The efficacy and function of vinegar
Release time : 11/04/2025 09:30:04
Vinegar, originating from the son of ancient wine master Dukang, was accidentally brewed as a by-product of winemaking. After mastering the craft, Dukang found that the leftovers from the fermentation process were not discarded but instead turned into vinegar.
China's famous vinegar includes Shanxi Lao Chen Vinegar, Zhenjiang fragrant vinegar, Baoning vinegar and red rice vinegar.
Consuming vinegar on a regular basis can help alleviate fatigue and soften blood vessels.
Moreover, vinegar can also be applied externally while being consumed. Its effects and functions are quite diverse, worth a look! Rice vinegar is an agricultural product made from grains, with a long history and serves as an excellent condiment.
It contains a small amount of acetic acid, with a rose-red color and transparency, a pure aroma, a sweet taste, and slightly sweet, suitable for dipping or stir-frying.
Research has shown that regularly consuming rice vinegar can be beneficial in preventing cardiovascular diseases.
Main Efficacy: The rich organic acids contained in rice vinegar can promote the metabolism of sugar in the human body and help to decompose the fatigue substances such as lactic acid and acetone in the muscles, thereby eliminating fatigue.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Dietary Therapy: 1. Flavoring effect: It increases the flavors of a dish, including freshness, sweetness, and aroma. It also disrupts the ascorbic acid oxidase, protecting vitamin C in food from reduction and destruction.
You can add vinegar to the cooking process.
2. Digestion: Assists in the secretion of gastric acid and the digestion of food, is suitable for treating conditions characterized by food accumulation.
3. Antibacterial and antiviral effects: It can kill pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, influenza virus, etc.
Put vinegar in the container, and heat it on a stove.
4. Alleviating Ascariasis: Sour food can alleviate the gastrointestinal cramps caused by ascariasis, kidney deficiency, and acute nephritis.
5. Relief from Fatigue: The rich organic acids contained in vinegar can promote the metabolism of sugar in the human body and help break down lactic acid and acetone, which are fatigue-causing substances in muscles, thereby relieving fatigue.
6. Soften blood vessels: Vinegar has the effect of softening blood vessels, reducing blood lipids, and lowering cholesterol levels.
Dilation of blood vessels is beneficial for reducing blood pressure and preventing the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases.
7. Weight Loss: Vinegar can transform excess fat in the body into energy for consumption, and promote metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins.
8. Maintaining internal acid-base balance: It can enhance hepatic function and promote metabolism.
Regulation of blood acid-base balance and maintenance of the stability of the internal environment.
9. Detoxification: Acetic acid generated by the reaction between vinegar and alcohol reduces the concentration of alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract and blood, thus acting as a de-addiction agent.
10. Detoxification: Folk remedies commonly employ vinegar to treat mumps, tinea, claw fungus, intestinal roundworms, and bites from poisonous insects, among other conditions, with some degree of effectiveness.
Benefits of White Vinegar in Daily Life: 1. Cleans toilets.
After cleaning the toilet, sprinkle vinegar on the inside of the toilet and let it sit for several hours. Then, flush it away with water to achieve a disinfecting and deodorizing effect.
2. Clean the glass.
After cleaning the windows and doors with a detergent, there often remains a mist-like residue on the glass.
In fact, you can clean your windows and doors by mixing white vinegar with soapy water. This will renew their brightness.
The method is to mix 2 cups of water with 1/4 cup of vinegar, and then add a tablespoon of cleaner.
3. Cleaning wooden products.
After cleaning a wooden furniture, pour a cup of vinegar into a gallon (3.785 liters) of water and rub it on the furniture to get rid of the smell of the detergent and make the furniture shiny.
4. Fabrics do not fade: When washing the shirt for the last time, you can add vinegar to the water, which will prevent the fabric from fading and maintain its cleanliness and luster.
5. Prevent white silk from yellowing.
Adding vinegar to the rinse water can keep the color of white silk fabrics and prevent fading.
To remove a stain from clothing, such as a red medicine stain, you can first use white vinegar to clean it. Then rinse it thoroughly with water.
To remove fruit stains from clothes, place a piece of absorbent cloth underneath the stain and then use a cotton ball dipped in white vinegar to rub it away. This should effectively remove the fruit residue.
6. The same proportion of clear water and vinegar solution can remove coffee pot scale and scale, and when adding an appropriate amount of vinegar into the water, it can make clothes whiter.
Adding sugar and vinegar to a vase can keep flowers fresh.
7. Remove rust spots: Mix a little table salt with white vinegar and use this solution to scrub household faucets, dishwasher sinks, and other stainless steel appliances. Then rinse with clean water to keep them shiny and new.
