Goji berries, also known as wolfberries and red earrings, are flat and sweet in taste. It is the mature seed of the small solanaceae shrub wolfberry. Goji berries have a long history of homology as medicine and food.
Goji berries are rich in amino acids, carotene, vitamins B1, B2 and other ingredients, which can effectively nourish the kidneys and liver, brighten the eyes, dispel wind, nourish the skin, etc., and at the same time have the effects of dizziness, fever, night blindness, spermatozoa, waist and knee soreness. Add these kinds of soaking water to the wolfberry to drink, and the effect will be doubled!
1. Goji berries with tangerine peel.
The tangerine peel is bitter and warm, containing a large amount of volatile oil, tangerine, etc., and the two are soaked in water to drink. It has the effect of moistening the lungs and dissolving phlegm, clearing the liver and eyes, and beautifying the skin.
2. Goji berries and mulberries.
Mulberries are cold in nature and sweet in taste. All of them are sweet and sweet into the kidney meridian, and after eating, it has the effect of nourishing the kidneys, so the wolfberry and mulberry are soaked in water together to have the effect of tonifying the kidney.
3. Goji berries and red dates.
Red dates are sweet and warm, nourishing the spleen. Goji berries have the effect of tonifying the liver and kidneys, menstrual blood, and brightening the eyes. Together, the two drugs play a role in strengthening the spleen, tonifying the liver and kidneys, brightening the eyes, and stopping diarrhea.
4. Goji berries plus astragalus.
Astragalus is slightly warm, sweet in taste, and has the ability to replenish qi and solidify the surface, stop perspiration, detoxify, and build muscle. Soaking it in water with wolfberry can play a role in replenishing qi and nourishing yin. It has the effects of improving the weakness of the spleen and stomach, promoting the circulation of qi and blood, and relieving visual fatigue.
5. Goji berries and hawthorn.
Hawthorn, sweet and sour, lukewarm. Return to the spleen, stomach and liver meridians. Soaking with wolfberry has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, eliminating food and strengthening the stomach (promoting food digestion, strengthening the stomach and intestines), and reducing turbidity and lipids (cleaning up the turbid substances in the body and reducing excess fat in the body).
6. Goji berries and chrysanthemums.
Chrysanthemum taste pungent, sweet, bitter, slightly cold, return to the lungs, liver meridian. It can be soaked together, with the effect of clearing the liver and eyes, calming the liver yang, clearing heat and detoxifying, and nourishing the liver and kidneys.
As a Chinese herbal medicine, wolfberry is recommended to be used under the guidance of a professional TCM practitioner, and should not be used privately to avoid damage to the body.
Although goji berries have many benefits, not everyone is suitable for eating goji berries, such as.
People with a hot physique and often easy to get angry should not eat more, as mentioned above, wolfberry is mild in nature, and it is easy to catch fire if you eat too much, for such people, if you eat it, it is to add fuel to the fire.
People with high blood sugar levels should not eat more, as goji berries contain a lot of sugar, which may cause blood sugar levels to rise rapidly in a short period of time, which is not conducive to sugar control.
People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more, otherwise it may aggravate the discomfort and easily cause diarrhea.
People with a cold and fever should not eat, at this time the heat in the body needs to be dissipated, and if you eat wolfberry, it is not only difficult to dissipate, but also aggravate the heat, which will only be more uncomfortable.