Why is it said that the elderly are not suitable for taking medicinal wine tonic?

　　Many elderly people choose medicinal wine when taking tonic in winter, because it is very convenient to make, use and preserve. They only need to soak the traditional Chinese medicine in white wine for a period of time, and then drink it after the active ingredients of the medicine overflow into the wine. And because alcohol has a certain bactericidal effect, it can be stored in a sealed state for a long time.

　　Although medicinal wine has so many advantages, it is not suitable for the elderly to drink. Because the content of traditional Chinese medicine in medicated wine is extremely limited, if you want to exert its medical or health care effects, you must drink a large amount or drink it for a long time. By the time the medicated wine actually takes effect, the poison of alcohol may have appeared in front of it.

　　Drinking medicated wine for a long time, even if the amount consumed each time is not large, but because the liver and kidney functions will decline to varying degrees in old age, chronic accumulation of alcohol poisoning will also occur, which is no less harmful than acute poisoning.

　　According to relevant statistics, the incidence of cataracts and osteoporosis in elderly people who drink liquor for a long time is significantly increased, both of which are more than twice that of non-drinkers. Collected and compiled by Medical Education Network Alcohol can inhibit the effective secretion of thyroxine, thereby significantly reducing the intestinal absorption rate of calcium and vitamin D, leading to adverse consequences such as irritability, memory loss, and weak myocardial contraction.