Goji berries
Goji berriesAs the saying goes: "Eat wolfberries all year round, and people can live with heaven and earth." Goji berries are a good tonic. People often use it to soak in water, make soup, or cook.
Goji berries
*】This product is the dried and ripe fruit of the Solanaceae plant Ningxia wolfberry.
Properties] This product is spindle-shaped or oval-shaped. The surface is red or dark red, with small protruding stigma marks at the apex. The peel is pliable and shrunken. The surface of the seeds is pale yellow or brownish-yellow. The breath is slight and the taste is sweet.
Sexual taste and return to the scriptures] sweet, flat. Return to the liver and kidney meridians.
Function and Indications] nourish the liver and kidneys, benefit the eyes and minds.
Usage and Dosage] 6 12g.
Goji berry tea
Spring day
In spring, everything recovers, and the yang energy of the human body gradually rises. Goji berries can be taken alone in spring, or they can be taken at the same time with sweet and lukewarm products to help yang qi growth, such as traditional Chinese medicine such as astragalus.
Summer days
In summer, drinking tea can eliminate the heat. The sweet taste of wolfberry can be combined with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, green tea, etc., and it is more refreshing and pleasant after drinking. Especially when combined with chrysanthemums, it can achieve the effect of nourishing yin and brightening the eyes and clearing liver fire.
Autumn day
In autumn, when the air is dry, I always feel dry mouth and cleft lips, ** flaking. Eating wolfberry in this season needs to be paired with moisturizing foods, such as pear, Chuanbei, lily, jade bamboo, etc., for better results.
Winter days
In winter, people wear thick cotton clothes to help protect the yang energy from the cold. Goji berries can flatten yang qi, especially when used together with mutton, Neicongrong, Morinda officinalis, Jinkui Kidney Qi Pills, etc., which helps the growth of yang qi in the human body and resists the severe cold of nature.Dietary therapy of wolfberry medicine
Goji berry porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of wolfberry, 100 grams of rice.
Method] 1Wash the wolfberries and rice in a pot, add water and cook them.
2.Simmer first, wait for porridge, and then boil for another 10 minutes.
Usage] Eat 1 time in the morning and 1 time in the evening.
Efficacy] lowers blood pressure, lowers blood sugar, lowers serum cholesterol, and is suitable for liver and kidney insufficiency in the elderly.
Porridge with sand cucumber and wolfberry
Ingredients: 15 grams of wolfberry, 12 grams of sea cucumber, 3 grams of roses, 100 grams of stem rice.
Method] 1After decoction of sand cucumber, remove the slag and extract the juice, and then cook the porridge with the stem rice and wolfberry.
2.After boiling the porridge, add roses and cook for a while, and add sugar according to your personal situation.
Usage] 1 2 times a day.
Efficacy] Nourishing the kidney, nourishing the yin and softening the liver, soothing the liver and relieving depression, suitable for chronic hepatitis with qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Stir-fried shredded pork with goji berries
Ingredients: 100 grams of wolfberry, 500 grams of refined pork, 100 grams of green bamboo shoots.
Method] 1Shred the pork and green bamboo shoots, heat the frying pan and add oil, add shredded meat and bamboo shoots, and cook rice wine.
2.Add sugar, soy sauce, salt, monosodium glutamate, etc. to taste according to individual needs.
3.Finally, put the wolfberries and stir-fry a few times.
Function] nourishes yin and kidneys, nourishes blood and brightens eyes, and is suitable for blood deficiency, dizziness, palpitations, blurred vision, weakness and fatigue.
Precautions for the use of wolfberry
Goji berry is one of the medicines and foods in the homology catalogue published by the National Health Commission, which is both a food and a medicine. Goji berries are not suitable for everyone and should be used with discretion according to their own circumstances.
1.When using wolfberry daily, it is necessary to pay attention to the appropriate amount and not to overdo it.
2.Patients who are prone to spleen deficiency and loose stools may have diarrhea by drinking goji berries soaked in water.
3.It is best not to use goji berries when there is inflammation, such as those with colds, fever or diarrhea.
4.People with high blood pressure or impatient personality should pay extra attention when using wolfberry to avoid over-supplementation.
5.When wolfberry is used as a drink and an ingredient, it does not have the efficacy and effect of medicine, and cannot be used for ** diseases. If you want to ** disease should seek medical attention in time and take medication under the guidance of a doctor.