Lycium barbarum, a multi-branched shrub plant of Lycium barbarum in Solanaceae, is 0.5- 1 m high and can reach more than 2 meters when cultivated. It is distributed at home and abroad. Lycium barbarum is full of treasures. Li Mingzhizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Lycium barbarum leaves are picked in spring and are famous for their herbal essence; Picking flowers in summer is called long grass; Picking in autumn, named Lycium barbarum; Collecting roots in winter is called bone skin. " The tender leaves of Lycium barbarum, also known as the head of Lycium barbarum, can be eaten or used as Lycium barbarum tea. Modern research shows that Lycium barbarum has the functions of lowering blood sugar, resisting fatty liver and atherosclerosis. In addition, Lycium barbarum can also be used as hedgerow planting, stump potted plants and garden soil and water conservation shrubs. Lycium barbarum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to liver and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing liver and improving eyesight. It is often used with Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Flos Chrysanthemi, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Corni Fructus. Lycium barbarum is the treasure of the whole body. Lycium barbarum can replenish deficiency and produce essence. Can be used as medicine, tea, wine and soup. If you can drink it regularly, you can keep fit. The leaves, flowers and roots of Lycium barbarum are also excellent food supplements. Modern medical research shows that it contains carotene, betaine, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and iron. It has pharmacological effects of increasing leukocyte activity, promoting hepatocyte regeneration, and lowering blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid.

Lycium barbarum L. is a kind of commonly used nutritional tonic, which is commonly used by the people to cook porridge, boil ointment, soak in wine or eat with other drugs and foods. 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. What is even more attractive is that the aphrodisiac function played by Lycium barbarum is overjoyed.

Lycium barbarum, as a good tonic with the same origin of medicine and food, can be eaten in many ways. Lycium barbarum can be taken all year round, and it is advisable to make tea in summer, but it is best to soak in the afternoon, which can improve physical fitness and help sleep. However, it should be noted that Lycium barbarum tea should not be matched with green tea, but should be soaked with Gongju, honeysuckle, boat-fruited Sterculia and rock sugar, especially for computer users who use their eyes too much. In winter, medlar should be cooked with porridge, which can be matched with all kinds of porridge, and medlar stewed mutton is also very suitable for winter consumption. Lycium barbarum home-cooked dish tastes good. For example, fried mushrooms with medlar is a vegetarian dish with good color and flavor. Lycium barbarum and corn soup is delicious and beautiful in color. For women, eating Lycium barbarum regularly can also play a role in whitening and beautifying. 1, softening liver, improving eyesight, lowering blood lipid and blood sugar.

Has the effects of improving eyesight and resisting fatty liver. Decocting with the same amount of medlar and chrysanthemum water is quite effective for various eye diseases, such as dizziness and watery eyes. Pharmacological experiments show that Lycium barbarum has a strong effect of reducing blood fat and blood sugar.

2, blood and soothe the nerves

It has certain curative effect on physical weakness, blood syndrome and hemoptysis.

3, moistening the lungs and relieving cough

Quenching thirst has a certain effect on cough caused by fatigue.

4. Treat yin deficiency of liver and kidney

It has certain curative effect on soreness of waist and knees, dizziness and nocturnal emission.

5. Lycium barbarum enriches blood and improves eyesight

Can increase the number of white blood cells, enhance resistance and prevent diseases; Yam can promote appetite, effectively eliminate fatigue and enhance physical strength and immunity. 1. Lycium barbarum can enhance specific and nonspecific immune function, and also has immunomodulatory effect.

2. Lycium barbarum has anti-tumor effect.

3. Lycium barbarum has antioxidant and anti-aging effects.

4. Lycium barbarum has the function of protecting liver and resisting fatty liver.

5. Lycium barbarum can stimulate the growth of the body and has obvious protective effect on the genetic damage induced by some genetic poisons.

6. Lycium barbarum can promote hematopoietic function.

7. Lycium barbarum can affect the function of inferior colliculus-pituitary-gonad axis and has a good hypoglycemic effect.

8. Lycium barbarum can enhance the function of reproductive system and enhance the contraction frequency, tension and strength of isolated uterus.

9. Lycium barbarum can increase the content of hydroxyproline in the skin of mice, significantly enhance the hypoxia tolerance of mice, prolong their swimming time and resist fatigue.

10. Lycium barbarum has certain antihypertensive effect. It is not suitable for people with exogenous heat, spleen deficiency and dampness, and diarrhea.

1, Classic of Materia Medica: People with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea are not allowed to enter.

2. Herbal Yan Hui: People with cold phlegm in the spleen and stomach should not enter.

3, "Ben Feng Jingyuan": Yuanyang is weak, and those with yin deficiency and fire are used with caution.

4, "Compendium of Materia Medica": Deliang Tian. 1. Treatment of liver and kidney deficiency, blurred vision or dry eye: Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Cornus officinalis, rattan, etc., Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Cortex Moutan, Alismatis Rhizoma, Fructus Lycii, and Flos Chrysanthemi. Refine honey into pills. ("medical grade" Fangju Dihuang Pill)

2, treatment of strain and weakness: three liters of medlar, one liter of raw land (cut), one liter of asparagus. On these three things, pound them carefully, expose them to dry, and use silk, honey and pills, which are as big as pellets, and they will be fine the next day. (Lycium barbarum pills recorded in ancient and modern times)

3, cure kidney meridian deficiency, two eyes dim, or clouds cover the eyes: Ganzhou medlar a pound. Good wine moistens the mouth, divided into four parts: stir-fried Sichuan pepper, stir-fried small mushrooms, stir-fried fat hemp and stir-fried Sichuan thorn meat. Pick out Lycium barbarum, add one or two of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Poria cocos, and make honeyed pills, and take them daily. ("Ruizhu Decoction Experience" Shen Si Pill)

4, tonic, long muscles, good color, fat health: two liters of medlar. Two liters of sake, drowned, soaked in wine for seven days, irrigated me and restored my feelings. (Kayan Nianfang) chinese wolfberry wine)

5. Treat fatigue, asthenia of lower energizer and slight thirst J4. Fecal frequency: one or two Chinese wolfberry, half jaundice (frustration), one or two ginseng (removing reed head), three points, one or two Chinese angelica, one or two white peony roots. Mash the sieve into powder. When taking each time, take a glass of water, half a portion of ginger, three dates and half a portion of yang, fry until it is half cooked, and then take it warm. ("Sheng Huifang" forms a stick)

6, soothe the nerves and nourish blood, nourish yin and strengthen yang, improve intelligence, strengthen bones and muscles, and moisturize skin. Permanent color: five liters of sticks (pedicled) and five halls of round-eyed meat. In the past, the two flavors were one place, with 5 kilograms of tap water in a new bucket, slowly boiled in a casserole and mulberry firewood, gradually added with water until it was round and tasteless, then removed the residue, slowly boiled, fished up and stored in a magnetic pot. Eat two or three spoonfuls regardless of time and frequency. (The Secret Anatomy of Living is a round paste)

7, tears when treating liver deficiency or wind: two liters. Tamping, silk bag; Put it in a jar, soak it in a barrel of wine, seal it and be discouraged for three or seven days. Drink it every day and get drunk when you wake up. ("Holy Departure")

8. Treating eyes is also a device: constructing juice, three or five times a day. (Behind the elbow)

9, cure summer heat deficiency: arrest scorpion, Schisandra chinensis. Fine grinding, boiling water for three days, replacing tea. ("learning from the classics")