Review Article
Vaishali Rathi
Abstract
Wine is used as a base for medical preparations compounded with various herbs to treat specific deseases and disorders right from start of this century. Regular, but limited ingestion of these herbal wines tend in minimizing the need for synthetic medicines for treating various disorders by getting benefits of the herbal extracts. Numerous herbs are used to prepare herbal wine like amla, tulsi, ginger, aloe vera, tea, peppermint, and lemongrass; where either the herb is used solely as substrate or combinations of herbs are used or fruit juice is used as substrate (orange or apple juice). The combinations gave a novel product with better qualities, increased acceptability and wider applications. So, such fortifications need to be explored for developing products that could be included in the realm of health specific products. They need to be explored more to open new doors in herbal wine industry.