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Daodiao Wang is a type of traditional Chinese medicinal herb that can be used to make medicinal liquor. It has certain effects of dispersing wind and clearing heat, as well as clearing the liver and improving eyesight. Drinking it appropriately has a certain health-preserving effect on the body. However, it should also be noted that medicinal liquor is essentially alcohol, and excessive consumption can have a negative impact on health. Therefore, it is important to use medicinal liquor in moderation. Let's take a look at the benefits of Daodiao Wang medicinal liquor for body health and well-being.

Daodiao Wang medicinal liquor has various beneficial effects on the body, including lowering blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, relieving alcohol intoxication and soothing the nerves. It also has the effect of dispelling wind and eliminating dampness, making it suitable for patients with rheumatic arthritis. The taste after being frosted is slightly sweet and astringent. What is eaten is not its fruit, but its fleshy fruit stalk, which matures around the time of frost descent. After being frosted, it becomes sweet and the astringency disappears, leaving a lingering taste.

(1) Dispersing Wind and Clearing Heat: Used for wind-heat colds and redness and swelling of the eyes, often combined with chrysanthemum.

(2) Clearing the Liver and Improving Eyesight: Used for wind-fire eye diseases (such as acute conjunctivitis). Combined with black sesame seeds, it is used to treat dizziness and blurred vision caused by insufficient liver yin and hyperactivity of liver yang.

(3) Clearing the Lung and Moistening Dryness: Used for dry and heat coughs caused by lung heat. This herb clears lung heat with bitter and cold properties, nourishes yin with sweet and cold properties, and moistens the lung with cooling effects. Therefore, it can be used for dry heat injuring the lung, dry cough with little sputum. For mild cases, it can be combined with almonds, radix codonopsis, and fritillaria, such as mulberry and almond soup. For severe cases, it can be combined with raw gypsum, radix ophiopogonis, and donkey-hide gelatin.