Red wine may be used in the therapy of myocarditis.

Myocarditis is one of the most commonly cardiovascular diseases in clinical practice, but the treatment is always limited at present. Considering the multifactorial etiology of myocarditis, a novel therapeutic agent with multi-bioactivties should be presented. Red wine has been recognized as a favorable natural medicine against a large number of pathologic conditions. Recent results indicate that red wine could effectively decrease inflammatory factors secretion, reduce the migration of neutrophils, antagonize oxidation, and regulate immunity. By these bioactivities of anti-inflammation, anti-oxidation, and immunomodulation, red wine may be an effective therapeutic candidate to manage the symptoms and prevent the recurrence of myocarditis.

[Effect of dietotherapy on the blood serum protein content of patients with torpid and latent recurrent rheumocarditis]. / Vliianie dietoterapii na soderzhanie nekotorykh belkov syvorotki krovi u bol'nykh vialo i latentno tekushchim vozvratnym revmokarditom.

A group of 85 patients with a minimal activity of rheumatic process received the diet with a high protein content (130 to 140 g). The effect of the high protein diet was evaluated according to the time-course of changes in the content of individual blood serum proteins (albumin, prealbumin, alpha1-antitrypsin, alpha2-macroglobulin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin, orosomucoid, fibrinogen, haptoglobin, IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD, IgE, complement components: C1-inhibitor, C3, C4, C5 and C9). It was revealed that the dietetic management brought about not only the improvement of the general status and reduction of the clinical manifestations of the disease but also exerted a favourable action on the concentration of serum proteins assayed.