Alcohol has analgesic and heart-protecting effects. Some people believe that wine can clear the meridians and activate collaterals, regulate qi and relieve pain, prevent wind-cold-damp-arthralgia and chest pain, and reduce the chance of arthritis and coronary heart disease. It is undeniable that drinking alcohol can temporarily relieve the above symptoms, but observational data show that the mortality of cancer and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is positively correlated with the amount of drinking, and the mortality rate is significantly higher than that of non-drinking people.
Alcohol has the function of keeping warm and preventing cold. A small amount of drinking will make the body warm. This is because alcohol causes the capillaries of the skin to expand. In the later stage of alcohol metabolism, it is easy to cause the heat emitted by the skin to increase, resulting in “cold after drinking”, and even “warming with alcohol”. colder and colder” situation.
Drinking can relieve boredom. Some people will drink by themselves when they are depressed and depressed, but after drinking too much alcohol, they will bring up a series of thoughts, either self-destruction, or beating people or things, or crying endlessly, isn’t it? “Sorrow is worse with wine”?
Drinking can increase libido In the minds of most people, alcohol can boost desire and improve sexual function. Now studies have found that alcohol can directly poison the testes and ovaries, and can affect the sexual function of men and women through its effects on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. have a relatively lasting impact.
Alcohol can hypnotize some people when they have trouble falling asleep, they can’t help but drink a few sips of wine to help them fall asleep. Since alcohol has a certain sedative effect on the central nervous system, it may have some effect. But over time, as the brain becomes more tolerant of alcohol. The sedative effect of alcohol will gradually weaken, which makes people have to gradually increase the amount of drinking to maintain sleep, thus forming an “alcohol dependence” that is difficult to get rid of, making insomnia more difficult to solve. If accompanied by chronic poisoning (alcohol), the patient will face greater and more pain.
Drinking can replace food and water Some people think that wine is the essence of food, and drinking can replace food and water. Studies have found that the main component of wine is ethanol (alcohol), which has no nutritional value except to provide a certain amount of energy to the human body. It cannot supplement the necessary nutrients such as protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, and trace elements. It can also affect the digestion and absorption of many nutrients. Over a long period of time, there will be severe nutritional failure and life-threatening. It can be seen that for the health of oneself and others, alcohol should be drunk as little as possible, and fruit wine is better to minimize harm.
