Lycium barbarum likes cold climate, is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, barren-resistant, fertilizer-resistant, saline-alkali-resistant, sunlight-resistant, moisture-resistant and waterlogging-resistant, and is suitable for cultivation in soil with slightly higher terrain and convenient irrigation and drainage.
Lycium barbarum can nourish liver and kidney and benefit eyesight. It is a good product for both medicine and food, and can also be used as a bonsai for viewing. Widely used, strong domestic demand. Over the years, the price has basically been in a stable and rising state, and the market prospect is promising.
Lycium barbarum diet therapy
Lycium barbarum is known as "precious trees" and "medicinal tree". Young stems and leaves are used as vegetables, while fruit (Lycium barbarum) and root bark (Lycium barbarum) are used as medicine. Especially the fruit of Lycium barbarum is rich in nutrition. Every100g of fresh Lycium barbarum contains 4g of protein, 0g of carbohydrate19.3g, 0g of fat, and 0g of calories100g. Lycium barbarum contains 18 amino acids, of which 8 are essential amino acids for human body. Minerals not only contain calcium, phosphorus and iron, but also contain a certain amount of organic germanium. It is also rich in vitamins, including vitamin B 1, B2, C, nicotinic acid and carotene. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat, and has the effects of tonifying kidney, nourishing yin, nourishing liver, improving eyesight and benefiting qi. Apply to. Nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness. Modern scientific research has confirmed the above statement that Lycium barbarum can lower cholesterol, excite brain nerves, enhance immune function, prevent and treat cancer, resist aging and beautify skin, and play an extremely beneficial role in human health.
How to eat Lycium barbarum.
Lycium barbarum can be used as medicine and food, and there are many ways to eat it besides medicine. For example, make tea with medlar, take it in soup, and chew it; 50g of Lycium barbarum, soaked in wine for one week,10ml; Every morning and evening; It is also a health-care and disease-free dish made of medlar, which has a considerable appetite.
Yishou Lycium Soup: Tremella, Lycium barbarum, longan pulp each 15g, rock sugar 15g. Method: Soak tremella, wash, blanch in boiling water, wash Lycium barbarum, and dice longan meat. Steaming Tremella and Lycium barbarum on a drawer; Put the pot on the fire, add water to boil, add rock sugar to melt, then add tremella, Lycium barbarum and longan and cook for a while. This soup has the effects of strengthening body constitution, nourishing yin and moistening lung.
Huaiqi Chicken Soup: 25g yam, 25g medlar, chicken 1 chicken, snail 1 chicken, ginger and salt. Methods: Soak the screw in hot water, take it out and put it in cold water for supercooling. Soak chicken in boiling water, take it out and let it cool; Wash yam and medlar; Put the pot on fire, inject appropriate amount of water to boil, add chicken, snail, yam, medlar and ginger, cook for 3 hours, and season with salt. Has the effects of promoting blood circulation and strengthening tendons.
Pigeon, astragalus and medlar soup: pigeon 1 (unhairing, removing intestinal impurities, washing and cutting into pieces), 25g of castor bean and 25g of medlar, and appropriate amount of salt. Methods: Astragalus membranaceus and Lycium barbarum were washed and wrapped with plastic wrap together with pigeon meat for later use. Fill the porcelain basin with water, put people in cloth and stew in water, remove slag, add salt, eat meat and drink soup. Indications: Deficiency of kidney qi.
Qing Ji Lycium barbarum L: live herring, tenderloin150g, Lycium barbarum L10g, white radish 50g, onion, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate and pepper ... Method: Remove scales, gills and internal organs of herring, put them in a hot oil pan, fry them on both sides, and drain the oil; Chop the tenderloin and stuff it into the belly of the fish. Stir-fry the fish in a hot oil pan, add shredded radish, onion, ginger and stock to boil, then simmer for 3 minutes, put monosodium glutamate into a large bowl and sprinkle with pepper. Wash Lycium barbarum, scald it with boiling water and drain it in a bowl. Has the functions of invigorating stomach and spleen.
Braised turtle with Lycium barbarum and Astragalus membranaceus: 25g of Lycium barbarum and 250g of turtle. Methods: Lycium barbarum was washed, Astragalus membranaceus was sliced with gauze, and turtle was washed and cut into pieces. Put the pot on the fire, add a proper amount of water, add turtle, medlar and astragalus root, boil over high fire, stew over low fire and add salt. Has that effect of invigorating middle energizer and benefiting qi.
