The Weird Ingredients of Chinese Tonic Wine
Although I am an ethnic Chinese, I know nothing about traditional Chinese medicine. When I saw a bottle of Chinese tonic wine on the shelf of the local supermarket, and it cost only S$9.00, I bought it since the usual Gin, Whiskey, Brandy etc was beyond my budget.On arriving home, I poured my myself a tiny cup of the 36% alcohol content wine for tasting. It was too bitter and the smell of herbs and what other things I-know-not was very strong. Nevertheless I shall bravely sip it once in a while for the label said that it was good for treatment of "Nutritious and strengthening waist, promoting the brain and recovering memory and untimely senility .." I Googled and translated the ingredients and was amused: The name Tzepao Sanpien Jiu means: 3-Penis Wine. The ingredients are: Penis cervi (Deer penis) Penis otariae (Seal Penis) Penis et testis canidae (Dog penis and testicles) Radix Ginseng (Ginseng root) Comn cervi pantotrichum (Deer antler) Radix Astralagi" Milkvetch ro...