When people reach middle age, they have to soak Lycium barbarum in a thermos cup. Nowadays, the wind of health care is prevalent. For most people, the most direct and simple way to keep fit is to drink a cup of medlar water.
So what are the benefits of drinking medlar in water for a long time? If you are curious, let's get to know it together.
During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it is said that one day, a group of businessmen from the western regions came to the Silk Road, stayed in an inn at night and saw a woman reprimanding an old man. The businessman stepped forward and asked, "Why did you beat and scold the old man like this?" The woman said, "What's it to you if I reprimand my grandson?" Everyone who heard it was shocked.
It turns out that this woman is over 200 years old and the old man is 90 years old. He was beaten because he refused to obey the family rules and take herbs. As a result, he was senile and his eyes were dim. The businessman was surprised and asked the female birthday girl for advice on the secret of longevity. When the birthday boy saw that the messenger was full of sincerity, he told him that Lycium barbarum was taken in four seasons.
Later, Lycium barbarum was introduced to the Middle East and the West, and it was known as the Oriental God Grass.
1, nourishing liver and improving eyesight
The polysaccharide contained in Lycium barbarum has certain protective effect on liver injury, which can reduce serum alanine aminotransferase and promote the repair of liver injury. Lycium barbarum can effectively inhibit fat deposition in liver cells and promote liver cell regeneration.
Lycium barbarum L. can also relieve symptoms such as dry eyes, blurred vision, dizziness and visual fatigue caused by liver blood deficiency. Symptoms such as eye fatigue caused by daily long-term computer use, soaking in water can nourish yin and improve eyesight. In addition, when the weather is hot, you can also use the method of soaking in water to clear the liver fire.
2, improve the body's immunity
Lycium barbarum has the functions of improving immunity, invigorating qi and essence, nourishing liver and kidney, resisting aging, quenching thirst, warming body and resisting tumor. In addition, Lycium barbarum can also reduce blood pressure, blood lipid and blood sugar, prevent atherosclerosis, protect liver, inhibit fatty liver and promote hepatocyte regeneration.
3. Improve sleep quality
Lycium barbarum is suitable for eating all year round. Regular drinking can improve physical fitness, alleviate some sleep problems such as poor sleep quality and difficulty in falling asleep, which is conducive to improving sleep quality. Lycium barbarum is eaten differently in winter and summer. Suitable for making tea in summer and soup in winter. The best time to make tea is afternoon, which is good for sleeping.
4. Nourish liver and kidney
Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum 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. According to clinical medical verification, Lycium barbarum can also treat chronic renal failure.
5, delay 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. Lycium barbarum can improve non-specific immune function, promote cellular immunity and humoral immunity, and has a two-way regulation effect on immune function.
Lycium barbarum is rich in antioxidant substances such as Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, β-carotene, vitamin E, selenium and flavonoids, and has good antioxidant effect. Lycium barbarum can resist free radical peroxidation and reduce the damage caused by free radical peroxidation, thus helping to delay aging and prolong life.
1, people with a cold and fever can't eat Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum is a hot food. The internal fire of a cold and fever is weak, and eating medlar or soaking in water will aggravate the condition of a cold and fever.
2. Patients with various inflammations can't eat medlar. People with all kinds of inflammation, whether taking Lycium barbarum orally or soaking in water, will make the inflammation worse and even induce other bad symptoms.
3. Diarrhea patients can't eat Lycium barbarum. After eating Lycium barbarum, diarrhea patients with physical weakness will accelerate diarrhea symptoms and have an impact on physical function, so don't eat Lycium barbarum during diarrhea.
4. Patients with hypertension and diabetes should not take medlar. Eating Lycium barbarum during hypertension can make blood pressure unstable. Lycium barbarum itself has a high sugar content and is not suitable for diabetics.
5. People with poor gastrointestinal tract and weak body should not take Lycium barbarum. Eating Lycium barbarum or soaking in water can cause indigestion, loss of appetite, nausea and acid vomiting, especially in summer.
6. People with high desires are not easy to take medlar, which can promote sexual excitement, so people with high desires will be more excited after eating it, and even bring some symptoms of physical discomfort.
1, Lycium barbarum+Jujube
Because jujube is a good tonic, jujube is often added to the diet to nourish the body and nourish qi and blood. Therefore, jujube and wolfberry tea also has the effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood. Red dates and wolfberry tea can stimulate appetite. For people with spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea or fatigue, drinking jujube and wolfberry tea can tonify the middle energizer, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and achieve the effect of appetizing and stopping diarrhea.
2, medlar+angelica
Angelica sinensis can not only enrich blood and promote blood circulation, but also regulate menstruation, activate collaterals and relieve pain. Lycium barbarum can nourish yin and replenish blood. Angelica sinensis and Lycium barbarum soaked in water is especially suitable for women with irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea due to blood deficiency. Angelica sinensis has a certain protective effect on kidney, and Lycium barbarum polysaccharide can prevent mitochondrial aging and achieve the effect of tonifying kidney. Therefore, Angelica sinensis and Lycium barbarum soaked in water can nourish and protect kidneys.
3, medlar+astragalus
Soaking Lycium barbarum and Astragalus membranaceus in water can improve human immunity, achieve excellent health-preserving and nourishing effects, have the function of nourishing qi and blood, are very suitable for people of all ages to drink, and also have a certain conditioning effect on spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. Soaking the two together can complement each other, and the effect of moistening the lungs is also remarkable.
4, medlar+hawthorn
Lycium barbarum and hawthorn both contain natural active enzymes, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice, accelerate the decomposition and metabolism of fat in human food, strengthen the stomach, promote digestion and improve the function of human digestive system. At the same time, drinking more hawthorn and wolfberry tea can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which has a good improvement effect on women's congestion, abdominal pain or irregular menstruation.
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