Lycium barbarum for tonifying liver and kidney
Compendium of Materia Medica recorded the history that villagers in Qiu Nan, Penglai County liked to eat Lycium barbarum. It can be seen that the ancients paid attention to the longevity of medlar. Now Ningxia Lycium barbarum is the most famous, and Hebei, Gansu and Qinghai Lycium barbarum are also called excellent. Lycium barbarum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to liver, kidney and lung meridians. It has the effects of invigorating kidney, replenishing essence, nourishing liver, improving eyesight, moistening lung and nourishing yin, and can be used for treating kidney yin deficiency, liver qi deficiency, weakness of lower limbs, dizziness and tinnitus, nocturnal emission, infertility, decreased vision and chlorosis.
Lycium barbarum contains betaine, carotene, various unsaturated fatty acids, amino acids and vitamins. Betaine can inhibit liver fat deposition, prevent liver cirrhosis and protect normal liver cells. Animal experiments show that the aqueous extract of Lycium barbarum L. in Ningxia has a certain protective effect on liver fat deposition induced by carbon tetrachloride in mice and prevents abnormal liver function. It is also reported that Lycium barbarum also has certain effects of lowering blood fat and blood sugar. Baicaotang said, "thirst is mainly caused by drinking, and kidney disease is relieved." The folk prescription also uses 10g this product, steamed and chewed, 2-3 times a day, to cure thirst. Diabetes in traditional Chinese medicine is consistent with quenching thirst, but Lycium barbarum has a high sugar content, which is 100 g 19.3 g. Therefore, the dosage of Lycium barbarum taken by diabetic patients should be weighed and carefully considered.
Many studies have confirmed that Lycium barbarum extract can promote cellular immune function, enhance lymphocyte proliferation and tumor necrosis factor production, and also has a two-way mediation effect on interleukin II. Lycium barbarum polysaccharide extracted from Lycium barbarum can be seen to have radiation sensitization effect on animals, which can protect mice from immune dysfunction caused by radiation injury and improve leukopenia. Experiments have also proved that Lycium barbarum polysaccharide can maintain the normal development of cells and improve the repair ability of damaged DNA.
Lycium barbarum should be kept dry and ventilated to avoid high temperature and prevent insects from eating. Excessive sulfur fumigation can make the appearance of Lycium barbarum bright and red, so attention should be paid to the appearance when purchasing. Lycium barbarum is rich in medicinal properties and is not suitable for people with excessive body heat, wet weight and diarrhea.
Lycium barbarum can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as boiling and decocting in water. Wash Lycium barbarum in advance and pay attention to the dosage. Generally, it is better to take a small amount for a long time, and it is not advisable to take too much at one time. A medicated diet or medicated diet health care formula is as follows:
Nourishing liver and kidney prescription: used for dizziness, dizziness, unfavorable joint flexion and extension, upset fever, night sweats and other symptoms caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. 30g of medlar, 0g of Cordyceps sinensis10g, 50g of lily, washing, adding water to boil, simmering for about 20min, adding 50g of pig liver or sheep liver and a proper amount of seasoning, and cooking for about 30min, then eating the liver and serving soup in batches.
Prescription for nourishing liver and improving eyesight: It is suitable for dry eyes, blurred vision, dizziness and asthenopia caused by liver blood deficiency. Lycium barbarum 100g, Ligustrum lucidum 100g and Chrysanthemum morifolium 50g, baking, grinding into fine powder or encapsulating twice a day, each time 10g.
Bushen Zhuangyang Prescription: It is used for impotence, premature ejaculation, frequent nocturnal emission, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of lower limbs and other symptoms caused by deficiency of kidney qi and kidney yang. 250 grams of Lycium barbarum, a pair of geckos with their heads and feet removed, 200 grams of Cistanche deserticola and 50 grams of Jujube are packed in a jar. The low-alcohol liquor is about 2 cm higher than traditional Chinese medicine, and it can be used after sealing for half a month.
Lycium barbarum is healthy, but don't eat it indiscriminately.
Many people like to soak Lycium barbarum in water, wine or soup. Chinese medicine has long said that eating Lycium barbarum can "strengthen bones and muscles and resist cold and heat", so it is often used as a tonic and anti-aging drug.
Many people don't know that eating Lycium barbarum often can help beauty beauty. This is because Lycium barbarum can improve the ability of skin to absorb oxygen, in addition, it can also play a whitening role.
Although Lycium barbarum has good nourishing and therapeutic effects, it is not suitable for everyone. Because its warm-up effect is quite strong, people with colds, fever, inflammation and diarrhea had better not eat it.
The people who are most suitable for eating Lycium barbarum are people with weak constitution and poor resistance. And we must persist for a long time, and eat a little every day to be effective.
Don't overdo any tonic, and Lycium barbarum is no exception. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of medlar every day; If you consider the effect of treatment, it is best to eat about 30 grams a day. Now many animal experiments about the toxicity of Lycium barbarum prove that Lycium barbarum is a very safe food, which contains no toxin and can be eaten for a long time.