Effects of wolfberry:
Lycium barbarum nourishes the kidneys and essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, nourishes blood and calms the mind, produces fluid and quenches thirst, moistens the lungs and relieves cough. Treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, dizziness, dizziness, blurred vision and excessive tears, fatigue and cough, quenching thirst, and spermatorrhea.
Effects of wolfberry:
1. Anti-fatty liver effect
Ningxia wolfberry water extract (20, 8 ml/day gavage) , it has the effect of mildly inhibiting fat deposition in liver cells and promoting liver cell regeneration in mice poisoned by carbon tetrachloride. The anti-fatty liver effect of water extract is also shown in preventing liver dysfunction caused by carbon tetrachloride (using the activities of cholinesterase and transaminase as indicators). If rats are given wolfberry water extract or betaine orally for a long time (75 days), the levels of phospholipids in the blood and liver can be increased; in rats poisoned by carbon tetrachloride, the levels of phospholipids and total cholesterol in the liver are reduced. , betaine or wolfberry water extract given beforehand or at the same time increased the level; at the same time, BSP, SGPT, alkaline phosphatase, cholinesterase and other tests were improved. The effect of wolfberry on lipid metabolism or anti-fatty liver is mainly caused by the betaine contained in it, which acts as a methyl supplier in the body.
2. Cholinergic effect
Intravenous injection of aqueous extract of wolfberry can cause blood pressure to decrease and respiratory excitement in rabbits; atropine or cutting off the vagus nerve can inhibit this reaction. It can also inhibit isolated rabbit auricles, excite isolated intestinal tubes (in isolated guinea pig small intestine, 8 mg ≌ 1 μg of histamine, its effect can be blocked by diphenhydramine or atropine), contract rabbit ear blood vessels, etc. Betaine does not have this effect, but it has a dilating effect on rabbit ear blood vessels. Extracts such as methanol, acetone, and ethyl acetate also have mild antihypertensive effects. Therefore, the above-mentioned effects of wolfberry are caused by components other than betaine.
Side Effects Edit this paragraph and return to the table of contents. Although wolfberry has good nourishing and therapeutic effects, it is not suitable for all people. Because it has a strong effect of warming the body, it is best not to eat it if you are suffering from a cold, fever, inflammation, or diarrhea
The most suitable people to eat wolfberry are those with weak constitution and poor resistance. Moreover, you must persist for a long time and eat a little every day to achieve results. Not everyone is suitable for taking it. Because it has a strong effect of warming the body, it is best not to eat it if you are suffering from a cold, fever, inflammation of the body, or diarrhea. 1. Because wolfberry has a strong effect of warming the body, it is best not to eat it if you suffer from high blood pressure, have an impatient temper, or eat a lot of meat that causes your face to turn red. 2. Wolfberry can nourish the liver and kidneys. But if the liver and kidneys are not weak, there is no need to take it. 3. It is a medicine after all, and medicines treat diseases based on their bias, which is what we often call medicinal properties. Yin-tonifying medicines are also designed for deficiency syndromes. Those who are healthy and have no deficiency syndromes should not use them. People with excess evil but healthy qi are not deficient should not use deficiency-tonifying medicines indiscriminately to prevent "keeping enemies behind closed doors." 4. People with deficiencies and colds may suffer from slippage and diarrhea when taking it, so use it with caution if the internal heat is not cleared. 5. Some people eat too much wolfberry, resulting in red, swollen and uncomfortable eyes and blurred vision. Therefore, it is said that wolfberry cannot be eaten often as it is a medicine with three parts poison.