(1) Anti-aging. Anti-aging is one of the most important effects of Lycium barbarum. Lycium barbarum contains a certain amount of essential fatty acids, 8 essential amino acids and Vc, and a large number of anthocyanins, which can effectively resist oxidation and scavenge free radicals, and has a significant anti-aging effect.
(2) protecting the liver and improving eyesight. Anthocyanin can promote the regeneration of rhodopsin in retinal cells, prevent severe myopia and retinal detachment, and improve vision. Anthocyanins can improve eyesight in dim light, which is helpful for drivers at night and people who stare at the screen for a long time.
(3) beauty. It can prevent the early generation of skin wrinkles and make the skin younger and more energetic. It can not only prevent the early generation of skin wrinkles, but also supplement nutrition and eliminate harmful free radicals in the body. Anthocyanin is a natural sunscreen, which can prevent ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin. With the protection of anthocyanins, about 85 {BF} skin cells can survive.
(4) improve blood circulation. Anthocyanin can improve blood circulation, restore lost microvascular function, strengthen fragile blood vessels, and thus make blood vessels more elastic. Procyanidins are called "the antidote to atherosclerosis". For patients with venous insufficiency, proanthocyanidins can effectively relieve the symptoms such as pain, edema and nocturnal spasm, so doctors in Europe usually recommend patients with varicose veins to eat foods rich in anthocyanins.
(5) improve sleep. Anthocyanins can cross the blood-brain barrier, protect the brain from oxidation, stabilize the function of brain tissue and protect the brain from harmful chemicals and toxins. Eating anthocyanins in Lycium barbarum can significantly improve sleep quality.
(6) Prevention and treatment of diabetes. Lycium barbarum can also prevent and treat diabetes, and has obvious functions of anti-fatigue, liver protection, anti-tumor, dredging blood vessels, lowering blood pressure and protecting cardiovascular system.
2, the taboo of black wolfberry:
(1) Don't overdo it. Lycium barbarum is a kind of medicine, and no medicine can be taken in excess, otherwise the benefits to the body will become disadvantages. Bian Xiao suggested that healthy adults should not eat more than 20 grams of medlar every day, which is more appropriate. If you have a disease and want to treat it, the dosage of Lycium barbarum can be increased appropriately, and it is best to control it at about 30 grams.
(2) Patients with yin deficiency are not suitable for taking Lycium barbarum. Scientific use of Lycium barbarum by healthy people can promote health and improve physique, but if the physique is yin deficiency, the dosage of this medicine should be reduced. Black Lycium barbarum is warm, and many of them are easy to take, which causes the body to get angry. If you eat black wolfberry directly, you should be more careful.
(3) People with spleen and stomach weakness and exogenous heat toxicity should not take Lycium barbarum. People with weak spleen and stomach simply have loose bowels and cold stomach. At this time, you must not soak the black wolfberry in water to prevent it from getting worse. Patients with exogenous heat evil are also not suitable for taking Lycium barbarum, especially those with cold, fever and inflammation, to prevent physical deterioration.