Archaeological bottle of medicinal wine

Archaeologists have found a precious medicinal bottle that is supposed to help people "immortal".

Recently, archaeologists have discovered an area containing hundreds of bottles of wine dating from the 1850s at a construction site in the United States.

Among them, experts found a green glass jar containing a heavy alcohol mixture believed to be capable of "immortality" at that time.

Through the survey, the ingredients in this 150-year-old medicinal bottle include aloe, gentian, rhubarb, Spanish saffron, white turmeric, partial water and 3 portions of wine.

Alyssa Loorya, the head of the study, said: "These ingredients are still used in herbal medicine and are used as natural therapies."

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The bottle of precious wine is said to help people "immortal".

According to experts, aloe vera has anti-inflammatory effect, ginseng root and rhubarb powder are helpful in digestion, white turmeric helps to regenerate cells while Spanish saffron is used to treat some conditions. disease, including depression. Experts predict that the alcohol solution is bitter and difficult to drink, so the dose is only one drop at a time.

In addition, Loorya's colleague also unearthed a bottle containing medicine solution from the nineteenth century. The bottle is labeled as bitter medicine, which has the effect of healing the stomach of Dr. Hostetter. Experts learn the composition of the bottle includes gentian root, orange peel, cinnamon, anise, coriander seeds, cardamom seeds, Peruvian bark, cereal alcohol, water, sugar .

Loorya said: "With the amount of money to buy alcohol is quite high, but consumers can hardly determine the exact ingredients and the true effect of the drug" longevity ".

To understand more about this particular wine, experts hope to taste it to see the effect of that precious drug.