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Yellow rice wine
黃酒
暖身行氣
An amber wine brewed from glutinous rice, sweeter and rounder than plain rice wine. It is the wine Hakka families cook chicken in after a birth, brewed at home by the jar and used all month.
TCM properties
Nature · warming Flavour · sweet、pungent Meridians · heart、liver、spleen
Traditional food therapy
The tradition holds that yellow wine warms the body and moves qi. Said plainly: the alcohol does not cook away, and if you are breastfeeding it has to be counted.
Cautions: read first
- Contains alcohol. While breastfeeding, the Australian NHMRC position is that not drinking is safest.
- The alcohol does not boil off; residue remains however long it is cooked.
Preparation
Splashed into a hot wok, or used as the braising liquid on its own.
Origin
The Hakka districts of Meizhou and Heyuan in Guangdong. An Asian-grocer buy in Australia, not a supermarket line
Availability in Australia
Herbal shops / specialists