to the Crimean winemakers, local wines, in addition to antioxidants, contain many minerals and trace elements that come into the wine from the rich soil of the slopes of the Crimean mountains.

"The wines of the Crimea are more useful for the inhabitants of Russia than the wines of Chile or Australia," experts say.

Regardless of the ambiguous and sometimes dubious attitude of the public and some medical professionals to enotherapy, treatment with natural grape wine and wine products today, not only in Europe, but throughout the world, has become a real and most important element of modern life of people, their civilized attitude to their own health, prevention of various diseases, slowing down the processes of accelerated aging and prolonging active longevity.

Great practical experience in the use of natural grape wines in the practice of domestic sanatorium-resort institutions has been accumulated in the health resorts of the Crimea, Anapa, Gelendzhik, but perhaps the greatest contribution to the development of this health-improving technology was made by the employees of the Marfinsky Central Military Clinical Sanatorium (Head - Prof. E.Z .Maev) who for more than 20 years have been developing and effectively applying this program in their practice in accordance with the recommendations of the "Enotherapeutic Code" of the sanatorium. The result of this work was the publication in 2007 of the monograph "Wine in Restorative Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation" (ASVOMED Library of Restorative Medicine, author - Professor L.D. Shalygin). Combining the efforts of the staff of the sanatorium and the leading ASVOMED specialists in this field (S.A. Pankina, B.A. Shenderova, V.S. Chertushkina, Ya.I. enotherapy programs as part of wellness programs. The basis of the new approach was the development of principles for quantitative assessment of the content of biologically active components in natural grape wines, which play a special role in the prevention of disorders of redox processes in the human body and the formation of a collection of medical wines based on biochemical analyzes of selected wine samples, technology for building and equipping enobars for health institutions. From the standpoint of the modern approach to the formation of enotherapy programs, anti-aging programs that use the antioxidant activity of wine are of particular interest. Pathological changes in the human body, leading to premature aging and the development of more than 100 diseases, including the most dangerous, socially significant ones (cardiovascular diseases, oncological diseases, diabetes mellitus), are associated with the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in the body. A persistent increase in the content of free radicals in cells creates conditions for oxidative stress, in which free radicals oxidize the walls of blood vessels, protein molecules, DNA, and lipids. They change the properties of cell membranes, break bonds in the DNA molecule, damage the genetic apparatus of cells that regulates their growth, which leads to oncological diseases. After oxidation, low-density lipoproteins are deposited on the walls of blood vessels, which leads to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

2.3 Wine "Black Doctor" OJSC "Solnechnaya Dolina"

The healing and prophylactic properties of wine have been known to mankind for many millennia. Even Hippocrates in his famous treatises praised the wonderful healing properties of wine. And numerous scientific studies of recent years provide a lot of evidence that all the virtues of wine, in which the ancients believed, turned out to be justified. These studies confirmed previous knowledge and made new discoveries, sometimes exceeding all expectations. Therefore, no matter how unpleasant the official medical authorities were, the information that wine, in moderation, is good for health, has become public. A huge number of books were published about wine, about winemaking, about wine treatment. In one of them, Michel Montignac's wonderful book "Wonderful properties of wines" is given amazing fact: those who drink two to six glasses of wine a week, the risk of dying from cancer is reduced to 28% compared to those who drink no more than one glass or no drink at all. In the same book, there is a wonderful idea that preventive and medicinal properties appear only if wine is consumed in moderation and regularly with meals, and preference should be given to high-quality and sound wine.

Vintage dessert red wine "Black Doctor" is produced by OJSC "Solnechnaya Dolina", Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine. Wine of the rarest brand (only 10 thousand bottles are produced per year) is made from unique grape varieties Ekim Kara (Black Doctor), Dzhevat Kara, Kefesia, Krona and others, constituting a valuable gene pool of Crimean native varieties that grow only in Solnechnaya Valley.

Wine brand "Black Doctor" is a favorable combination of ethyl alcohol, organic acids, sugar and other substances, which makes its moderate consumption not only harmless, but also beneficial to human health. Like many vintage dessert red wines, the Black Doctor wine has properties common to such wines, but some of the distinguishing abilities of this wine deserve special attention.

In this grape wine, an amazing generosity of nature is manifested: it contains more than 350 chemical compounds representing different classes - carbohydrates, acids, nitrogenous, mineral and other substances involved in human metabolism. For wine to become beautiful, the vine must suffer. This is how the conditions of the Kozskaya Valley (Solnechnaya Valley) have developed since ancient times. The soils here are difficult, stony, rich in silicon, limestone, granite and shale. It is thanks to them and the exceptional climate that grapes receive the right amount of mineral salts (potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium, phosphorus) and trace elements (iron, manganese). Contained later in the wine "Black Doctor" they are ionized and therefore are well absorbed by the small intestine. The best wine is the result not only of the growing conditions, but also of the agrotechnics of its cultivation, as well as the special technological methods used in its production, which contribute to the significant preservation and accumulation of biologically valuable substances in the wine.

The technology for making wine "Black Doctor" (the ancient Kurdamir method) allows you to preserve aromatic components and organic acids that pass into wine from grapes. The aroma-forming complex of "Black Doctor" brand wine is more enriched with esters compared to red dessert wines of other brands, which, along with terpene compounds, have a phytocidal effect and also exhibit antioxidant properties. Along with aromatic substances, organic acids enhance the secretion of gastric juice, which promotes digestion, plays an important role in the regulation of intestinal microflora, accelerates the digestion of fats in the small intestine, and has a positive effect on the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. One of the wonderful compounds that you should pay attention to and which makes Black Doctor wine unique is tannin. It is he who gives the wine astringency and low viscosity. Almost all native grape varieties Ekim Kara, Jevat Kara, Kefesia, Krona used to make the Black Doctor are small berries with thick skin, it is in it that the tannin treasure is concentrated in the grape seeds and ridges of the grape brushes, which is subsequently responsible for the amount of tannins and astringents compounds in future wine. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that a neutral red dry wine with a light body and little aging is practically devoid of tannin, and in white wine tannin is present in a meager amount, since during its production the skin and stones are separated from the must. Well, the positive properties of wine tannins are widely known in world practice. Proanthocyanidols, contained in a significant amount in the tannins of the "Black Doctor", have a well-defined protective effect on blood vessels, with moderate use: they prevent an increase in the level of cholesterol in the blood, which is associated with the formation of fatty plaques on the vessels and the development of atherosclerosis. In addition, having certain antibacterial and antiviral properties, they increase the body's resistance to infections. The antiviral effect of wine is achieved due to the fact that the tannin contained in it blocks the viral protein sieve, through which the virus enters the cell. It is a scientifically proven fact that the tannin contained in wines serves as an effective prevention of cataracts (which most often affects the elderly). All the same proanthocinidols, fixing themselves on bacteria and hindering their work, interfere with the formation of tartar.

The increased concentration of polyphenolic compounds (which are present in abundance in the Black Doctor), due to moderate wine consumption, delays the occurrence of malignant tumors. It is polyfinols that suppress the occurrence of free radicals, which in turn are involved in the occurrence of a carcinogen. The antioxidant effect of this wine, due to its high content of polyfinols, allows us to consider it as an exceptional brake in the destruction that the fast-running time inflicts on us. The fact is that aging occurs as a result of the interaction of free radicals with oxygen, and polyphenols, like no other substances, have the ability to neutralize free radicals. We can safely call the wine "Black Doctor" real elixir of youth. One glass of this wine a day is enough to compensate for the daily requirement of polyphenols in our body (polyphenols are also found in tea leaves, citrus fruits, chokeberry, rose hips, but it is grape polyphenols that are the most active).

At first glance, this wine treatment looks tempting: tasty, healthy and simple. However, do not forget about the three most important rules for the consumption of any wine: drink in moderation, drink regularly and on time for meals, drink only good quality wine. It is precisely such high-quality and healthy wines that the Crimean enterprise OJSC "Solnechnaya Dolina" now offers. There are currently three wonderful wines in the collection: "Black Doctor of Sun Valley" - vintage dessert red wine, "Black Colonel" - vintage strong red wine "Solnechnaya Dolina" - vintage dessert white wine.

