Lycium barbarum is a mature fruit of Lycium barbarum, a small shrub of Solanaceae. It has the function of health care. As the saying goes, eating Lycium barbarum often can "strengthen bones and muscles, resist cold and heat" and so on. It is often called the secret recipe of nourishing, recuperating and anti-aging. Not only can it be eaten as nuts, but it is also a Chinese medicine with excellent curative effect. Lycium barbarum can also invigorate qi and nourish blood, especially for women, which can play the role of skin care, whitening, delaying aging and anti-aging.

Chinese medicine has long said that "Lycium barbarum keeps healthy", and it is believed that eating Lycium barbarum often can "strengthen bones and muscles, strengthen the body and resist cold and heat". Therefore, it is often used as a tonic and anti-aging drug. Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish liver and kidney, benefit eyesight, enrich blood and enhance human immunity. For modern people, the most practical function of Lycium barbarum is to resist fatigue and lower blood pressure. In addition, Lycium barbarum can protect liver, lower blood sugar, soften blood vessels, and reduce the levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, which has certain curative effect on patients with fatty liver and diabetes.

Many people also like to use it to soak in water, make soup or cook porridge in their lives. In terms of eating methods, direct chewing is more beneficial to the health care function of Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum can be eaten all year round, porridge should be cooked in winter and tea should be made in summer. Many people have the habit of soaking Lycium barbarum in wine, but in fact, Lycium barbarum should not be eaten with too much longan, red ginseng and jujube, nor should it be medicated with wine.

Lycium barbarum, as a Chinese herbal medicine, has the main functions of tonifying kidney, protecting liver and improving eyesight, and can also treat waist soreness, leg pain, dizziness, asthenic cold and other diseases. Usually, the eating method of medlar is to soak medlar in water, or soak medlar, jujube and tremella in water, which can promote the immune system to resist aging and protect the liver and improve various functions of the body. Studies have proved that Lycium barbarum can improve our immunity and act as a beauty beauty, because Lycium barbarum can promote the absorption of oxygen, protein and multivitamins in our body. For people who are weak and sick, or people who always feel weak and have irregular menstruation, they can usually drink some medlar soaked in water or steam eggs with medlar, which has the effect of improving eyesight.

Although Lycium barbarum has a good nourishing and therapeutic effect, it is not suitable for everyone. Because it has a very strong warming effect, people with colds, fever, inflammation and diarrhea had better not eat it. Don't overdo any tonic, and Lycium barbarum is no exception. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of medlar every day; If you consider the effect of treatment, it is best to eat about 30 grams a day.