It is the most common to soak Lycium barbarum in water, but most of the vitamins contained in Lycium barbarum are water-soluble and are easily destroyed by heating. It is recommended to soak the medlar dry a little. When cooking rice, making porridge, steaming steamed bread, or cooking jiaozi, just put a little medlar as an ingredient.

The main edible effects of Lycium barbarum L. are beneficial to eyesight and nourishing liver and kidney.