2.4 Oenotherapy in cosmetology

Oenotherapy is a rather young direction in medicine. But everything new, as you know, is a well-forgotten old. Our ancestors were treated with wine, and we are treated with wine. However, it would be a big mistake to reduce enotherapy only to the systematic use of wine in moderation. The practice of wine therapy includes many medical procedures using a variety of derivatives of the vine - these are fresh grapes, and grape seed oil, as well as wine yeast, grape pomace and extracts, including the "hormone of youth" [Saburova O. "Medicine or Poison"].

In modern enotherapy, the following methods of medical use of wine are distinguished:

.Oral - direct consumption as a drink - the most common use of wine.

2.Injections - subcutaneous, intravenous.

External as an antiseptic or as cosmetic product(external use).

And although numerous modern studies have confirmed the effectiveness of wine as a remedy, for example, for many cardiovascular and even oncological diseases, they were the first to adopt beneficial features grapes are by no means cardeologists and oncologists, but ... cosmetologists. It happened about 10 years ago, when the world's first enotherapy center appeared in the French city of Bordeaux. It offers several programs: relaxation, rejuvenation, weight loss and vinolifting.

The course of therapy is designed for 6 days and is selected individually according to the doctor's recommendations. Among the procedures of the center are baths with red wine extract and grape seed oil, wraps with honey and wine, massage under the jets of thermal spring water using essential oils and grape seed oil, face and body masks based on wine and grape extracts, and much more. The new method of rejuvenation is gaining more and more popularity all over the world.

What could be more beautiful than a woman inspired by love! It is simply impossible to admire her burning eyes, radiant rejuvenated face and energy-filled body. She flies without touching the ground, ready to embrace the whole world in a fit of surging emotions ... "Intoxicated with love" - ​​poets say about such a beauty.

Incidentally, the comparison of a delightful romantic feeling with the sensations that a glass of good tart wine evokes is by no means devoid of rational grain. And by the way, with regard to external changes, it is also quite true.

Adherents of the now popular direction of the beauty industry place a high stake on the wine list, or rather on the miraculous properties of grape laza and its derivatives. Red and white wines, fresh grapes are used as cosmetic agents. different varieties, pulp (pomace from berries), wine yeast, grape leaves and even seeds. Experts are convinced that each of the above components, without the slightest exaggeration, can be considered an elixir of youth, beauty and, of course, a source of extraordinary pleasure.

The technique has been used since about 2000. This is a comprehensive health system based on extracts from the seeds, pulp and skins of grapes. In wine therapy, a variety of fractions of these miracle berries are used: powder mixtures, concentrates for body wraps<#"justify">In the beauty salons of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, cosmetic wine therapy is wildly popular. Made from wine nourishing creams, masks or simply applied to the skin of patients in pure form. Wine tightens and nourishes the skin, making it healthier and more elastic. In clinics and beauty salons in Buenos Aires, queues of patients are lining up who want to try out this unusual skin rejuvenation technique. The breast shape maintenance program is especially popular here.

The same French people came up with the idea of ​​using wine externally many centuries ago. In this country, it has long been practiced to wrap a person in wine production waste or matter soaked in wine must. As well as wine baths, for which there are two cooking technologies at once.

The first is that a small, homeopathic portion of wine is poured into a tub of bathing water. The second is a bath with wine concentrate. In both cases - the same polyphenols only externally, plus an extract from wine pits. You look, and the blood boils. True, not through the veins and arteries, but through small surface capillaries.

2.5 Formation and supply of wine collection for enotherapy

Formation of a collection of natural dry grape wines for enotherapy is based on the content of biologically active substances and antioxidant activity in them. For the purposes of enotherapy, only those varieties of wine are selected that contain in 100 grams of wine an adequate level of consumption of certain biologically active substances for adults. Based on this, enotherapeutic doses of natural dry grape wines range from 125 to 250 ml. With this in mind, when using the indicated doses of natural dry grape wine, the non-toxic alcohol consumption rate is not exceeded, equal to 20 grams in terms of pure alcohol for an adult.

Phenolic acids- have a wide range of biological activity, are stimulants of the central nervous system, exhibit cardiotonic, diuretic, antibacterial activity.

Flavonoids, which include flavonols, polyphenols, anthocyanins, stilbenes, are antioxidants that make up wine.

Flavonoidscalled "natural biological response modifiers" because of the ability to change the body's response to allergens, viruses and carcinogens. This is evidenced by their anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-viral and anti-carcinogenic properties. In addition, flavonoids act as strong antioxidants, providing protection against oxidation and free radical damage. The antioxidant properties of flavonoids are more wide range than antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, selenium, zinc. Different flavonoids give different effects. They normalize the work of various cells of the body, prevent the formation of blood clots in the vessels, lower the level of cholesterol in the blood, have anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, radioprotective, and vasodilating effects; strengthen the walls of blood vessels, prevent the development of heart and liver diseases.

Flavonols, which are part of the flavonoid group, depending on the structure, have a versatile effect on the body - kaempferol, myricetin have a diuretic effect; quercetin - antioxidant, anti-allergic effect, has a beneficial effect on the walls of blood vessels, slows down the formation of cataracts, reduces the risk of damage to pancreatic cells; myricetin, isorhamnetin excite the activity of the heart; quercetin glycoside (rutin) is a vitamin P preparation that has an antiantacid effect.

Polyphenolsare already found in grapes (about 60% in the seeds and a little more than 20% in the skin of the berries). Red wines contain an average of 2500 mg/l of polyphenols, while white wines contain ten times less. Red contains more antioxidants (due to longer contact with the skin during processing), but there is evidence that white wine's antioxidants are more effective. Polyphenolic compounds, depending on the structure, have a versatile effect. Catechinshave P-vitamin, capillary-strengthening antiviral activity.

epicatechin gallateconsidered the most active among polyphenols. These compounds have pronounced antioxidant properties, the ability to increase the functional activity of detoxification systems of foreign compounds and, due to these properties, significantly reduce the risk of developing tumors of the mammary glands, prostate, lungs, intestines, etc.

Anthocyaninsone of the most healing groups of flavonoids. They support the structure of collagen and prevent its destruction, neutralize free radicals, inhibit the synthesis of lipid peroxides, inhibit enzymes involved in the formation of reactive oxygen species. These mechanisms are associated with their anti-inflammatory action in particular. Their antioxidant effect is 50 times higher than that of vitamin E, and 20 times that of vitamin C. These substances are the most active of all currently known antioxidants. These properties are associated with an important area of ​​their use for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction, damage to the vascular endothelium, lowering cholesterol levels in the blood, improves microcirculation, and is effective in the treatment of angiopathy, retinopathy, and inflammatory processes.

stilbene,to which resveratrolhave a wide range of effects on the human body. Resveratrol is an antioxidant that binds and removes free radicals from the body; normalizes the level of lipids (in particular cholesterol) in the blood; has an anti-cancer effect, inhibits the growth of cancer cells, and is even able to suppress cancer cells while stimulating and activating the ability to regenerate normal healthy cells; maintains the normal functional ability of platelets, helps to reduce blood viscosity, providing free blood flow in the vessels, maintaining the elasticity of the vessel walls; has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial action; maintains the smoothness and elasticity of the skin, preventing its premature aging, has the ability to restore and stimulate the growth of collagen fibers, restores the youthfulness of sagging skin; has an anti-allergic effect, neutralizing the release of histamine; improves memory, increases the body's resistance to stress; lowers blood sugar levels; improves visual acuity, effective in retinopathy (damage to the retina) in patients with diabetes and hypertension. Thus, in order to talk about the possibility of using wine for enotherapy in order to prevent and treat a number of diseases in humans, it is important to know the levels of these biologically active substances in wine.

Antioxidant activity of wine- a complex indicator that reflects its ability to destroy oxygen free radicals that accumulate in the biological fluids of the human body in the case of antioxidant stress, which is one of the main causes of diseases such as atherosclerosis, cardiovascular and oncological diseases, and plays a key role in the pathogenesis of aging.

The determination of the antioxidant activity of wine is carried out by the amperometric method.

The methods developed by Russian scientists (Yashin Ya.I., Doctor of Chemistry, Professor) also make it possible to evaluate the antioxidant activity in the human body, which makes it possible to dynamically monitor the effects of wine on the human body.

