Can Lycium barbarum be eaten as Viagra _ TCM Vision _99 Health Network

Lycium barbarum is the most common tonic medicine in Chinese medicine. It is also a common ingredient in home-cooked soup, so what kind of effect does Lycium barbarum have? Can you compare with Viagra? Let's have a look. It is reported that Lycium barbarum has become a hot European health food. With the promotion of singer Madonna and supermodel Jimmy Moss, Lycium barbarum became popular and was called "Natural Viagra". Lycium barbarum is a commonly used Chinese medicine, which has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, improving eyesight and calming nerves, benefiting complexion, promoting granulation and strengthening bones and muscles, and has obvious curative effects on liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, cough and nocturnal emission. According to modern pharmacological analysis, Lycium barbarum is rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. According to the determination, Lycium barbarum fruit is rich in crude protein, crude fat, carbohydrates, carotenoids, thiamine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid and betaine, and also rich in elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese and zinc. In recent years, researchers have found through a large number of clinical experiments that Lycium barbarum has three pharmacological effects: promoting and regulating immune function, protecting liver and resisting aging. It can be seen that eating a little Lycium barbarum food properly is good for your health, but don't treat Lycium barbarum as Viagra. Lycium barbarum as medicine also has indications and contraindications, so it should be eaten under the guidance of a doctor.