The health benefits of Huangjiu are deeply rooted. Traditional Chinese Medicine posits that Huangjiu is hot in nature and sweet with a bitter taste, possessing therapeutic effects such as unblocking meridians, promoting blood circulation, warming the spleen and stomach, moisturizing the skin, and dispelling dampness. With a moderate alcohol content, Huangjiu serves as an ideal medicinal guide in traditional Chinese medicine. Many Chinese medicines are prepared with Huangjiu, and numerous medicinal wines documented in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" are formulated using Huangjiu as their base alcohol.
The traditional way to consume Huangjiu is to warm it in hot water or over a flame, with an optimal temperature between 35°C and 45°C. During the warming process, trace amounts of harmful organic compounds such as methanol, aldehydes, and ethers, which are detrimental to health, will evaporate as the temperature rises. Concurrently, some ethanol also evaporates, slightly reducing the alcohol concentration and thus lessening the potential harm to the body.