"The prohibition of wine is a law, taking into account that

Who drinks and when, and how much, and with whom.

When all these conditions are met,

Drinking is a sign of wisdom, not a vice at all."

Omar Khayyam

Since ancient times, people have used warmed wine, or mulled wine, for treatment. They are great for curing colds. One of the recipes for making mulled wine was described by A. S. Pushkin.

He advised heating red wine - "Burgundy" or "Bordeaux" - without boiling, remove from heat, throw in one clove, and let it brew. Drink warm, but not hot. Wine should leave a feeling of bliss, not burn.

And in the Bolshoi Theater, a sore throat and a cold are now dealt with as follows: a glass is half filled with hot something, squeezed lemon juice into it and add a tablespoon each, cognac and honey. All this is poured with warm wine (up to the top risks). Take this "potion" at night, and in the morning you will forget about the cough.

Wine stimulates the work of the heart and blood vessels, slows down the accumulation of cholesterol in the body. Europeans are well aware of the benefits of red wine for the prevention of atherosclerosis. For example, in France and Spain (traditionally wine-producing countries), there are several times fewer heart attacks than in Canada, the USA or Finland.

Doctors recommend grape wines for anemia, as well as for debilitated patients who are in the recovery stage after serious illnesses, injuries, operations, and loss of appetite. Heated wine (especially dry red, Cahors, fortified) can be used for colds, chills, hypothermia.

White table wineshave significant diuretic properties, relieve fatigue, are useful for weakened cardiac activity.

Red table winescontribute to the excretion of radionuclides from the body (especially Cabernet), are useful for anemia, prevent thrombosis, which in four out of five cases are the cause of strokes. Wine has not only bactericidal, but also hematopoietic properties, since in it, unlike white, there is almost no residual sugar. Therefore, it is recommended for diabetics and people of dense build.

For indigestion, red wines such as Saperavi and Cabernet are recommended. Red wines are generally healthier than white wines.because they contain more healing substances. Wine also has antioxidant properties that protect against many diseases, including cancer.

Of course, the abuse of wine leads to alcoholism, cirrhosis of the liver and other troubles. For it is said: Everything is medicine and everything is poison.Everything needs a measure.

How much can you drink so as not to harm your health? It all depends on the quantity and quality of the drink and, of course, on the person himself: his age, state of health, lifestyle, individual characteristics. Wine therapy has a great future if it is applied skillfully.

Many Black Sea health resorts today offer everyone who wants to heal with the help of local wine. In collaboration with doctors, Crimean winemakers have developed many recipes for healing cocktails. For example, for cardiovascular diseases, Madera with honey, cinnamon and sweet almonds is prescribed, for neuroses - Cabernet with tansy extract, for chronic colitis - port wine infused with dill seeds, and for problems with potency - Cabernet with rosemary. The course of treatment is calculated on average for 2 weeks.

Red wine is recommended to drink not only for the elderly. It is also useful for anemia, loss of strength and exhaustion of the body. Drinking before dinner, wine improves appetite, helps to normalize metabolism and digestion.

In addition, a glass of dry red wine is necessary for those whose work allows for the possibility of exposure. Submariners of the nuclear navy, for example, to this day adhere to the ancient naval tradition - the "admiral's glass". Only they drink not rum and not vodka, but Cabernet. Scientists have found that this wine removes radionuclides from the body and prevents the development of radiation sickness.

Antimicrobial activity is predominantly aged wines. The older the wine, the stronger the healing effect. Back in the 19th century, doctors paid attention to interesting fact: during communion in the church, when all believers drink wine from one vessel, no one becomes infected with anything. They began to investigate the Cahors church drink and it turned out that this excellent grape wine neutralizes many pathogenic microbes, including E. coli and Vibrio cholerae.

Healing properties wines are largely dependent on its temperature. The warmer the wine, the faster it is absorbed into the bloodstream and intoxicates, but the less its healing properties. For example, to achieve the maximum therapeutic effect, the temperature of dry red wine should be 16 - 18 º C, and white table wine is cooled to 10 - 12 º C. In enotherapy, dry wines are recommended to be taken in their natural form. Dessert wines should be diluted with mineral water in a ratio of 3:1.

The head of the RNIIZ, Vladimir Nuzhny, published a work in which he describes in detail how wines are indicated for various diseases. “In Russia, enotherapy has undergone a different attitude towards itself, depending on historical events,” comments Alexander Bulanov, deputy director for research at the Russian Research Institute of Health. “In the so-called dopenicillin era, when antibiotics had not yet been invented, Russian doctors turned to wine. Especially during during the wars: it was given to patients to raise their immune status. The next surge of interest in enotherapy arose with the advent of the nuclear submarine fleet. It turned out that red wine removes radionuclides from the body. "I am sure that now enotherapy will rise again - in connection with cardio - vascular diseases, as well as excellent antioxidant properties of wine, "says the scientist. By the way, some experts believe that the beneficial properties of dry white wine are greatly underestimated. The main value of red wine is that dark grape juice is fermented along with pulp (pits and peel), from which tannins and flavonoids pass into the drink. wine comes without pulp, but it has its own useful properties. "According to the latest data, it is suitable for the prevention of a disease such as osteoporosis," Marcus del Monego, the world champion among sommeliers in 1998, told Itogi.

According to the famous French oenotherapist Maury, some types of white wine (for example, Sylvaner, Riesling) are useful for rheumatism, digestive problems, obesity, and even diabetes. However, do not take this information as a recipe. Only a doctor can give precise instructions. Experts express general recommendations something like this: in the absence of pronounced diseases, one can consider useful dose 150-200 grams per day for women, a little more for men.

Such famous scientists as A.I. Oparin, N.M. Sisakyan, N.N. Prostoserdov, M.A. Gerasimov, S.R. Tatevosov and others. It has been established that red table wine removes radioactive decay products from the body. The famous Soviet therapist N.F. Golubev (1856-1943) wrote: "It can hardly be doubted that wine given to the patient on time and in the proper form is a healing factor of great importance." The benefits of wine in moderate doses were pointed out by such recognized authorities as the physiologist I. P. Pavlov, the gerontologist A. A. Bogomolets, the surgeon A. N. Bakulev, and the pharmacologist N. P. Kravkov.

The French chemist, microbiologist Louis Pasteur wrote: "Wine can rightly be considered as the most healthy, hygienic drink" (Book "Etudes on Wine"). At the beginning of the 19th century, French doctors successfully applied the method enotherapy, i.e. treatment with wine. It has been convincingly proven that wine has a bactericidal effect on the cholera embryo, typhoid and tubercular bacilli, is useful in the treatment of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases, stress, promotes the removal of radionuclides from the body. Here are some tips from the writings of French scientists:

· nervous depression- drink a glass or two of "Medoc" before or during meals;

· fever- curable with the help of champagne (dry or brut), taken in a glass per hour;

· cystitis- it is recommended to take two glasses of sweet or semi-sweet white Angevin with meals;

· gallstones- light white dry wines;

· gout- the same wines or rose from Provence;

· rheumatism- dry light wines in two glasses during meals;

· obesity- boldly fight it with the help of pink Provence or dry white wine from Sancerre;

Regular moderate consumption of red wine with meals provides cardiovascular protection. vascular system. Wine improves digestion and helps fight infections. It slows down aging, can slow down the development of cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Finally, it is an effective anti-stress agent. White wines help the body absorb iron better and prevent arthritis. Moreover, if you do not smoke, the result from the effects of wine will be more tangible.

So, British researchers came to the conclusion that drinking up to three glasses of red wine daily is definitely good for health. Their laboratory studies have shown that this amount of red wine increases the level of antioxidant substances in the blood. Therefore, daily consumption of about half a liter of red wine by men and a third of a liter by women during meals helps prevent the development of atherosclerosis.

The conclusion of Danish scientists is even more categorical: the more wine a person consumes, the longer he lives. Americans, previously skeptical of such studies, now recognize their importance and recommend 300 grams for men and 150 grams for women.

Establishing the dose of consumed wine makes sense only if it is of good quality. Unfortunately, Goethe is right when he says: "The rich want good wine, the poor want quantity." But this is no longer a medical, but a social problem.

