Lycium barbarum, as a food with both medicinal and edible uses, dates back to ancient China, and there are records of its medicinal value. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that "Lycium barbarum nourishes the kidneys, produces sperm, nourishes the liver, and improves eyesight. It strengthens bones, relieves fatigue, changes color, whitens, improves eyesight and calms the mind, and makes people live longer.”

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diabetes is based on yin deficiency and is characterized by dryness and heat. Lycium barbarum nourishes the yin of the liver and kidneys, so it still has a certain role in assisting in lowering blood sugar. From the perspective of Western medicine, the wolfberry polysaccharides contained in wolfberry can improve human immune function and have a certain protective effect on pancreatic islet cells. Therefore, wolfberry can help lower blood sugar. Both Chinese and Western medicine believe that patients with diabetes can eat wolfberry appropriately, but the sugar content of wolfberry is high, so how to eat it correctly and reasonably is the most important.

Although wolfberry has the effect of assisting in lowering blood sugar, due to its high sugar content, diabetic patients are not suitable to eat more. The correct way to eat it is to take it in small doses for a long time, 20 grams to 30 grams a day. Gram is more appropriate. It is okay to eat wolfberry alone or use it to make tea. Diabetic patients can completely combine it with other ingredients according to their personal taste, such as dried chrysanthemums, American ginseng slices, cassia seeds, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. to make tea, which can be tonic and refreshing. The effect of improving eyesight and promoting fluid production.

Lycium barbarum has mild and moisturizing properties, is neither warm nor cold, and is suitable for consumption all year round. However, you need to be careful not to use it with warm medicinal supplements, such as longan, red dates, etc. In addition, it is not suitable to use it with rice wine or white wine, especially for diabetic patients with high blood pressure or people with an impatient temper. Wolfberry can be used both as food and as a good medicinal material. As long as it is taken reasonably, it is still very good for health! However, all foods should not be taken in excess, especially for diabetics, who must pay attention to their consumption. In addition, we would like to remind all diabetic patients that diabetes treatment is a systematic project, which is closely related to factors such as diet, exercise, hypoglycemic drugs, and blood sugar monitoring. Wolfberry is only an auxiliary hypoglycemic food and cannot replace drugs. Diabetic patients should use Comprehensive means to achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar.