How to eat wolfberry, to replenish kidney yin or kidney yang?

Lycium barbarum is a common Chinese medicinal material with very high medicinal value and wide clinical application. Lycium barbarum is needed to treat many diseases. For men, it is well-known for its kidney-tonifying effect. However, there are two types of kidney deficiency: kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. So does wolfberry replenish kidney yin or kidney yang? How should I eat it?

1. The biggest effect of wolfberry is to nourish kidney yin

The harmony of yin and yang is the true mystery of traditional Chinese medicine. Yin and Yang are not absolute, but relative. The yin and yang mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine are actually constantly changing. This principle is similar to what Taoists call nutritional combination. It is said that there is yang in yin and yin in yang. The two are not relatively independent, but a combination of you in me and me in you. This is exactly the same principle behind the concept of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine. While replenishing yin, it will also have a certain effect on replenishing yang, and vice versa. So if you have kidney yang disease, you can also take wolfberry. Just be more careful when taking it.

2. How to eat

When wolfberries are soaked in water or boiled in soup, their medicinal effects cannot be fully exerted. Due to the influence of water temperature, soaking time and other factors, only part of the medicinal ingredients in wolfberries can be released into the water or soup. Chewing directly with your mouth will absorb the nutrients in wolfberries more fully, which is more conducive to the health care effect of wolfberries. But when chewing wolfberries, you should pay attention to the amount you eat, it is best to halve it, otherwise it is easy to over-nourish. Wolfberries can replenish yang energy, and taking them every day, especially with mutton, Cistanche deserticola, Morinda officinalis, Jinkui Shenqi Pills, etc., can help the body's yang energy grow and resist the severe cold in nature. But don't consume any tonic in excess, and wolfberries are no exception. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of wolfberries a day; if you want to achieve therapeutic effects, it is best to eat about 30 grams a day.

3. Add a handful when cooking or making porridge

The most common way to drink wolfberry is to soak it in water, but most of the vitamins contained in wolfberry are water-soluble and easily destroyed by heat. It is recommended to soak the dried wolfberries slightly, and then add a little wolfberry as an ingredient when cooking, making porridge, steaming buns, or cooking dumplings.