40+ Medicinal Wine Recipes. The concept of yin and yang in chinese philosophy is used to describe complementary opposites, such as the sun and moon, day and night, light and dark, masculine and. Many people assume medicinal herbs are grown in an herb gardens or harvested from the forest with plants like basil or ginseng, in fact medicinal herbs span from the breadth of the entire plant kingdom, from giant conifers to tiny yeasts.
The streets are adorned with twinkling lights, artisan craftwork, and of course, a mighty christmas tree.
Throughout history, certain drinks have been lauded for their medicinal value, with alcohol used to treat everything from snake bites to tummy ache. Along with cleopatra, greek philosopher hippocrates was known for prescribing spiced wine as a medicinal tonic, and pliny the elder also in the 1590s, recipes for mulled wine were first published in english journals, where honey was used to sweeten french clarets shipped in from bordeaux. These mulled wine recipes will warm you right up during the colder months and alleviate some of that stress brought on by the holiday season. You can use merlot or red zinfandel.