Domestic studies on the effect of wine on individual body systems led to the following conclusions:

Wine activates the vago-sympathetic system and enhances the secretion of the endocrine glands. In the processes of digestion, it enhances salivation and the secretion of ptyalin (saliva amylase). Thanks to alcohol and salts, it improves the secretion of gastric juice and the digestion of proteins. Possessing buffer properties, wine maintains the pH of gastric juice at a normal level. Influencing the intestines, it has a slight laxative effect (white wines as opposed to red, rich in tannins). With its choleretic properties, depending on the content of potassium tartrate and glycerin, it favors the secretion of bile in the liver. It has a diuretic effect on the kidneys (due to potassium salts). By stimulating the respiratory centers (especially sparkling wines), it helps to ventilate the lungs. Influencing the cardiovascular system, dilates blood vessels. In the blood, it reveals alkalizing properties, acting against acidosis.

Due to its composition and being one of the most powerful natural antioxidants, wine can be widely used to reduce the oxidative and destructive effects of "free radicals", remove toxins from the body, slow down the aging process, increase immunity, and normalize the functions of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Good for arthritis and polyarthritis. It has a powerful anti-carcinogenic effect, prevents and slows down the development of tumors (oncological diseases), prevention of atherosclerosis, blood clots, plaques, reducing the risk of angina pectoris and heart attack. It has a pronounced cosmetic effect - effective protection and replenishment of skin collagen and elastin, which slows down the loss of skin firmness and elasticity, the appearance of wrinkles and age spots, fragility of capillaries and blood vessels, bruising and hematoma.

Thus, grape wine, especially red wine, is a source of biologically important substances, the intake of which with other food products is limited or impossible. Consumption of wine in an amount that is 5-7% for men and 2-4% for women of the daily caloric intake, provided balanced nutrition, does not have a negative effect on the body.

Today the clue is clear French paradox": in France, life expectancy is one of the highest in the world. At the same time, mortality from cardiovascular diseases is half as low here, despite the national cuisine with excess cholesterol. It is the use of large quantities of red wine that is the remedy that prevents the formation of blood clots, has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.

· almost all non-strong alcoholic beverages cause an increase in high-density lipoprotein synthesis, or " good" cholesterol, which resists "bad" cholesterol and prevents atherosclerosis, strokes and myocardial infarctions;

· with weakened cardiac activitywhite wines and champagnes are recommended;

· at diarrheared dry wines with a high concentration of tannins are useful - "Saperavi", "Cabernet", "Merlot";

· red table wines are prescribed for iron deficiency anemia- in severe form, you can drink up to 2 glasses a day with meals, but the duration of treatment should not be longer than 1 week;

· at poor condition of blood vesselsuse dry white wines ("Rkatsiteli", "Riesling", "Pinot Blanc"), diluted with mineral water;

· persistent or frequent colds such as ARI, influenza, bronchitis, pneumoniatreat with warmed semi-dry or semi-sweet red wine with honey, ginger, lemon zest;

The well-known saying of Plato: "Wine is the milk of old people" - is brilliantly confirmed by practice. Half a glass of grape wine provides a healthy sleep better than any sleeping pill: fears and doubts are dispelled, a person is immersed in a pleasant relaxing peace.

A favorable combination of various substances makes wine a strong bioenergetic drink that enhances human vitality, tonic and restorative. The main thing at the same time is not to forget the warning of the wise healer Paracelsus: "Only the measure determines whether a substance is harmful or beneficial."

Conclusion

Today, interest in enotherapy - a method of treatment and prevention of a number of chronic diseases and fortunes according to old and modern recipes using wines - has increased markedly. As, however, to treatment with natural remedies in general. Including in Russia, despite the fact that it belongs to the countries with the "northern type" of alcohol consumption, traditionally vodka and other strong alcohol. But gradually (this is evidenced by the main indicator - sales volumes) white and red wines are becoming more and more popular. Now they are no longer considered "ladies'" drinks, and serving wine at the table is considered good form.

Wine is a noble drink. It helps with many diseases and ailments. But you need to know what kind of wine is "good", when and how you can drink it, so as not to harm your health. Oenotherapy allows you to fill this gap and look at wine not as a "textbook" evil, but as an effective helper for a number of ailments.

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Wine treatment has been used since ancient times, recipes for its use are constantly being improved. The treatment of vessels with wine is most often used, since this drink is able to strengthen the vascular wall.

Interesting fact: The most popular pharmacological drug for the treatment of varicose veins of the legs is made from grapes. Treatment with dry wine allows you to have a beneficial effect on the human body, primarily due to the removal of toxins and free radicals.

Using the right enotherapy, you can restore youth and prolong the period of physical activity. Red wine treatments are used for various blood diseases, since this drink stimulates the production of red blood cells. And treatment with white wine is indicated for pathologies of the renal and urinary systems, metabolic disorders, gout and arthritis.

The benefits and harms of grape wine for the health of men and women

Bunch of grapes- a priceless treasure, a gift from the gods themselves. Not a single vegetable or fruit growing in our gardens has ever been honored with such beautiful epithets as this miracle of nature. Grand celebrations were held in her honor, her beauty inspired poets and artists. The great glory of grapes is rightfully shared by the grape wine born by it and absorbing all the life-giving power of its sunny berries. The benefits of wine from grapes have not yet been fully studied.

Wine- one of the oldest drinks on Earth. The first such drink became known to people, apparently, by chance and a very long time ago, when fermented fruits suddenly gave juice with unusual properties. After that, some especially sweet fruits were specially collected in closed vessels, in which, with a lack of oxygen, the same fermentation processes took place, giving a drink with tonic and relaxing properties at the same time. Since then, the benefits of wine have been constantly studied by interested scientists.

The birthplace of wine is considered to be sunny Ancient Greece, where this drink was not just what was served on the table at dinner or on holidays, it was deeply rooted in culture and mythology. The ancient Greeks were well aware of the benefits and harms of wine, so they used the drink very carefully.

The ancient Greeks believed that wine was the blood of Dionysus, the god of nature, inspiration and winemaking. In Roman mythology, the prototype of Dionysus is the equally famous Bacchus. The benefits and harms of wine for human health revealed by the Greeks allowed them to win numerous victories in battles.

Greek wines still hold many mysteries for scientists, for example, about their composition. It is known for certain that Greek winemakers used honey and various herbs in their production, including such an intoxicating plant as belladonna. They took into account the health benefits of wine, so drinks were enriched with healing properties as much as possible.

Simultaneously with the creation of wine, its first persecutors appeared. The dispute between the advocates of wine and its detractors has been going on for thousands of years, but it is only now that the benefits of wine for women have been convincingly proven, that its moderate use has positive impact on the body. Now the benefits of wine for men are no secret to anyone. It is known that long-livers are most often residents of those countries in which winemaking is developed. And this is not only because the air there is excellent. One of the reasons is the correct and intelligent use and use of grapes and their products. Including wine. The benefits and harms of wine for men are discussed in detail in this article, which provides numerous scientific facts. Similarly, the benefits and harms of wine for women are considered, taking into account the reproductive function of their body.

The benefits and harms of grape wine for the body in enotherapy

Oenotherapy (treatment with wine) played a huge role in the medicine of ancient Greece and Rome. In so many recipes aimed at improving health, enotherapy in treatment is an integral component. Thus, wine with the addition of the roots of various plants was used for medicinal purposes, often as a kind of mulled wine, for which a device very similar to a samovar was used to heat it.

Oenotherapy (from the Greek "oinos" - wine), or wine therapy, is a very serious science, the brainchild of the ancient science of oenology, studying the benefits of grape wine.

Despite the fact that the ancient Aesculapius wrote about the benefits of wine for the body, including Hippocrates, who describes the healing effect of red wine in his manuscripts, enotherapy began to develop as a therapeutic direction relatively recently. The healing properties of grapes were discovered only in the 19th century, when they noticed that residents of French, Italian, Swiss cities come to improve their health precisely to rural winegrowers. It should be borne in mind that grape wine is good and bad for a person at the same time, depending on his attitude to the drink. For some, this is the strongest poison, and for someone - a cure. Patients with alcoholism should refrain from enotherapy in any form.

