El vino sano, portador de virtudes terapéuticas, en el imaginario colectivo, el discurso médico y la medicina popular

Abstract

We notice a change in the official medical discourse, initially very favourable to use wine widely as a therapeutic agent but throughout the XX century the criteria becomes more cautious. The traditional «sanitary systems» and the higienists of the XIX century found positive virtues in wine, in relation to the preserving good health. However, they used to take into account the different types of wines in order to determine which ones were the most suitable in each specific case, according to the character, sex and even the patient's job. Popular médecine has used wine as a healing method, framing this use in a system of traditional believes.