Expert: Drinking green tea in the morning stimulates appetite and refreshes the brain; Drinking Lycium barbarum in the afternoon can enhance physical fitness and help sleep.

Green tea and Lycium barbarum can be brewed and drunk with boiling water respectively, which is very beneficial to human body. Many people simply put them together to brew. However, a large amount of tannic acid contained in green tea has convergence and adsorption effects, which will adsorb trace elements in Lycium barbarum and produce substances that are difficult for human body to absorb. There are both green tea and medlar in the popular eight-treasure tea in restaurants. Although the amount of green tea is small, it is not advisable to drink more.

Green tea and medlar are very nutritious. Green tea contains catechins, β-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and so on. Many experiments have proved that green tea can scavenge free radicals, delay aging and prevent cancer.

Drinking green tea regularly can prevent cell gene mutation, inhibit the growth of malignant tumors, lower blood lipid and blood pressure, prevent cardiovascular diseases, prevent colds and dental caries, and eliminate bad breath.

Lycium barbarum is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing yin and blood, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, moistening lung and relieving cough. Many health care drugs contain Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum contains amino acids, alkaloids, betaine, acid pulp, vitamins and linoleic acid.