Some traditional Chinese medicines with the same origin of medicine and food are always listed as the first choice for health preservation in winter, such as Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting smart people. Modern research has confirmed that Lycium barbarum has the functions of protecting liver, lowering blood sugar and softening blood vessels, and has obvious inhibitory effect on the generation and spread of cancer cells. So, how to choose Lycium barbarum? Is black medlar better or red medlar better? Is the bigger the wolfberry, the better, and the redder the better?

Is black wolfberry better than red wolfberry?

Medicinal Lycium barbarum mainly refers to Ningxia Lycium barbarum, namely red Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum, which is popular in the health care market in recent years, is actually a commonly used medicine in Tibetan medicine, but it is not included in the national or provincial standards for traditional Chinese medicine. Simply put, red Lycium barbarum belongs to traditional Chinese medicine, and black Lycium barbarum belongs to health food, which has certain medicinal value.

In fact, the advantage of Lycium barbarum is that it contains more anthocyanins. However, because its price is much higher than that of Lycium barbarum, it is not recommended for consumers to pursue blindly in terms of cost performance. If you just want to supplement anthocyanins, you can get them from eggplant, grapes, blueberries and other foods.

Teach you to choose high-quality medlar

Buying Chinese wolfberry is a headache for many people. So, how to distinguish the good times of Lycium barbarum? You need to remember this formula, which is "look, hold, smell, taste and soak".

Look: Look at the color and shape.

The second handle:

Grab a handful of medlar in your hand. Normal and high-quality Lycium barbarum has good dryness, and each grain is separated independently and will not stick together. Although the humid environment will make Lycium barbarum soft, it will not be particularly soft. The processed Lycium barbarum feels a little sticky and the color fading is serious.

Three smells:

Hold a handful of Lycium barbarum in your hand for a while, or put it in a plastic bag and seal it for a while, then smell it with your nose. If there is a pungent smell, it means that Lycium barbarum has been smoked with sulfur, so be careful when buying.

Four flavors:

Chew a few pieces of medlar in your mouth. Ningxia Lycium barbarum is sweet and slightly bitter after eating. Qinghai wolfberry is sweeter than Ningxia wolfberry. Lycium barbarum soaked in alum will taste bitter when chewed, while Lycium barbarum smoked with sulfur will taste sour, astringent and bitter.

Five bubbles:

Put a few Lycium barbarum into warm water, the high-quality Lycium barbarum is not easy to sink, the floating rate is high, and the color of the water is light yellow or orange. Dyed Lycium barbarum soaked in water, the water is red, and the sulfur-smoked Lycium barbarum water is still clear and transparent.

How to eat Lycium barbarum healthier

I chose Lycium barbarum. How should I eat? There is a joke on the Internet that young people who follow the trend soak Lycium barbarum in beer, middle-aged people soak Lycium barbarum in a thermos cup, and old people throw Lycium barbarum into soup.

Text/Xia Jieyu, Pharmacy Department, Chongqing Cancer Hospital

Finishing/Cheng Xiong Zhixiang

Editor/Guan Zhongyao

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