Why did the ancients like to heat before drinking?

Hello, I'm Xiao Zhang. I'm glad to answer this eternal mystery (ha ha, just kidding). Next, let me talk about my own views.

First of all, I answer this question from three aspects.

(1) The ancient people's brewing technology was relatively backward, and the brewed wine was simply filtered after grain fermentation to become finished wine. There is no modern advanced distillation technology, so there will be some impurities (such as acetaldehyde, etc. ) It is harmful to human body in wine. After the wine is heated, the harmful impurities in the wine will volatilize, thus reducing the harm to people.

(2) The heated wine will taste more mellow. After preheating and heating, the wine smells charming, and the air emits a faint fragrance, which makes people want to taste it for themselves. After drinking the heated wine, it is fragrant and mellow, and the aroma spreads between the teeth. The aroma is overflowing and the aftertaste is endless.

(3) Hot wine is also good for health. In the Ming Dynasty, Lu Rong recorded that "wine is not suitable for cold drinks" in Ji Gu Miscellanies, saying that he didn't know what Danxi said. A few years later, I got dysentery in autumn, which led to this treatment. Yun said, "Do you drink more cold wine?" Zi claimed that in order to obey Danxi's words, he often used cold drinks and alcohol in summer. Medical cloud:' Danxi knows the harm of hot wine, but I don't know that cold wine is especially harmful! Hot wine can hurt the lungs because of its good nature, but it is mostly for promoting qi and blood circulation; Cold wine is harmless to the lungs, and the stomach hates cold. Drinking too much will lead to qi stagnation. For the pavilion to drink, the cover is neither cold nor hot, which is suitable for it and harmless. Cold wine hurts the stomach easily, but warm wine does not hurt the spleen and stomach. Drinking warm wine can make people's blood flow smoothly and play a health care role.

Finally, I warn you, drink moderately, drink less to suppress your feelings, and drink more will hurt your health.