The medical profession has recognized the healthful and nutritive properties of wine for thousands of years. Hippocrates recommended specific wines to purge fever, disinfect and dress wounds, as diuretics, or for nutritional supplements, around 450 B.C. A French doctor wrote the earliest known printed book about wine around 1410 A.D.
Most of the pathogens that threaten humans are inhibited or killed off by the acids and alcohols in wine. Because of this, wine was considered to be a safer drink than much of the available water up until the 18th century.
Wine is a mild natural tranquilizer, serving to reduce anxiety and tension. As part of a normal diet, wine provides the body with energy, with substances that aid digestion, and with small amounts of minerals and vitamins. It can also stimulate the appetite. In addition, wine serves to restore nutritional balance, relieve tension, sedate and act as a mild euphoric agent to the convalescent and especially the aged.
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Nice post. I've used wine for medicinal purposes for years. Toothaches, headaches, malaise, ennui, etc. I stubbed my toe and took some to ease the ache. My tv was on the blitz and I took some. The mailman was late and I took some. It rained and I took some. I took some to cure my sleepiness and got up in the night to take some to get back to sleep. I watched Avatar and took some to forget what I saw. I had a flat tire and took some. I could go on but it's time for my next dose.
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