Mulberry is the ear of mulberry, a Moraceae plant, which can be eaten or used as medicine. Lycium barbarum is a mature fruit of Solanaceae plants, and it can also be eaten or used as medicine. Both of them are foods with the same origin of medicine and food. Generally, there is no incompatibility in pharmacology, and there is no similar food, so mulberry and medlar can be soaked together.

2 Mulberry and medlar are soaked in water for drinking. Mulberry contains water, sugar, crude protein, ash, crude fiber, free acid, soluble nitrogen-free substances, amino acids necessary for human body, easily absorbed polysaccharides, rich vitamins, red pigment, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and other components. Sweet, sour and cold in nature, with heart, liver and kidney meridians.

Lycium barbarum contains protein, amino acids, vitamins, iron, zinc, phosphorus, calcium, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, betaine, atropine and scopolamine. Sweet and flat in nature, entering liver and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting heart and calming nerves. Putting them together in water can not only supplement rich and comprehensive nutrition for the body, but also relieve some discomfort symptoms caused by yin deficiency of liver and kidney.

Drinking Lycium barbarum water for a long time may cause physical discomfort.

Although soaking mulberries and Lycium barbarum in water has many benefits to the health, it is best not to drink them for a long time every day, because mulberries are an acidic fruit and contain a lot of tannic acid, malic acid, sugar and other substances. If eaten for a long time, it is easy to cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract and cause related discomfort.

Secondly, mulberry contains hemolytic allergic substances and hyaluronic acid. When these substances accumulate too much in the body, it will easily lead to bleeding or allergic reaction, so it is not advisable to drink Lycium barbarum and mulberry with water for a long time.

How many mulberries should I eat a day? It is best to eat about 50 grams.

Because eating too much mulberry may cause physical discomfort, it is necessary to control the dosage when eating mulberry, and the amount of about 50 grams can meet the needs of the human body and will not easily cause side effects.

However, if mulberry is used as medicine, it is usually used in combination with other drugs, so the dosage will be lower, generally between 9-15g, depending on the individual's physique and illness.