Kung Peng-cheng points out that in the past, wine was used to disinfect and make medicinal decoctions. It was an important ingredient in sesame chicken, a broth consumed by mothers undergoing month-long postpartum confinement to regain their health; there were also many medicinal wines used to preserve health.
龔鵬程指出，過去消毒用酒、湯劑中的燒煉也用酒、坐月子更要吃加了酒的麻油雞，民間也流行泡藥酒養生。