Lycium barbarum can tonify the kidney, nourish the liver, improve eyesight, replenish blood and soothe the nerves, promote fluid production to quench thirst, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Lycium barbarum has the effects of lowering blood sugar, resisting fatty liver and atherosclerosis. In addition, Lycium barbarum is also a good medicine for strengthening the body resistance, nourishing qi and calming the nerves, strengthening the body and delaying aging, and has remarkable curative effects on chronic hepatitis, central retinitis and optic atrophy.

Anti-tumor, liver protection, lowering blood pressure, and has a strong improvement effect on senile diseases of organ decline in the elderly. Lycium barbarum has been a top-grade tonic since ancient times, and it has the effect of delaying aging and resisting aging, so it is also called "Quelaozi". The contents of vitamin C, β -carotene and iron in Lycium barbarum are higher than those in oranges, carrots and steaks.

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Lycium barbarum has many folk names in China, such as screwdriver, Lycium barbarum red fruit, sweet rapeseed, Lycium barbarum, dog meat, red green pepper, Lycium barbarum hoof, Lycium barbarum fruit, Lycium barbarum, eggplant, red earrings, Lycium barbarum, Lycium barbarum beans, Lycium barbarum and Lycium barbarum. ..

In Zhongning County, Ningxia, the main producing area of Lycium barbarum, farmers used to call Lycium barbarum "thorn", which means tribulus. This is because wild Lycium barbarum is similar to tribulus terrestris, and it is often mixed with firewood. In the folk, it is customary to use "Zi" as the common name of Lycium barbarum.

In Zhongning rural area, Lycium barbarum garden is called Ciyuan, Lycium barbarum tree is called Cishu, and Lycium barbarum branch is called Citiao. Therefore, Zhongning countryside, which is rich in Lycium barbarum, is also called Cixiang, and the culture with local color in Zhongning is often named Cixiang, such as Cixiang opera and Cixiang ballads. But in the field of medicinal materials, Lycium barbarum is Lycium barbarum, so there is no need to call it Guo Zi or Purple Stone.

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People's Network-Lycium barbarum is good for tonifying kidney and prolonging life. Two people had better not eat Lycium barbarum.