Is black wolfberry acidic or alkaline?

Black wolfberry is a health food with very high nutritional value. Friends who like to maintain their health will soak a few black wolfberries in a cup of water, or put some black wolfberries when cooking. Black wolfberries are also put in many hot pots. Why is black wolfberry so popular among friends who like to maintain their health? It is said that food can be divided into acidic and alkaline. So is black wolfberry, which has health-preserving effects, acidic or alkaline? Let me introduce it to you.

1. Is black wolfberry alkaline or acidic?

Black wolfberry is an alkaline food. The content of mineral elements in black wolfberry is relatively high. After consumption, it enters the human body and the final metabolites after gastrointestinal digestion tend to be alkaline. From a nutritional point of view, black wolfberry is an alkaline food.

2. Is black wolfberry cool or hot?

Black wolfberry is neither cold nor hot in nature, it is a neutral food.

Black wolfberry is sweet, neutral and slightly warm. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is a neutral food ingredient that has the effects of nourishing the kidney and essence, delaying aging, beautifying the skin, and preventing cancer.

3. What is black wolfberry?

Black wolfberry is also known as black wolfberry. Black wolfberry is known as "Qionoying-Halmag" in Mongolian and "Pangma" in Tibetan medicine. It belongs to the genus Lycium of the Solanaceae family. It is a thorny shrub with many branches. The branches are hard, often zigzag, and white. Distributed in Northwest China, several northwestern provinces, Tibet and Europe and Central Asia.

Black wolfberry is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It is rich in protein, wolfberry polysaccharides, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements and other nutrients. It also contains rich black fruit pigment - natural proanthocyanidins (not contained in red wolfberry), and its OPC content exceeds that of blueberry (black wolfberry contains OPC 3690mg/100g; blueberry contains OPC 330~3380mg/100g). It is the natural wild plant with the highest OPC content discovered so far. Proanthocyanidin (OPC) is the most effective natural water-soluble free radical scavenger, which is 20 times more effective than Vc and 50 times more effective than VE. Black wolfberry is known as the wild "Blue Rose"; black wolfberry is more precious and has more medicinal value than ordinary red wolfberry.

The main functions of black wolfberry include enhancing immunity, delaying aging, nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence, preventing cancer, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, improving circulation, replenishing blood and calming the mind, improving sleep, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, slowing down aging, and improving eyesight. It can also prevent and treat diabetes, and has obvious anti-fatigue, liver protection, anti-tumor, blood vessel dredging, blood pressure lowering and cardiovascular system protection effects.

How much does black wolfberry cost per pound

The price of black wolfberry has always been very high, ranging from 500 yuan/jin to 1,000 yuan/jin. There is no way to give a fixed price for black wolfberry. If you buy black wolfberry for your own drinking, you can choose black wolfberry that is below 500 yuan per kilogram. If you are giving it as a gift, you can buy one with better packaging, which will ensure better price and quality.

Currently, black wolfberry is produced in Qinghai, Xinjiang, Gansu and other places. If you want to buy black wolfberry, you can buy it directly from the growers and don’t pursue the brand too much. Because the processing of black wolfberry is relatively simple, the processing of branded black wolfberry and unbranded black wolfberry is the same.

In addition, there are many fake black wolfberries on the market. Some unscrupulous merchants use white thorn fruit, blueberry, etc. to impersonate them. Most wild black wolfberries have fruit stalks, which are white and yellowish, and the fruit tastes slightly sweet. Black wolfberries are well soluble in water, discolor quickly, and the color sinks and has a stringy texture. Please pay attention to identification when purchasing.