The impetus for the development of enotherapy was also the study by physicians of the so-called "French paradox": although the French diet is not healthy (cheese, butter, eggs, meat and other fatty, high-cholesterol foods), but sports and others physical exercise unacceptable for them, however, they die less often from cardiovascular diseases than their neighbors on the continent, not to mention the Americans. It turned out that good wine saves the French. But the French did not become pioneers in this matter. Roman patricians, famous for their love of wine, died mainly from viruses and infections, and not at all from cirrhosis of the liver or heart failure, as one might think. On the contrary, the entire Roman nobility was perforated with wine, and very successfully!

A medicine for enotherapy in the treatment of blood vessels with wine

Wine therapy It's not just about drinking wine. In addition to wine, fresh grapes, oil, grape pomace and extracts are used as a medicine for enotherapy.

Since ancient times, grapes have been used to treat diseases of the heart, bronchi, kidneys, liver, vascular system, exhaustion of the nervous system, hypertension and at the same time hypotension, gout, anemia, metabolic disorders, gastritis with increased secretion, cough, sore throat, atonic constipation, insomnia. , uterine bleeding, etc. In the treatment of blood vessels with wine, different varieties of this drink are used, containing beneficial substances.

Medicinal and beneficial properties of white wine

Wine is one of the most common drinks, the medicinal properties of which are very multifaceted. Useful properties of wine are very diverse and depend on the grape variety from which the drink is made. Wine contains many chemical elements, among which phytocompounds can be distinguished - biologically active natural substances found in plant products. In plants, they perform protective functions, give color, aroma, taste.

One of these biologically active compounds that provide the medicinal properties of wine are polyphenols, which are part of grape wine, capable of binding free radicals that accumulate in the human body under the influence of sunlight, cigarette smoke, stress, air pollution and lead to a violation of the integrity of cell membranes. including skin cells. It is these radicals that are the main cause of aging of the body, the occurrence of malignant tumors and cardiovascular diseases.

Polyphenols contained in the skin and seeds of grapes and dissolved in wine during its production, have healing properties of wine:

• reduce the number of free radicals,
• block the aggressive influence of the external environment on the body,
• have anti-stress and antioxidant properties,
• relieve inflammation and resist infections,
• strengthen blood vessels
• improve blood circulation,
• regulate blood pressure and cholesterol levels,
• reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke,
• prevent the formation of blood clots,
• inhibit the development of cancerous tumors and Alzheimer's disease,
• partially suppress polio and herpes viruses,
• stop the process of destruction of skin structures (slow down the appearance of wrinkles), thereby contributing to the rejuvenation of the skin and the body as a whole.

The beneficial properties of white wine are due to the fact that it contains all 20 amino acids, without which it is difficult for cells to grow and develop, as well as organic compounds necessary for the formation of a normal metabolism. It contains a large amount of tannins and fruit sugars, as well as a whole range of organic acids, such as lactic acid, which has a unique moisturizing effect.

A complex of vitamins A, B1, B6, B12, PP, pantothenic acid and biotin strengthen the body, improve metabolic processes, skin condition. Most vitamins are found in grape wines in small quantities, but their effect is significant due to their abundance.

There is no vitamin C in wine - it is destroyed during production, but there is a lot of vitamin P, which helps the body absorb and accumulate ascorbic acid from other products.

A wine drink can also be used as a bioenergetic to activate the protective properties of the body. This is facilitated not only by the alcohol and sugar contained in the wine, but also by various microelements. To date, 24 trace elements have been found in wine, including magnesium ( essential element for the heart), iron (winner of anemia), chromium (helps the liver synthesize fatty acids, including cholesterol), zinc (prevents hardening of the arteries, is involved in maintaining acid balance and regeneration processes), rubidium (present in red wines, promotes elimination from organism of radioactive cesium) and others.

All wines contain glycerin, which is part of the fat. Wine pectins help the body get rid of foreign compounds, in particular from radioactive strontium. And the tannins of red wine act as radioprotectors.

Among the volatile substances that form the bouquet of wine are esters, aldehydes and acetalin. They smell good, lower blood pressure, tone up the nervous system.

Medicinal and beneficial properties of dry red wine

The medicinal properties of red wine are that it has a bactericidal effect, which allows you to kill various pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, it can very effectively help with cholera, typhoid. It is known for sure that during epidemics of intestinal diseases, wine was added to the water for disinfection.

The useful properties of dry red wine are that it acts on tubercle bacilli, destroys various viruses, such as polio, herpes.

Thanks to alcohol and salts, wine contributes to a better secretion of gastric juice and, accordingly, the digestion of food. With buffering properties, wine maintains the pH of gastric juice at a normal level. The acidity of wine (2.5-3.5) is almost the same as that of gastric juice, which is why wine promotes digestion (table wines, aperitifs), especially the digestion of proteins.

Some substances that make up wine stimulate the secretion of the gallbladder and the release of bile. Thanks to this mechanism, wine can be of great help in the digestion of fats.

Tartaric acid excites the digestive glands and increases appetite, malic acid (in grapes) plays an important role in metabolism, biological oxidation. Red wines contain lactic acid, also an element of metabolism. Influencing the intestines, the wine has a slight laxative effect (typical of white wines, as opposed to red, rich in tannins). With its choleretic properties, dry red wine promotes the secretion of bile. It has a mild diuretic effect on the kidneys (due to potassium salts).

By stimulating the respiratory center, wine (especially sparkling wine) helps to ventilate the lungs. Influencing the cardiovascular system, dilates blood vessels, prevents the formation of blood clots, atherosclerotic plaques, reduces the risk of angina and heart attack, and has antioxidant properties.

Thus, a favorable combination of various substances makes wine a strong bioenergetic drink that enhances human vitality, tonic and restorative.

In wine therapy, “live” wines are the most effective. Drinks containing preservatives may cause allergic reactions and headache. Only a doctor individually selects the dosage and time of taking a certain type of wine for each patient.

Of course, not cheap wines should be used for treatment, but vintage ones (red and white). You can identify a good wine first of all by the label. The more detailed and accurate the information on the label, the better the product. There is an opinion that the rigor of label design is a sign of good wine. Experts advise not to take a bottle if more than three colors are used in the design of its label. A good guarantee of the quality of wine is the presence of medals on the label. But at the same time, it is worth remembering that the medal evaluates the outstanding merits of wine only in the year in which it was awarded.

The healing properties of dry wine largely depend on its temperature. The warmer the wine, the faster it is absorbed into the bloodstream and intoxicates, but the less its healing properties. For example, to achieve the maximum therapeutic effect, the temperature of dry red wine should be 16-18°C, and white table wine is cooled to 10-12°C.

Wine can sometimes replace potent drugs that cause adverse reactions in the patient. For example, due to the beneficial properties of red wine, appetite improves, metabolism and digestion normalize.

In addition, there are the following positive effects:

• wine gives a pleasant peace, dispels fears, worries, that is, it is used as an effective anti-stress agent and a light natural antidepressant;
• wine - the milk of the elderly (half a glass of grape wine normalizes sleep);
• any wine can be drunk with beriberi;
• people who drink wine get less flu;
• in case of influenza, acute respiratory infections, bronchitis, pneumonia are treated with mulled wine - hot red wine with sugar or honey and spices (take a glass of mulled wine at night);
• emaciated and weak patients are given a few tablespoons of port or madeira a day;
• to maintain weakened cardiac activity, light red wines are good, they are also prescribed for atherosclerosis, with mineral water (up to 0.5 liters per day);
• in case of indigestion, red wines with a large amount of tannins and anthocyanin pigment (saperavi, cabernet) are useful. They are also recommended for anemia;
• in exacerbation of tuberculosis, red wine is detrimental to bacilli and stimulates the appetite.

To eliminate the breakdown and depression, high-calorie dessert and nutmeg wines, champagne are best suited.

White wines help prevent arthritis. White table wines, which have diuretic properties, help with pyelonephritis and cystitis.

Red wine is healthier than white. This is due to the fact that the technology for making white wine involves the removal of grape skins after squeezing the grape juice. Red wines are fermented from whole berries, so the content of polyphenols in them is much higher.

Scientists have calculated that the antioxidant effect of red wine is 20 times higher than that of vitamin E.

As modern science confirms, daily consumption of 100-200 ml of red grape wine with meals reduces the likelihood of blockage of blood vessels by half and, accordingly, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, and also increases life expectancy.

