I do not believe that it has healing properties enough to out weigh the negative consequences.

I am of Scandinavian ethnicity, notorious for tolerance of alcohol, self-limiting even unto death. Can you imagine Hildegard telling Olaf to get up on the damn roof and fix it, and oaf Olaf: “Mañana momma, I’m tokin’ wif ma bros.”. She’d have his guts for garters.