What is the efficacy and function of Lycium barbarum?

Black Lycium barbarum is a unique desert medicinal plant species in western China, and it belongs to the same plant as our commonly used red Lycium barbarum, that is, the relationship of blood brothers. Uighur doctors often use the fruit and root bark of Lycium barbarum to treat urethral calculi and gingival bleeding. Tibetan medicine uses black wolfberry to treat irregular menstruation; In the folk, it is often used as a tonic, eyesight improving and antihypertensive drug. Black Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat, and its main functions are: enhancing immunity and resisting fatigue;

Tonifying kidney and essence, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst; Improve blood circulation; Improve sleep; Nourish the liver and improve eyesight. Lycium barbarum L. is rich in protein, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients, as well as natural proanthocyanidins (excluding Lycium barbarum L.), which is the natural wild plant with the highest proanthocyanidins content. Generally speaking, the efficacy, usage and dosage of black Lycium barbarum are similar to those of red Lycium barbarum, and the antioxidant and anti-aging effects are better than those of red Lycium barbarum.

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Lycium ruthenicum is a spiny shrub of Lycium genus in Solanaceae, with a height of 150 cm and many branches. Hard, with irregular longitudinal stripes, the top of the twig gradually becomes prickly, the internodes become shorter, and there are clustered leaves or flowers and leaves appear at the same time. On the young branches, the leaves are alternate, fleshy, the top is blunt and round, the base gradually narrows, the midvein is not obvious, and peanuts are on the short branches; The pedicel is thin, the calyx is narrow and bell-shaped, the corolla is funnel-shaped, light purple, the lobes are oblong and ovoid, and the lugs are not obvious; The style is almost as long as the stamens. Berries are purple-black, spherical, seeds are kidney-shaped and brown, and they bloom and bear fruit in May and June.

Distributed in China, northwestern Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet; Central Asia, Caucasus and Europe are also distributed. Drought-tolerant, often born in saline-alkali wasteland, sandy land or roadside. Lycium barbarum can be used as a shrub for soil and water conservation. Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat, and rich in protein, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements and other nutrients.

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The efficacy, function and eating method of Lycium barbarum