8. Remove the stains of coffee and tea from the inside of a kettle or teapot. It is difficult to completely remove these stains, but soaking them in a mixture of white vinegar and water for a while makes it easy to wash them off with water afterwards.
II. Dietary Aspects: 1. Deodorizing the Cutting Board.
After chopping the vegetables, sprinkle white vinegar on the cutting board and let it sit for half an hour before rinsing. This not only kills bacteria left on the cutting board but also quickly eliminates the smell.
2. The bitterness of bitter gourd is too much.
A small amount of white vinegar can be added for adjustment.
5. When boiling eggs, adding one tablespoon of vinegar to the water will cause the egg yolk to harden quickly.
3. In terms of beauty, when washing your face in water with a drop of vinegar, it can make your skin look fair and tender over time.
When washing hair, rinse it with a little vinegar mixed into warm water, and then rinse again in 20 minutes, the dry hair will become glossy and smooth.
1. Prevents and treats enteritis and dysentery.
Vinegar contains acetic acid, which has the effect of contraction. It can not only inhibit the growth of bacteria in food, but also kill some bacteria in food.
Vinegar can change the alkaline living environment of Shigella and kill it. Acidic environment can increase the killing effect of garlic by 4 times. So vinegar and garlic together can be more effective in treating dysentery and enteritis.
2. "Civil constipation is better than many medicines," a saying in our country, which undoubtedly is the people's experience of life.
Modern scientific research indicates that aged vinegar contains abundant amino acids and certain fermenting enzymes, as well as various unsaturated fatty acids.
Consuming aged vinegar can promote intestinal motility, lower blood lipids, neutralize certain toxins, and maintain the ecological balance of the intestinal microbiota.
The treatment of habitual constipation with dietary therapy is not only effective but also without toxic side effects.
Adding six to seven drops of aged vinegar into every meal's soup can make the soup delicious. It also has a healing and beautifying effect, and if you stick with it, your constipation will gradually disappear.
If the condition of constipation has been there for a long time, then you can take a mouthful of old vinegar every morning and drink a cup of cold water. After one week, you will get a certain effect.
3. Defeating the fishy smell.
Adding vinegar to the cooking of dishes not only makes them crispy and delicious, but also eliminates the odor of fishiness and protects the nutrients in the dishes.
However, individuals taking certain medications such as sulfonamides, alkaline agents, antibiotics, and traditional Chinese medicine that promote sweating should avoid consuming vinegar.
The benefits and functions of fruit vinegar differ from those of the vinegars we discussed above. The white vinegar, rice vinegar, and aged vinegar are all types of cooking vinegar, serving as condiments.
However, vinegar is a type of beverage.
For instance, we often drink apple vinegar, persimmon vinegar, and red date vinegar, among others.
Let's take a look at their effects and functions now.
1. Persimmons vinegar Persimmons vinegar: refers to a kind of vinegar brewed with persimmon.
Persimmon vinegar can lower blood sugar and blood pressure, making it especially suitable for children.
Consuming it even can delay the aging of the human body.
Sweet rice vinegar also has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. The astringent action of vinegar therapy on the human skin can cause dilation of small blood vessels, increase blood circulation in the skin, and kill bacteria on the surface of the skin, making the skin delicate, white, red, smooth, and radiant.
Pomegranate vinegar contains a large amount of acetate, lactic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, amino acids. Drinking it regularly can effectively maintain the balance of the human body's pH value and thus play a role in preventing cancer. The area where Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi meet has a long history, and it is said that the pomegranate vinegar from Jia family in Shanxian was once a gift vinegar.
2. Apple vinegar, which is referred to in this context as "vinegar", is not a condiment used in the kitchen but refers to an apple-based raw vinegar made from apple juice through fermentation and then diluted with apple juice to create a beverage.
Apple cider mixed with apple juice results in a flavor that is both sour and sweet, effectively neutralizing the sharp tang of raw vinegar while still retaining the sweet aroma of the apple juice. It is refreshingly delightful to drink.
Apple cider vinegar can promote health and wellness, alleviate fatigue, and enhance beauty.
3. Jujube Vinegar: This is made from jujubes or juice of jujubes and ferments twice with microorganisms in the traditional brewing process, using modern biotechnology techniques.
It can not only beautify the skin and nourish the liver, but also has a special effect on preventing heart disease and stroke. It has a definite anti-cancer effect and can improve immunity in the human body.
*The medical content involved in this text is for reference only.
If you experience discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the professional medical advice provided during a face-to-face consultation.