1, these people can't eat.
People who have a cold and fever can't eat Lycium barbarum.
Lycium barbarum is a hot medicinal material, and the role of literati body is quite strong. People who have a cold and fever have a strong internal deficiency. Eating medlar or soaking in water at this time is easy to aggravate the symptoms of fever.
People with diarrhea can't eat wolfberry.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned that "people with spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea should not enter". People with weak diarrhea had better not eat Lycium barbarum. After eating Lycium barbarum, it is easy to aggravate the symptoms of diarrhea and cause harm to physical function.
People with spleen deficiency should eat Lycium barbarum carefully.
"Herbal Yan Hui" pointed out: those with cold phlegm and cold arthralgia in the spleen and stomach should not be admitted with diarrhea. People with spleen deficiency should be careful to drink Lycium barbarum in water, otherwise it will easily lead to more stagnation of cold phlegm in the spleen and stomach, leading to indigestion, loss of appetite and nausea.
People with yin deficiency should not eat medlar.
People with yin deficiency constitution are in a hyperactive state due to the exhaustion of essence, blood, body fluid and other substances, and yin deficiency can't control yang, so such people should pay attention to eating Lycium barbarum carefully, because Lycium barbarum is warm, and excessive consumption is easy to get angry, leading to discomfort symptoms such as blushing, cheek fever, dry mouth, night sweats and nocturnal emission, and red tongue with little fur.
Patients with hypertension should eat medlar carefully.
Because Lycium barbarum has a strong warming effect, and the general hypertensive patients have the phenomenon of yin deficiency, liver yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity. If you don't follow the doctor's advice, blindly eating Lycium barbarum will easily lead to unstable blood pressure.
Diabetic patients should be careful to eat Lycium barbarum.
Although Lycium barbarum extract can reduce blood sugar, increase glucose tolerance in rats and has the effect of lowering blood sugar, Lycium barbarum has a high sugar content, so it is not suitable to take it in large quantities because of its hypoglycemic effect, so as to avoid the phenomenon of rising blood sugar.
2. Side effects of Lycium barbarum
1, insomnia
Lycium barbarum contains a certain amount of atropine, which is the third rescue medicine in the medical field. Atropine not only has a good detoxification effect, but also has the effect of exciting nerves. When it reaches a certain amount, it will be abnormal nerve excitement and cause insomnia. When the intake increases, the excitability will be transformed into inhibition.
2. Lycium barbarum gets angry easily
Lycium barbarum is a tonic, which is not suitable for eating in large quantities. People who eat too much or are in good health and ruddy face are likely to get angry after eating, which belongs to overnutrition. Especially eating raw medlar is more likely to lead to excessive internal heat and nosebleeds. In severe cases, the kidneys will have red eyes and blurred vision.
3. What is the best amount of medlar to eat?
Lycium barbarum can't be eaten in large quantities, especially when making tea and participating in cooking. It is necessary to control the quantity. Taking 20g of Lycium barbarum every day is the ideal amount, and taking 30g has a good effect of treating diseases and losing weight. It is not recommended to take more than 30g, which will lead to excessive nourishing and physical discomfort.
4. How to eat Lycium barbarum?
Lycium barbarum can be divided into Lycium barbarum leaves and Lycium barbarum roots, in which Lycium barbarum leaves are mainly used for making tea, Lycium barbarum can be used as seasoning for dishes and also for making tea, and Lycium barbarum roots are mainly used as Chinese herbal medicines. In fact, Lycium barbarum will lose a lot of nutrients whether cooking porridge or making tea. Chewing directly is the best way to absorb Lycium barbarum, so don't eat too much, about 20g.
5. The principle of Chinese wolfberry strengthening yang and tonifying kidney
Lycium barbarum has the function of strengthening yang and tonifying kidney. In fact, it is mainly because Lycium barbarum polysaccharide in Lycium barbarum has certain antioxidant effect, which can scavenge free radicals in the body, reduce the level of malondialdehyde in renal tissue, prevent mitochondrial aging in renal tissue and improve renal function.