Snake wine is made with rice, not grapes. Never confuse baiputaojiu (lit. white grape alcohol) with baijiu (lit. white alcohol). Never mix baijiu with anything - you can tell it’s there at any concentration and can’t get the taste out. Not all baijiu or shejiu (snake wine) is terrible, but I’ve never been that happy to have tried it.
@Cowicide snake wine and snake oil are used for joint pain, while snake gallbladder is used for your eyesight or as an expectorant. Snake oil is supposed to be rubbed into your joints to relieve pain. I once had bronchitis and was given small glass bottles with snake gallbladder to drink a few times a day. (I wasn’t actually expecting to be able to read the name of the medicine, but then I saw the character for snake and found out what it actually was).
