Can wolfberry soaked in water nourish the kidney and strengthen yang?

Wolfberry is actually a relatively common food. Moreover, this food is actually a common plant of the genus Lycium of the family Solanaceae, and the fruit of this plant is what we call wolfberry. It is often of great medicinal value. Not only is wolfberry easy to take, but it is also a food that can be used as medicine, chewed, and soaked in wine.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "Long-term consumption can strengthen muscles and bones, make the body light and young, and resist cold and heat." Chinese medicine often uses it to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, weak waist and knees, dizziness, forgetfulness, vertigo, blurred vision and excessive tears, thirst, spermatorrhea and other symptoms. Modern pharmacological research has confirmed that wolfberry can regulate the body's immune function, effectively inhibit tumor growth and cell mutation, delay aging, resist fatty liver, regulate blood lipids and blood sugar, promote hematopoiesis, etc., and is used in clinical practice.

Kidney-tonifying function: Li Xiaomei, Wang Haiyan, Li Liying, Mao Yawen, Han Kehan, Geng Lin, Han Jin, Li Meihua, Zhang Xiaoying, and Yu Xiajun discussed the aging of renal mitochondria in aged rats and its drug protection: By observing the changes in the ultrastructure of mitochondria in aged rats' renal cells, the amount of ATP synthesis, and the level of lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde after the application of anti-aging drugs such as wolfberry polysaccharides and vitamin EC mixture, it was found that the structural and functional changes of aged rats' renal mitochondria were accompanied by an increase in the free radical metabolite malondialdehyde. The ATP synthesis of mitochondria in aged rats' renal cells was 120.38nM/mgPrmin±16.72nM/mgPrmin, which was 18.75nM/mgPrmin lower than that of the young group; and the malondialdehyde in renal tissue was 30.40μg/100mg±6.66μg/100mg wet weight, which was 2.4 times that of the young group. Long-term use of vitamin EC mixture or wolfberry polysaccharides can fight free radicals to a certain extent, reduce the level of malondialdehyde in renal tissue, prevent mitochondrial aging, and improve its function.

Lycium barbarum is an excellent product for nourishing the liver and kidneys. Wolfberry has been used in medicine since the time when it was recorded in the Book of Songs "Gathered in Baoqi", and it has a history of more than 3,000 years. The name of wolfberry first appeared in "Shennong Bencao Jing", and it was listed as a top-grade product. It has been loved by people for thousands of years. In the Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong used mashed wolfberries to drip into the eyes to treat eye diseases; in the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao used wolfberries in combination with other medicines to make liver-nourishing pills to treat liver meridian deficiency and cold, and blurred vision; the Wu Zi Yan Zong Pills in Li Ting's "Introduction to Medicine" in the Tang Dynasty were made by using wolfberries and dodder seeds to make honey pills, which were taken with light salt water to treat male impotence, premature ejaculation, infertility, premature graying of hair, and uncontrollable urination. Lycium barbarum has a unique effect in enhancing sexual function. There is a famous saying in Chinese folk that "If you travel a thousand miles, don't eat wolfberry", which means that wolfberry has a strong effect of stimulating sexual function, but it is not suitable for young men and women who travel far away from home.

Warm reminder: In fact, wolfberries can be soaked in water and drunk. But in fact, wolfberry is not suitable for patients with exogenous evil and real heat. And don't eat wolfberries casually. Moreover, if the patient has problems with spleen deficiency, dampness and diarrhea, he should not eat wolfberries casually.