The properties of red wine are such that these drinks remove radionuclides and toxins, increase immunity. Red table wines are also prescribed for iron deficiency anemia. Red wine and grapes are credited with restoring skin elasticity.

Red wine is also useful for anemia, loss of strength and exhaustion of the body. In addition, a glass of dry red wine is necessary for those whose work allows for the possibility of exposure. Submariners of the nuclear navy, for example, to this day adhere to the ancient naval tradition - the "admiral's glass". Only they drink not rum and not vodka, but Cabernet wine. Scientists have found that this wine removes radionuclides from the body and prevents the development of radiation sickness.

Antimicrobial activity is predominantly aged wines. The older the wine, the stronger the healing effect. Cahors church drink neutralizes many pathogenic microbes, including E. coli and Vibrio cholerae.

For the treatment of many diseases, the grape diet is widely used, as well as such, it would seem, exotic way treatments like harvesting grapes. It turns out that by picking heavy, ripe grapes, a person can quickly get rid of stress and increase the tone of the whole organism.

"For a healthy and sick person
wine and honey are the best remedies,
if they are natural and if taken properly".
Hippocrates

It is known that wine tones up, relieves fatigue, overwork. According to scientists, wine also has bactericidal properties. However, I want to emphasize that we are talking about the use of this drink in reasonable quantities. Sometimes just a "thimble" of wine or cognac is enough to relieve tension after an overly stressful day at work.

At one time, in the nutritional clinic of the Institute of Nutrition of the RAM, the treatment menu included, for example, 50 g of dry white wine for those who had irregular bowel movements; 50 g of dry red wine was prescribed for those who were disturbed by intestinal disorders. The diet of patients whose complaints of general weakness were associated with hypotension included 25 g of cognac.

With a reduced tone of the body, accompanied by hypotension (decrease blood pressure), the therapeutic effect is sometimes achieved by adding only 1-2 teaspoons of cognac to a glass of tea.

With a decrease in intestinal motor function, leading to constipation, it is useful to include 50 g of wine in the diet, for example, fruit, apple, currant or made from gooseberries. For intestinal disorders, 50 g of red wine, which has astringent properties, may be useful.

The therapeutic use of wine is determined by the content in it not only of alcohol, but also of other components. The composition of grape wines includes glucose and fructose contained in grapes. They also contain organic acids (tartaric, malic and others), minerals (potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus), tannins, coloring, aromatic substances.

There is some iron in wine, and more importantly, it helps the body absorb iron from food when taken with a meal.

The natural sugars of grapes - glucose and fructose - are almost completely fermented during the manufacture of dry wines. Table dry wines contain scanty doses of sugar (no more than 1-1.2 g per liter).

Red wines contain more nutrients than white wines. They contain vitamins B1, B2, C (in a small amount), vitamin P, which strengthens the walls of blood vessels and normalizes the metabolism of vitamin C, tannins that have an astringent effect.

In the composition of champagne and others sparkling wines carbon dioxide is included, due to which these drinks have a stimulating effect on the respiratory center, stimulate blood circulation, and dilate the vessels of the brain.

Dry wines are low-calorie: 100 g of dry white wine give the body only 60-70 kilocalories; dry red wine is slightly more caloric, 100 g of it contains 70-80 kilocalories. Compare: an apple weighing 200 g is a supplier of 90-95 kilocalories. Sweet and strong wines provide more calories depending on the alcohol and sugar content.

It has long been used for colds mulled wine - hot wine with sugar and spices. It consists of: red table wine, sugar, cloves (spice) and cinnamon. They drink it hot, slowly, in small sips, it is possible with strong hot tea.

In many old medicine books, wine is recommended as a sleeping pill. It can be 30 g of cahors or port wine. Of course, you should not drink wine every evening. But if you are overexcited and feel that you will not fall asleep, a glass of Cahors will do you good.

Recently, it has become more and more obvious that moderate consumption of wine, especially red, reduces the risk of heart disease, it contains an antioxidant, which somewhat reduces blood clotting. At the same time, there are suspicions that some compounds contained in wine have carcinogenic properties. Cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx is common in France and may be related to wine consumption. Anyone who drinks large amounts of wine and also smokes is at particular risk of developing these forms of cancer.

It should be borne in mind that wine stimulates the secretion of the salivary glands, promotes the production of gastric juice, and increases appetite. Therefore, with excess body weight, as well as with diseases of the stomach, accompanied by high acidity, wines are contraindicated. They are also prohibited in diseases of the kidneys, liver, stomach ulcers, pancreatitis and some other diseases. Therefore, before engaging in enotapia (wine treatment), consult your doctor.

It should also be borne in mind that sometimes red wine causes migraines. It is assumed that polyphenols may be the reason for this. Research also shows that wine causes allergic reactions in some people, including dizziness, rashes, and flatulence.

Wine contains substances that can trigger an asthma attack. One of them is sulfur dioxide, which is used to suppress the reproduction of yeast and comes out after uncorking the wine. Another is histamine (in the body it is released from mast cells in case of allergies), found mainly in red wine.

Wine has always been and is an integral part of culture and life. But not everyone knows the extraordinary properties of wine, varietal characteristics and the place of each type of wine among the variety of drinks and dishes. Contrasting grape wine with other alcoholic beverages as a drink that displaces toxic products from the human body definitely indicates its positive role.

Wine, unlike many other spirits, is not a product of distillation. True connoisseurs of wine believe that real wine lives its own life, like a real living organism. The birth of wine is facilitated by fermentation - a process caused by yeast that can decompose sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide with the release of heat. It is alcoholic fermentation that is the basis for making wine, in particular red, and contains a number of biologically active substances necessary for the human body. In this sense, red grape wine has no analogues in its properties.

Louis Pasteur once remarked that "wine may rightfully be regarded as the healthiest hygienic drink."

One of the most important properties of red wine, which few people know about, is that it is a carrier of potential energy, which is almost completely used by the body. So, a liter of dry red wine contains about 600-700 calories, which give the body the necessary energy boost, which immediately feels a surge of vivacity and an uplift in mood.

Therefore, if possible, drink some good red wine at breakfast every day, the use of which will give you a boost of cheerful mood for the whole day. But remember that dessert sweet wines with a high sugar content are considered more high-calorie.

Wine has many valuable properties due to its composition. Thus, the components of wine, composed of the main organogens - hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen - are nutritious, as they take part in plastic processes and in metabolism. Although the content of nitrogenous substances in wine is low, amino acids are very valuable, of which up to 19 were found in red wine.

The amino acids contained in this amazing product are important regulators and catalysts of the body's metabolism. Several essential amino acids present in red wine serve as the multidimensional units from which all proteins are built. The order in which amino acids are included in them is determined by the genetic code. Some are part of enzymes and hormones (iodine in the composition of thyroxin). Most microorganisms and plants synthesize the amino acids they need for life, the body of animals and humans is not able to form the so-called essential amino acids obtained from food. Therefore, the use of red wine, which contains 19 of the 20 amino acids necessary for the normal functioning of the body, is extremely beneficial.

Together with red wine, the most important elements for it - potassium and phosphorus - enter the body. Phosphorus is partly contained in organic form. The insignificant content of chlorine and chlorides makes the wine useful in the hypochlorite mode. IN modern conditions Of great importance is the fact that the consumption of wine does not accumulate free cholesterol, the accumulation of which in the body leads to the development of atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis is a disease that occurs mainly in the elderly. It's chronic cardiovascular disease, which is characterized by a deterioration in the blood supply to all organs. Heredity, excessive consumption of animal fat, low physical activity, psycho-emotional stress, and smoking are of some importance. With atherosclerosis of the venous arteries of the heart, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cardiosclerosis are possible; with atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels, a stroke and even mental disorders are possible. In order to prevent all this from happening, you need to use a proven and, importantly, nice way- drinking a small amount of red wine with daily food.

An excessively high level of cholesterol in the blood leads to an increase in its viscosity, in connection with which the speed of blood movement through small vessels decreases. This in turn causes insufficient blood supply to the inner ear. Some scientists are of the opinion that this fact may be the cause of hearing loss in humans. To prevent a sharp hearing loss, you can, and in some cases even need to, drink red wine.

