The secret of longevity of a 256-year-old Chinese medicine doctor

Li Qingyun (1677-1933) lived to be 256 years old. He was a scholar of traditional Chinese medicine in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and also a world-famous centenarian. When he was 100 years old, he received a special award from the government for his outstanding achievements in traditional Chinese medicine. When he was 200 years old, he still often went to universities to give lectures. During this period, he received visits from many Western scholars.

Li Qingyun married 24 wives and had many children and grandchildren in his life. 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.

After receiving this news, medical researchers in Britain and France conducted in-depth research on wolfberry and discovered that wolfberry contains a vitamin that they had never seen before. They named it "Vitamin X", also known as the "anti-aging vitamin". Animal experiments have confirmed that wolfberry has the effects of inhibiting fat accumulation in fibers, promoting the regeneration of liver cells, and lowering blood sugar and cholesterol. The rejuvenating effect of wolfberry is manifested in: it activates and regenerates brain cells and endocrine glands, enhances hormone secretion, and removes toxins accumulated in the blood, thereby maintaining the normal functions of various tissues and organs in the body.

Research from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has confirmed that wolfberry can enhance human immunity, reduce the toxic side effects of cyclophosphamide in anti-tumor treatment, promote the recovery of hematopoietic function, increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood, and protect the body. In addition, wolfberry can inhibit the deposition of fat in liver cells, prevent fatty liver, promote liver cell regeneration, and inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase.

Western medicine has confirmed the powerful effects of wolfberry. Modern civilization has discovered that wolfberry contains at least: 5 kinds of bioalkalis, mainly betaine, dozens of sterol compounds, 16 trace elements, multiple vitamins (carotene is 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.

According to recent research by British scientists, natural beta-carotene can resist aging, fight cancer and prevent skin damage caused by 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 large amount of carotene, the incidence of certain cancers can be greatly reduced, especially oral, lung, prostate, skin and liver cancer. At the same time, beta-carotene can also enhance the function of the human immune system.

Wolfberry diet recipe

Grass Dragon Ball Honey Wolfberry:

20 grams each of wolfberry and longan meat, 50 grams of raisins, 20 grams of honey, and 200 grams of pineapple. Rinse all the above ingredients with clean water, put them into a small bowl, add honey and appropriate amount of water, and steam in a steamer for 20 minutes. Regular consumption can prolong life, replenish positive energy, and nourish qi and blood.

Wolfberry loquat paste:

50 grams each of wolfberry, loquat, black sesame, and peach kernel, and an appropriate amount of honey. Chop the loquat and peach kernel, wash the wolfberry and black sesame, soak them in water, and put them in a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Take the decoction once, add water and boil again to take the liquid 3 times in total, combine the decoctions, concentrate them to a paste over low heat, add 1 times the amount of honey, cool and bottle for later use. It can benefit the lungs and kidneys, replenish deficiency, relieve asthma, cough and moisturize dryness. It is used for patients with advanced lung cancer who are weak and have a weak constitution.

There are also a few other tips:

Wolfberry wine. Take 200 grams of wolfberry and 300 grams of white wine. Wash the wolfberries, drain the water, cut them into pieces and put them into a narrow-necked bottle, add white wine and seal the bottle. Shake the bottle once a day and soak for 15 days before drinking. After drinking, add 300 grams of white wine and soak again as above. Drink before going to bed every day, 20 grams each time.

Wolfberry porridge. 50 grams of high-quality wolfberry and 100 grams of polished rice, wash and cook into porridge, which can be eaten as daily breakfast.

Goji berry eggs. Wash two eggs and 30 grams of wolfberry and boil them in water. After the eggs are cooked, peel them and put them into the soup to cook. After they are cooked, eat the eggs and drink the soup. Take it for 3-5 days as a course of treatment, stop for one day and then continue to take it. Generally, 3 courses of treatment are enough to see results!

《Goji Berry as a Gout Remedy》

The specific way to eat it is: eat it once in the morning and once in the evening, 1/4 tael each time, brew it with boiling water, and eat it together, then slowly increase the amount as you get older. The principle is to nourish the kidney. If the kidney is healthy, gout will also be cured. At the same time, it will also have a good effect on cardiovascular diseases.

Here is a brief introduction to the eating of wolfberry in four seasons:

In spring, all things come back to life and the yang energy in the human body gradually rises. Wolfberry has a sweet and mild tonic taste. It can be taken alone in spring, or it can be taken together with other sweet and slightly warm foods to help the body generate yang energy, such as astragalus.

