Guangzhou people affectionately refer to the wolfberry as “wolfberry”. “This is a household name for health herbs, tea, soup, porridge, it can be seen everywhere.” Huang Qihui said, the public love wolfberry is a lot of medical “big players” and “old ancestors” pharmacopoeia to provide the basis, for example, “the compendium of materia medica” that its “nourishing kidney, lung, eyesight”. Chinese wolfberry is a traditional valuable Chinese herbal medicine and nutritional tonic, modern medicine also believes that it has effective inhibition of cancer cell production, can be used for cancer prevention and treatment. According to the introduction, Chinese wolfberry into medicine mainly treats liver and kidney deficiency, essence and blood loss caused by the waist and knee soreness, dizziness and tinnitus, spermatorrhea, and liver and kidney deficiency, essence and blood can not be glorified in the eyes caused by eye fainting, vision loss (similar to early age-related cataract). Wolfberry is rich in minerals and vitamins “Wolfberry tastes sweet, so many people like to eat it, this is because it contains polysaccharides.” Wolfberry polysaccharide has the effect of regulating the body’s immune function and scavenging the body’s free radicals. Just “polysaccharide” alone, goji berry can play a number of roles. Modern western medical research on wolfberry Chinese medicine chemical composition analysis found: wolfberry is rich in polysaccharides, fat, protein, free amino acids, taurine, vitamin B1, B2, E, C, especially the carotenoid content is very high. In addition, Chinese wolfberry also contains a large number of mineral elements, such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, etc.. Take wolfberry to vary from disease to disease People often say that wolfberry chrysanthemum tea can brighten the eyes, which is based on this two flavors together with water can be ‘used for liver and kidney deficiency of the eyes faint vision, eye cataracts, have the function of bright eyes’. In addition, Chinese wolfberry with rehmannia, can treat liver and kidney yin deficiency of the waist and knee weakness, menstrual disorders, spermatorrhea, premature aging, can also be used for liver and kidney essence and blood deficiency of dizziness, tinnitus, dimming of the eyes and other problems. ”Chinese wolfberry is a health herb that can be taken all year round, commonly used in food therapy, but also used in pharmacotherapy. Generally speaking, wolfberry can be taken alone, but with other drugs can be used in combination to achieve better results.” For example, Chinese wolfberry is commonly used with ginseng, American ginseng, prince’s ginseng, Chinese ginseng, astragalus, yam, etc., and can be used with chicken, fish, pork, quail, sparrow, etc.; for blood, it can be used with angelica, aconite, rehmannia, shouwu, red dates, yuan meat, etc., and can be used with bamboo chicken, chicken blood, mutton, rabbit, etc.; for yang, it is often used with deer antler, deer antler gum, It is often used in combination with Chinese herbs such as antler velvet, deer horn gum, bacopa monniera, cistanches, Chuan Eucommia, walnut, seahorse, cuscuta, mealybug, epimedium, etc., and can be eaten with lamb, dog, venison, rooster, quail, sparrow, pigeon, etc. Chinese wolfberry usage to change with the four seasons four seasons, the human body yin and yang gas exchange, Chinese wolfberry can also help the body to play a different health role. 1, spring back to the earth, the human yang gradually increase, Chinese wolfberry taste sweet flat tonic, spring can be taken alone, can also be taken with the taste of sweet slightly warm products at the same time, help people yang hair, such as and astragalus, etc. taken together. 2, the summer sun, a pot of sweet cool tea can immediately help people eliminate heat, wolfberry with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, green tea, etc., can nourish the yin and bright eyes, clear liver fire. 3, autumn depression, the climate gradually become dry, many people feel dry lips and tongue, skin flakes, wolfberry with nourishing food, such as snow pear, Chuanbei, lily, yucca, etc., can play a role in nourishing the body. 4, winter cold, people often need to use a lot of cold supplies to help retain yang, resist the cold. Chinese wolfberry can flat tonic yang qi, every day to take will not have toxic side effects, if with mutton and so on together, help the body yang qi growth, resistance to the natural cold. Food therapy tips How can wolfberry be used with other herbs and ingredients specifically for all types of citizens with different body types? Associate Professor Huang Qihui recommended four home-based very easy to cook therapeutic recipes: 1, wolfberry cinnamon honey soup: wolfberry, cinnamon meat 50 grams each, the right amount of honey. Chinese wolfberry, cinnamon meat washed, put into a pot, add water, slowly simmer with a gentle fire, cook until the wolfberry, cinnamon meat off the fire after the sugar, to be cooled with honey, ready to serve. Cinnamon meat benefits the heart and spleen, the blood; Chinese wolfberry for longevity, and cinnamon, honey together, tranquilize and nourish the blood, moisturize the skin and face. 2, spinach wolfberry pig liver soup: 200-300 grams of fresh spinach with roots, 150 grams of pig liver, 30 grams of wolfberry. Spinach washed, cut, pig liver sliced; pot of water boiling, add wolfberry, ginger, a small amount of salt, and then into the pig liver and spinach, can be eaten with meals. Used for iron deficiency anemia, pale face tonic and treatment. 3, the three red blood benefit porridge: wolfberry 30 grams, blood glutinous rice 50 grams, red dates 12, brown sugar 30 grams. Wash red dates, Chinese wolfberry, blood glutinous rice, placed in an iron pot with water, first boil with a high fire, change to simmering porridge, porridge into brown sugar, mix well. Daily 1 dose, morning and evening divided into serving. It is suitable for those who are malnourished, iron deficiency anemia, pale face, dry skin and thin body. Fat people should not eat this porridge. 4, Chinese wolfberry southern dates boiled eggs: Chinese wolfberry 20 grams, southern dates 10, 2 eggs. Practice: the wolfberry, jujube, eggs with an appropriate amount of water in a pot and cooked, eggs cooked and then shelled with 10 minutes. Efficacy: tonic deficiency, benefit qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and stomach. Reminder: people with external fever should not eat wolfberry Although wolfberry has a very good tonic and therapeutic effect, but damp heat and phlegm damp in the block, external fever should not be eaten to prevent the love of evil. “Patients with the above symptoms who are considering whether they can consume wolfberry should ideally be under the guidance of an herbalist, and may need to be used with other medications depending on the individual.” At the same time, Chinese medicine advocates the use of wolfberry “a small amount of lasting”, each use of 15 to 30 grams is the best, and it is best to adhere to long-term consumption.