Lycium barbarum is the mature fruit of Ningxia wolfberry of the genus Lycium in the family Solanaceae, sweet in flavor and flat in nature, and belongs to the liver, kidney and lung meridians. Its effects include nourishing the liver and kidney, in addition to benefiting the essence and brightening the eyes (tonifying the essence and promoting the recovery of eyesight).
Clinically, it can be used to treat deficiency, lumbar and knee pain, dizziness and tinnitus, impotence and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, drinking and urinating), blood deficiency and yellowing, and dimming of the eyes and other symptoms.
Adverse effects of Lycium barbarum are not clear. Contraindications are not clear. Spleen deficiency loose stools (feces thin and not shaped) should be taken with caution.
Wolfberry belongs to the tonic class of drugs, and the cold when the tonic is likely to lead to the evil to stay, aggravate the condition, so the cold can not drink wolfberry water.
If there is a need for medication, need to be used under the guidance of a doctor to identify the evidence, not blindly use their own medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.