In summer, people always crave a pot of sweet and cool tea to eliminate the heat. Wolfberry tastes sweet. If it is combined with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, green tea, etc., people will feel refreshed after drinking it. Especially when used with chrysanthemum, it can nourish yin, improve eyesight, and clear liver fire.

In autumn, the air is dry, people always feel dry mouth, cracked lips, and flaky skin. Even a lot of moisturizers can hardly resist the bleak autumn wind. In this season, eating wolfberry needs to be accompanied by moisturizing foods, such as snow pear, Sichuan fritillary bulb, lily, polygonatum, etc., for better results. Of course, you can also use some acidic foods, such as hawthorn, to achieve the effect of "acid and sweet to transform yin".

In winter, people wrap themselves in thick cotton clothes to help their yang energy resist the cold. Wolfberry can replenish Yang Qi. Taking it every day, especially with mutton, Cistanche, Morinda officinalis, Jinkui Shenqi Pills, etc., can help the body's Yang Qi grow and resist the severe cold in nature.

1. For the treatment of male infertility: Take 15 grams of wolfberry every night, wash and chew it. Take it for one month as a course of treatment, or you can take it continuously for several courses. During the medication period, you should abstain from sexual intercourse appropriately.

2. For the treatment of obesity: Take 30 grams of wolfberry every day, wash it, brew it with boiling water and drink it as tea, once in the morning and once in the evening. Taking it for four months can achieve better lipid-lowering and weight-loss effects without any side effects.

3. Used as an auxiliary treatment for diabetes: Wash 100 grams of wolfberry, steam it and chew it, 10 grams each time, 3 times a day. It can be taken for a long time, which can help lower blood sugar and stop thirst.

4. Used to treat night thirst in the elderly: Take 30 grams of wolfberry every night, wash and chew it. It is generally effective if taken for 10 days. It can be taken continuously if necessary.

5. Hypertension, diabetes: Use 15 grams of wolfberry every day, decoct it into a soup and drink it instead of tea. Regular use is effective.

6. Night blindness, vision loss: 6 grams of wolfberry and 6 grams of white chrysanthemum, soak in water instead of tea.

7. Eye pain due to liver deficiency, tears when exposed to wind, cloudiness covering the eyes, cataracts, etc.: 250 grams of wolfberry and an appropriate amount of rice wine, soak in a jar, seal for 1-2 months, drink an appropriate amount after meals, twice a day.

8. To nourish the kidneys with wolfberry, you can choose wolfberry and lamb kidney soup: 30 grams of wolfberry, a pair of lamb kidneys, add water and seasonings, stew, drink the soup and eat the kidneys. The tonic effect of wolfberry focuses on nourishing the kidneys. It is effective in treating kidney deficiency and low back pain, and it is suitable for frequent use as a side dish.

9. Wolfberry can calm the nerves with wolfberry and longan porridge: take 10 grams of wolfberry, 15 grams of longan meat, 4 red dates, and 100 grams of glutinous rice, wash them, add water and cook into porridge for consumption. This recipe is more effective for insomnia caused by blood deficiency. It is suitable to eat regularly.

10. To improve brain health, you can choose wolfberry and sheep brain: take 250 grams of wolfberry and a sheep brain, put them in a container, add salt, onion, ginger, and cooking wine, and steam them. You can add a little MSG for seasoning before eating. It is suitable to be eaten with meals.

11. To blacken your hair with wolfberry, you can choose wolfberry and walnut pulp: take 100 grams of wolfberry, 12 walnut kernels, and 100 grams of small black beans, add appropriate amount of water and boil until the beans are rotten. After cooling, put in the refrigerator, heat it up and take 15-30 grams each morning and evening.

12. Vomiting during pregnancy: 50 grams each of wolfberry and scutellaria baicalensis. Place it in a covered porcelain jar, rinse with boiling water, drink it frequently when it is warm, and rinse with boiling water again after drinking it, until it is cured.

13. Chronic atrophic gastritis: Select Ningxia wolfberry, wash, dry and beat, crush and package, 20 grams per day, chew twice on an empty stomach, 2 months as a course of treatment.

Special tips:

Wolfberries that smell like wine have gone bad and are inedible. Wolfberry can be taken all year round. It is suitable for making porridge in winter and making tea in summer.

Wolfberry is relatively mild in nature, so it is fine to eat a little more, but if you eat it without restraint, it will cause you to get a sore throat.