Wolfberries and dried cinnamon are both medicinal and food products, and together in water they have a certain effect of tonifying the spleen and nourishing the heart, tonifying the kidneys and benefiting the vital essence (replenishing the kidney essence in the body), and nourishing the blood, but the effect is limited.
Chinese wolfberry is a yin tonic medicine, also known as wolfberry, wolfberry fruit. The basic effects of this drug are tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. Indications for this drug are insufficiency of the liver and kidney (weakness of the liver and kidney), symptoms such as fatigue, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knee areas).
Dried cinnamon is a blood tonic and is the aril of longan, a plant of the Sapindaceae family. The basic effects of this drug are tonifying the heart and spleen (tonifying the heart and spleen with nourishing drugs), nourishing the blood and tranquilizing the mind (stabilizing the mind and soothing the emotions by nourishing the blood). Indications for this drug are deficiency of Qi and Blood, as indicated by palpitations and dizziness (violent heartbeat and panic), insomnia and forgetfulness.
Patients with spleen deficiency and loose stools (thin and unformed feces) should take Lycium barbarum with caution. Patients with internal phlegm-fire and dampness-stagnation-stagnation (water stays in the body) should not take cinnamon.
Both drugs are recommended to be taken under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the symptoms, and should not be used on their own.