As already mentioned, in addition to natural fruit sugar, which is an optimal energy supplier, red wine contains minerals and vitamins that are so necessary for the body. For each person, it is necessary to know the brief characteristics of some of the main substances contained in grapes, and hence in wine. This is necessary in order to appreciate the beneficial healing properties of red wine and use it in certain cases.

So, calcium contained in red wine is considered a good building material for bone tissue, it is recommended to use it in sufficient quantities for muscle spasms and convulsions; zinc and vitamin C increase immunity; magnesium and vitamin B calm the nervous system, improve metabolism, are recommended for disorders of the cardiovascular system, in the absence of appetite; Vitamin A is essential for the health of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.

In addition, the high potassium content improves kidney function. At the same time, salt, uric acid and other residual metabolic products are flushed out of the body. Red wine is an excellent, in some cases an indispensable tool for removing excess fluid and toxic substances from the body, so many well-known resorts in the world every autumn - after harvest - are treated with grapes.

Red wine can also be attributed to the category of products that promote weight loss. Our good advice to you: act like the French and allow yourself to drink a glass of red wine for dinner. This delays the flow of carbohydrates into the blood, the digestion of proteins in the stomach slows down, and the appetite decreases. American scientists came to such conclusions. As a result of their research, they sought to find out why the French, despite their love of tasty, plentiful food, are mostly leaner than Americans. And the reason for harmony, as it turned out, is a glass of wine, most often drunk before dinner.

In addition to the above properties, grape red wine has a bactericidal effect and adversely affects cholera vibrio, typhoid bacilli, Ebert's bacilli, related to them.

In pure table red wine, bacteria die in 20-30 minutes. In wine diluted with water, the period of death of harmful organisms is somewhat lengthened.

Killing or weakening intestinal bacteria, red wine at the same time helps to speed up the healing of scratches on the mucous membranes (due to the presence of tannins in it), thereby being the best prophylactic against purulent infections.

Naturally, wine itself does not disinfect the intestines, which have an alkaline environment, but only products that enter the body, in particular water, which often does not meet hygienic requirements and standards.

Therefore, the use of red wine instead of drinking water, the quality of which does not quite meet sanitary standards, will be very useful. We advise you to use red wine in any environment where the rules of cleanliness and hygiene raise some doubts.

Medical scientists have long been studying the properties of wine in the laboratory and scientifically substantiate its effect on the body. The scientific literature describes cases and experiments that testify to the antitoxic properties of red wine. So, according to Professor Krosh, in 1861, an Indian bitten by one of the most poisonous snakes was saved with wine with a strength of 14-16% in the amount of 3 bottles.

Experiments with animals are very indicative for demonstrating the antitoxic properties of wine. It is known that mice were injected lethal doses cobra venom and hemorrhagic viper venom, after which red wine was given. The experimental animals not only lived longer than the control animals that did not receive wine, but were saved in this way.

Red wine has the most beneficial effect on the nervous system. His research in this area was carried out by the professor of physiology of the Yerevan Zootechnical Veterinary Institute S. A. Shcherbakov. The results obtained during the work turned out to be quite interesting and exceeded even the wildest expectations. It turns out that wine stimulates the activity of both salivary and gastric glands, promotes the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach and the amylolytic function of saliva.

Wine acts as a sympathetic-tonic agent on the autonomic nervous system.

Conducting experiments with grape wine, Professor Shcherbakov concluded that in the process of excitation of the cerebral cortex, general excitation increases, which affects the increased function of the kidneys. Especially in this sense, red grape wine shows its positive qualities.

In moderate doses, red grape wine has a positive effect on the entire body. The abuse of other alcoholic beverages and even beer has more severe consequences than the effect of red wine, which is consumed in excess.

It must be remembered that fruit and berry wines, such as currant or wild rose, are richer in vitamins than grape wine. They contain especially a lot of vitamin C, which, as mentioned above, improves immunity and strengthens the body. Vitamin C is especially useful for those people whose body is exposed to the harmful effects of the environment. This vitamin acts as an antioxidant, it promotes the formation of new collagen fibers and prevents the occurrence of various inflammations (the formation of new collagen fibers is of great importance, since these are fibers of the extracellular substance of the connective tissue of animals and humans; these are strong and low-elastic fibers that perform a very important mechanical function) .

The use and consumption of red wine as a good healing agent has been known for a very long time. Knowing and studying the medicinal properties of this drink, you can even refuse to use some chemicals. But wine has a positive effect and a beneficial effect on the entire body, if you take into account the correct norms for its use (mostly red wine is consumed warm or even hot). For each person, the required amount of this drink is individual, but in general the daily allowance should not exceed 25-50 ml.

From the point of view of prevention, the prevention of gastrointestinal infections with the help of red wine is especially important. Due to its bactericidal and antitoxic properties, as mentioned above, as well as its effect on malarial plasmodia, red wine is considered a unique remedy. According to the testimony of a 95-year-old veteran, paramedic L. I. Kristsyak, who lived for 15 years in one locality in Armenia, where malaria raged for many years, he was never exposed to this serious disease due to the fact that he replaced ordinary drinking water for his own use with red wine.

Even such a common disease as exacerbation of appendicitis can be prevented by including red wine in your daily diet. Among other things, there are statistical data in the scientific literature on lower mortality from tuberculosis in wine regions and about outbreaks of tuberculosis with a reduction in wine production.

If a person suddenly has signs of an adynamic state, accompanied by a violation of coordination and movement, numbness of parts of the body, red wine will help improve his condition.

The benefits of red wine in influenza-bronchial and pulmonary diseases can hardly be overestimated. If you breathe over red hot wine for 5-7 minutes, the characteristic unpleasant signs of such diseases (runny nose, cough) can disappear without a trace. A good remedy in the treatment of colds, especially bronchitis and flu, is a kind of cocktail made from red wine and mustard. And the use of fruit and berry or grape wine with meals contributes to the death of pathogenic bacteria, after which conventional medical means will be able to cope with any disease.

If you add black pepper to red wine, you will get a great healing drink that can bring a cold person to his feet. Such a drink is especially effective in the treatment of angina. In order for this natural medicine to work faster, it is necessary to wrap up the patient immediately after taking it (all the ailment will come out with sweat). Do not be afraid of those unpleasant sensations that you will feel in your throat. However, the next morning you will wake up healthy and strong, and about the sore throat and elevated temperature You will remember it like a bad dream.

A therapeutic cocktail using dry red wine has a very beneficial effect on the body's resistance to pathogens of various diseases. Dry red wine, mixed with aloe juice and honey, protects against colds, increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases. The juice is squeezed from the lower leaves of the plant, which are cut, washed cold water, cut into pieces and squeezed through cheesecloth. Then honey and wine are added. This mixture must be infused for 5-6 days. Take the resulting product before meals, 1 teaspoon.

Drinking red wine in small amounts also helps with dullness of attention or partial loss of memory, and calms the nerves.

Wine is also recommended for patients with tuberculosis. In this case, wine is more effective than alcohol, due to the content of many useful components, such as tannins, mineral salts, iron (which is useful for anemia, weakening of the body, improves blood composition, metabolism), manganese, potassium (improves bone tissue composition). ), calcium, phosphorus and trace elements, glycerin and other biologically active substances.

In the homeland of many elite red wines, in Burgundy, they say that "the milk of old people is wine." This expression did not come about by accident. Red wine is especially effective for convalescents who have undergone major surgery, especially for the elderly. Wine is recommended in an amount of at least 30 ml per day for anemia, diabetes, scrofula, malaria, overwork, dyspepsia (indigestion, manifested by heartburn, heaviness in the stomach, bloating, cramping pains; observed with gastrointestinal and other diseases, improper feeding child, and so on), cachexia (general depletion of the body with tumors, lesions of the pituitary gland (pituitary cachexia), etc.) and other diseases.

In everyday life, we often encounter such minor troubles as cuts. For cuts, it is also very useful to use red wine to treat wounds. As you know, it contains substances that prevent the penetration of infection into the human body, and if this does happen, help to neutralize them. As a prophylactic procedure, it is recommended to apply a cotton pad soaked in wine to the place where irritation has occurred or slight itching has appeared.

Red wine is especially effective in surgical shock, fainting, asphyxia. It provides invaluable assistance in anesthesia, often replacing strong medications.

