Black Lycium barbarum has been heated up in recent years. It is reported that Golmud, located in the Qaidam Basin, is the main producing area of wild Lycium barbarum in Qinghai. Because of its antioxidant and anti-aging effects, Lycium barbarum has gradually been sought after by people in recent years. But its high price once caused many people to carry out destructive crazy picking. Crazy picking makes some plants in the picking area no longer bear fruit, so herders suffer losses, and some Lycium barbarum dealers suffer great losses. Even so, the picking of black wolfberry continues.
Why does black wolfberry make people crazy?
Where does Lycium barbarum originate?
Lycium barbarum, formerly known as Lycium barbarum, is scattered in Helan Mountain in Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, northern Xinjiang, western Inner Mongolia, northwestern Shaanxi, Gansu and Tibet. It grows in barren hills, riverbeds and beaches where human beings can't live, and it has strong vitality. However, with the development of nature, the living space of Lycium barbarum is getting smaller and smaller, which has created this rare and precious original ecological advanced nourishing product.
Ancient records of Lycium barbarum.
According to the records of Uyghur medicine, Uyghur medicine often uses the fruit and root bark of Lycium barbarum to treat urethral calculi, scabies, gingival bleeding and so on. , is used as a tonic, strong, eyesight and antihypertensive drugs.
The classic works of Tibetan medicine, Four Medical Codes and Zhu Jing Materia Medica, record that Lycium barbarum is used to treat heart heat, heart disease, irregular menstruation and menopause. , the curative effect is remarkable. Folk medicine is used to nourish, strengthen and lower blood pressure.
What are the essential substances of Lycium barbarum?
The moisture content of fresh Lycium barbarum fruit is 85.03%, the protein content of dried Lycium barbarum fruit is 10.6 1%, and the fat content is 6.66%.
Polysaccharide 4.28%, the main function is to enhance immunity and radiation resistance;
Proanthocyanidins 3.42%, anti-aging, anti-oxidation, activating cells;
Lycium barbarum is rich in amino acids, and Lycium barbarum is rich in mineral elements, among which potassium content is the highest, much higher than sodium. It is a kind of food with high potassium and low sodium. Potassium deficiency will affect the muscles and nerves of the human body, and people will often feel weak in their hands and feet in adulthood, which is probably potassium deficiency.
At the same time, the fruit is also rich in trace elements, which have direct or indirect effects on the activities of various enzymes, the synthesis of nucleic acids and protein, the immunity of the body and cell proliferation. In particular, zinc deficiency will do great harm to health, and zinc supplementation is also one of the key points of scientific health preservation.
What is the function of black wolfberry?
Enhance immunity and delay aging: Anthocyanin contained in wild Lycium barbarum is the most effective natural free radical scavenger, which can delay the aging of human cells, keep young, remove wrinkles and moisturize the skin.
Efficacy of improving eyesight: Long-term use of wild Lycium barbarum to make tea has obvious eyesight protection effect, and has a good health care effect on adolescent pseudomyopia, especially on modern people staring at mobile phones or computers, vision loss, eye pain, dizziness, fundus hemorrhage, diabetic retinopathy, cataract, asthenopia and dry eye.
Improve sleep
Problems such as working overtime and relying heavily on mobile phones are damaging our sleep. Anthocyanin has the function of penetrating into cells to protect cell membrane from free radical oxidation, and has strong antioxidant and antiallergic functions. It can cross the blood-brain barrier, protect brain nerves from oxidation, stabilize brain tissue function, and protect the brain from harmful chemicals and toxins. After eating anthocyanins in Lycium barbarum, people feel that their minds are greatly awake and their sleep is completely improved.
Lycium barbarum can also prevent and treat diabetes, and has obvious functions of anti-fatigue, liver protection, anti-tumor, dredging blood vessels, lowering blood pressure and protecting cardiovascular system.
Have you noticed that there are more and more diabetics around you? I don't know when I heard that someone around me had diabetes. Once discovered, it is often late. A diabetic dies every six seconds in the world. As early as 20 10, China was already the largest country in diabetes.
According to the survey report released by the authoritative department in 20 13, the prevalence rate of diabetes among adults in China is 1 1.6%, and the pre-diabetic population accounts for 50. 1% of the total population. In other words, less than 10 adults have a diabetic; One in every two adults is pre-diabetic. One in every two adults is pre-diabetic.
What are the precautions for black wolfberry?
The research shows that Lycium barbarum contains protein, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements and other nutrients, which are more precious than ordinary Lycium barbarum and have medicinal value, and contain unique anthocyanin OPC, while red Lycium barbarum does not. Whole Lycium barbarum is most suitable for people with weak constitution, anti-aging and poor resistance. And we must persist for a long time, and eat a little every day to be effective. People with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea due to cold and dampness should not eat black wolfberry.
Note that the warm-up effect of Lycium barbarum is quite strong. People with colds, fever, body inflammation and diarrhea had better not eat it.
How to distinguish between true and false black wolfberry?
Lycium barbarum is the tallest plant found so far, because it contains proanthocyanidins. Because of its composition, there will be different color changes with different water quality. It turns blue when it meets alkaline water and purple when it meets acidic water.
If dyed fruits or blueberries are used, this function will not be available.
How to eat black wolfberry to be nutritious?
How to eat: soak in water, make tea, soak in wine, etc.
Do not eat too much.
Don't overdo any supplements, and black wolfberry is no exception. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 8 grams of black wolfberry every day; If you think about the effect of treatment, it is best to eat about 15g every day. Eating too much will have certain side effects.
You might as well just chew and eat.
Anthocyanin is volatile at high temperature. It is suggested that the soaking temperature should not be higher than 70 degrees. Chewing directly with your mouth will fully absorb the nutrients in Lycium barbarum, which is more conducive to the health care of Lycium barbarum. However, when chewing Lycium barbarum, it is best to reduce the food intake by one third, otherwise it is easy to be overnourished.
Do you think black wolfberry will replace red wolfberry?
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