Lycium barbarum, also known as Lycium barbarum, blood fruit, Tianjin and Xian Di, is a mature fruit of Lycium barbarum, a solanaceae plant. Because of its anti-aging effect, doctors in past dynasties called it "sparrow fatigue" People have always regarded it as a tonic and longevity medicine.
Lycium barbarum can improve human immunity, reduce the toxic and side effects of cyclophosphamide in anti-tumor treatment, promote the recovery of hematopoietic function, increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood and protect the body. In addition, Lycium barbarum can inhibit the deposition of fat in liver cells, prevent fatty liver, promote the regeneration of liver cells and inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase. Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme widely found in different tissues of animals, such as plasma, brain and liver, which can catalyze monoamine oxidative deamination. The increase of monoamine oxidase activity is one of the reasons for accelerating aging. Lycium barbarum also has the functions of lowering blood sugar and blood fat. From two aspects of immunology and anti-free radical theory, Lycium barbarum has more scientific basis for delaying aging, which lays a solid foundation for people to make better use of Lycium barbarum to prolong life in the future.
There are many ways to prolong life by eating Lycium barbarum. Thousands of years of food supplement and dietotherapy culture have given birth to various formulations with Lycium barbarum as the main medicine. The following are some practical, simple and easy-to-learn medicated diet formulas for readers' reference.
20 grams of wolfberry longan meat, 50 grams of raisins, 20 grams of honey and 200 grams of pineapple. Rinse the above with clear water, add honey and appropriate amount of water to a small bowl, and steam in a steamer for 20 minutes. Regular administration can prolong life, strengthen the body resistance, invigorate qi and nourish blood.
Lycium barbarum loquat cream: 50g of Lycium barbarum, 50g of loquat fruit, 50g of black sesame, 50g of peach kernel and a proper amount of honey. Chopping loquat fruit and peach kernel, cleaning Fructus Lycii and Semen Sesami Niger, soaking in water, putting into a pot, and boiling with strong fire for 20 minutes, taking/kloc-0 decoction each time, adding water, taking three medicinal liquids, combining the decoctions, concentrating into paste with low fire, and adding water.