Is it good to eat wolfberry on an empty stomach?

Lycium barbarum has many benefits. People with poor physical constitution can eat it for a long time. Lycium barbarum can also delay aging and beautify the skin for women. Although wolfberry is good, you must pay attention to the way of eating it. Do not eat wolfberry on an empty stomach. You can drink some warm water in the morning before eating wolfberry.

1. Is it good to eat wolfberry on an empty stomach?

Before eating wolfberries in the morning, you should drink a cup of warm water on an empty stomach, which is called "cleaning the intestines", and then eat a large spoonful of steamed wolfberries.

Wolfberry can nourish the kidneys and improve eyesight. Eating it for a long time will prevent you from catching a cold. It is not advisable to drink wolfberry water on an empty stomach.

2. The efficacy of wolfberry

The most suitable people to eat wolfberry are those with weak constitution and poor resistance. Moreover, you must persist in eating a little every day for a long time to see the effect.

Wolfberry, including wolfberry leaves and wolfberry roots (Di Gupi), has extremely significant blood sugar lowering effects and should not be used on an empty stomach. If you experience symptoms of hypoglycemia (weakness in the hands and feet, hunger, etc.) after taking a large amount, you should replenish sugar quickly, otherwise you may faint or even die.

In addition, pay attention to dietary balance and do not consume any tonic products in excess, including wolfberry. Please see the side effects of wolfberry.

Modern diet and health have discovered that wolfberry contains at least: 5 kinds of bioalkaloids, mainly betaine, dozens of sterol compounds, 16 trace elements, multiple vitamins (carotene has almost the highest content in all foods), 3 kinds of fatty acids, and 16 kinds of amino acids. A large amount of water-soluble polysaccharides.

Natural beta-carotene can resist aging, fight cancer and prevent skin damage from the sun. Scientists believe that free radicals are inert factors produced by human metabolism and are active agents of body aging and cancer. Beta-carotene can eliminate the harmful effects of scavenging free radicals, and is therefore an ideal dietary factor for delaying aging. Scientific research has shown that if the diet contains a lot of carotene, the incidence of certain diseases can be greatly reduced, especially in the mouth, lungs, prostate, skin and so on. At the same time, beta-carotene can also enhance the function of the human immune system.

The effects and functions of wolfberry are remarkable. Drinking wolfberry water every day can help you live to 200 years old. Li Qingyun (1677-1933) lived to be 256 years old. He was a Chinese medicine practitioner in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. He believed that there were three reasons for his health and longevity: one was that he was a long-term vegetarian, two was that he was calm and cheerful, and three was that he boiled wolfberries in water and drank it as tea all year round.

Generally speaking, it is appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of wolfberry per day; if you want to achieve therapeutic effects, it is best to eat about 30 grams per day. Now, many animal experiments on the toxicity of wolfberry have proved that wolfberry is a very safe and healthy food. It does not contain any toxins and can be consumed for a long time.

3. Commonly used prescriptions and medicated diet prescriptions

For the treatment of anemia and malnutrition: 20g raw sun-dried ginseng, 350g wolfberry, 100g cooked rehmannia, 400g rock sugar, and 1000g white wine. Put the raw sun-dried ginseng slices and wolfberries into a gauze bag, tie the bag and set aside. Put rock sugar into a pot, heat it with appropriate amount of water until boiling, and when it turns yellow, filter it with gauze while it is still hot to remove the residue and set aside. Pour white wine into a wine jar, put the cloth bag containing raw sun-dried ginseng and wolfberry into the wine, cover it and soak it for 10 to 15 days, stirring once a day, until the medicinal smell is almost gone, take out the medicine bag, filter out the sediment with fine cloth, add rock sugar, stir well, let it stand and filter, and it is done when it becomes clear. Taking 10 to 20 grams per day can strengthen the body and resist aging, replenish yin and blood, blacken the hair, strengthen the waist and knees, improve eyesight, promote blood circulation and dredge menstruation. It is more suitable for patients with physical weakness after illness, anemia, malnutrition, etc. Drinking it regularly if you are not sick also has the effect of strengthening the body and prolonging life.

Treatment of dyslipidemia: Make a granule with wolfberry, holly seeds and appropriate amount of brown sugar, take twice a day, 6g each time, 4 to 6 weeks as a course of treatment.

Treatment for vomiting during pregnancy: 50g of wolfberry and 5-10g of camellia root, brew with hot water, take frequently while warm, until the dose is too high.

Treatment of atrophic gastritis: Take 20g of dried wolfberry every day, chew it twice on an empty stomach. One course of treatment is two months, which is helpful for the recovery of atrophic gastritis.