Everyone knows that wine warms in the truest sense of the word. We recommend that you make your own drink from red wine - mulled wine, one sip of which warms you up perfectly and is an excellent remedy for gastrointestinal diseases. The recipe for its preparation, as you know, was discovered in Burgundy. "In Burgundy" to prepare this drink is easy.

For two bottles of red wine, one bottle of water is taken. Water in any case must be filtered. IN warm water for a short time insist (to avoid bitterness) 30 g of coarsely ground cinnamon (in a bag of rare fabric). If the wine is taken not sweet, but dry or semi-dry, about 40 pieces of refined sugar are added to it. A mixture of wine and water is brought to a boil, then a little cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and slices of lemon without skin are added. You can add a tablespoon of cognac.

Mulled wine should not be boiled for a long time, it is only necessary to keep it hot. This drink, prepared at home, is generally better to use immediately after you have prepared it, since in this case its taste and, most importantly, useful properties are better preserved.

Naturally, it is not recommended to use wine for everyone without exception: it is contraindicated in certain diseases. Often, in order to use red wine for medical purposes, you need a doctor's prescription (but this is only if you decide to organize a serious course of treatment, which will be based on red wine).

If you use red wine in small quantities, it will only benefit. Moreover, without expecting it yourself, you can feel a surge of vivacity and improvement. physical condition generally.

As unbelievable as it sounds, red wine has saved lives many times, not just improved health. There are many such facts in history.

Perhaps the most striking confirmation of our words will be the story of the physicists Marie and Pierre Curie, who made a stunning discovery of the radioactive element polonium and radium in 1898, investigated piezoelectricity and radioactive radiation that is very dangerous to health. It is clear that under other circumstances, a portion of radiation, which became an integral part of their scientific work, could be fatal to their lives. And the circumstances were that these scientists were French and their daily habits saved their lives.

The French are not indifferent to red wine, and the Curies for many years drank a glass of wine for breakfast. It turns out that red wine, in addition to all its inherent beneficial properties, many of which were already known at that time, has a unique ability to prevent the accumulation of radioactivity in the body.

This historical fact once again confirms that red wine is a unique means of combating external adverse environmental conditions, allows the body to mobilize all the protective properties and, to some extent, prevents the occurrence of various diseases.

But not all wine can be beneficial. Useful properties of red wine are determined by its composition. The features of this amazing drink are that it requires exceptional care in storage, how to use it, and, most importantly, in creation. All this requires a special mood, because the process of making good wine is a real creativity, in which you need to invest a piece of your soul. And only truly high-quality wine can benefit your health.

Throughout its life, the wine requires careful care. In order for it to retain its healing properties, it is recommended to store it in accordance with special rules. So, the angle of inclination of a bottle of red wine from a horizontal surface should not exceed 13 5o 0. And in the Caucasus they say that when serving red wine, you cannot even wash the dust from the dishes in which this amazing drink was stored.

Proper storage of red wine allows people for many centuries not only to enjoy its taste and aroma, but also to extract from its use undeniable benefit. In the past few decades, scientists have taken up this issue separately. The study of the influence of wine on individual systems of the human body led to the following conclusions.

Wine activates the vagosympathetic system and enhances the secretion of the endocrine glands; enhances salivation and secretion of ptyalin (saliva amylase); promotes better separation of gastric juice and digestion of proteins; favors the secretion of bile in the liver; has a diuretic effect on the kidneys (that is, the use of red wine contributes to the increased work of the kidneys and the removal of excess water and sodium chloride from the body); promotes ventilation of the lungs, affecting the cardiovascular system, dilates blood vessels; reveals alkalizing properties in the blood, acting against acidosis (acidosis is a shift in the acid-base balance in the body towards a relative increase in the number of anions).

Thus, the moderation and timeliness of the use of red wine will not only allow you to enjoy its unsurpassed taste, but also help in the treatment of many ailments. Moreover, this drink is very different from conventional antibiotics that poison the human body. Unlike their not always positive effect, red wine can bring real benefit to your body.

Treatment of diseases with wine - wine therapy, medicinal and beneficial properties of wine

Louis Pasteur also said that wine is one of the most hygienic and healing drinks. Chemical composition and physiological properties grape wines are suitable for their use for medical purposes - wine therapy. The Science of Wine Treatment and the Use of Grape Wines

for medicinal purposes is called enotherapy. Indeed, the beneficial and healing properties of wines have been known for a long time.

Medicinal properties of grape wine

So, in ancient Greece, wine was used as an antiseptic. Wine was given to the wounded, bandages soaked in wine were applied to the wounds. In the countries of Western Europe, wine therapy began to spread during the early Middle Ages.

Wine was then considered the "drink of the gods" and began to attribute magical properties to it. By its nature of origin, chemical composition and dietary properties, wine miraculously suits human physiology.

Wine has a general positive bioenergetic and strengthening effect on the human body, helps restore vitality when it declines (for example, in the elderly), increases tone and vigor. No wonder they say that wine is the milk of old people.

Wine also enriches the body with useful trace elements, vitamins and amino acids, prevents the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis. The substance trioxystilbene contained in natural wine helps to slow down the aging of cells and prevents the occurrence of oncological diseases.

The wine has pronounced antibacterial properties. It is noted that during epidemics the number of cases in wine-growing regions and among people who regularly drink wine is somewhat lower.

During the research it was noted that wine suppresses the bacteria of tuberculosis, cholera, malaria, etc. Moreover, almost the same effect is produced by wine diluted twice with water. Therefore, during epidemics, especially in regions prone to them, doctors recommend drinking table wine, half diluted with water, instead of drinking water. In addition, dry white table wine perfectly quenches thirst.

Useful properties of red wine

Natural wine is also useful for colds and chronic diseases such as influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc. With such diseases, mulled wine should be used - hot red table wine with spices and sugar, such as Cabernet or Merlot.

For disorders and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, red wines with a high content of tannins are useful, for example, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet. Such wines, due to the presence of tannins, have a strengthening and healing effect on the stomach, especially with scars and stomach ulcers.

With obesity and metabolic disorders, wines also help. They remove slags and toxins from the human body, normalize metabolism.

Especially valuable property wine is the ability to lower the content of cholesterol, which is confirmed by numerous experiments, for example, on rabbits. It has been established that in the same area, people who regularly drink wine have a low cholesterol content.

Wine also helps with radiation. So, in the former Soviet Union, people who, on duty, work in the nuclear and similar industries and in conditions associated with increased radioactive danger, were regularly prescribed the use of cahors (for example, submariners on nuclear-powered ships).

With diabetes, dry grape wines with a low content of sugar and glucose (less than 4 grams per 1 liter) are suitable.

Vinotherapy - treatment with wine for various diseases

Light white and especially champagne wines contribute to the maintenance of weakened cardiac activity. So, white semi-dry wines have a positive effect on the elasticity of blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots and myocardial infarction.

And champagne also improves ventilation of the lungs, stimulating the respiratory centers. Red table wines help with anemia. Red and white semi-dry wines remove excess salts from the human body, so they are recommended to prevent salt deposits in the joints.

Wines also help with beriberi, and with exhaustion, a few sips of port wine will do. Port wine and vermouth help with loss and lack of appetite, contributing to a better secretion of gastric juice.

To stimulate appetite, 30 minutes before meals, take 50 grams of vermouth or port wine up to 100-150 grams. But you should not drink vermouth in large quantities.

Wines rich in minerals help with fractures and diseases of the bone apparatus.

But, like any medicine, wine in large quantities can also be harmful. Mixing wine with other drinks, such as beer, vodka and the like, has a particularly harmful negative effect on the human body.

In order for wine to be beneficial, you should know in what quantities it should be consumed. Exact figures fluctuate depending on the characteristics of a particular person - gender, age, height, weight, and so on.

Modern scientists believe that the norm of wine consumption is one to three glasses drunk with meals. For an adult healthy man, the norm of drinking wine per day is 300-350 ml, for a woman - up to 150 ml.

But those who take care of their health should know that only absolutely natural, high-quality wine has healing properties. In falsifications of wines medicinal properties are not shown.

In addition to the above, I will add that there is also a treatment with grapes - ampelotherapy, which is one of the types of dietary nutrition and herbal medicine (treatment with plants).