First, the benefits of medlar soaking in water
1, anti-aging: Lycium barbarum is rich in antioxidant substances such as Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, β-carotene, vitamin E, selenium and flavonoids, and has good antioxidant effect. Lycium barbarum L. can resist free radical peroxidation and reduce the damage caused by free radical peroxidation, thus helping to delay aging and prolong life.
2, nourishing liver and kidney: Lycium barbarum can nourish liver and kidney, benefit the eyes and nourish blood, and enhance people's immunity. For modern people, the most practical effect of Lycium barbarum is anti-fatigue and lowering blood pressure. In addition, Lycium barbarum can protect liver, lower blood sugar, soften blood vessels, and reduce the levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, which has certain curative effect on patients with fatty liver and diabetes. According to clinical medical verification, Lycium barbarum can also treat chronic renal failure.
3, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight: Lycium barbarum polysaccharide has a protective effect on experimental liver injury, which can reduce serum alanine aminotransferase and promote the repair of liver injury. Wang Deshan studied the dose-effect relationship and toxicity of Lycium barbarum L. against experimental hyperlipidemia. The experimental results showed that Lycium barbarum L. could inhibit fat deposition in liver cells and promote liver cell regeneration.
4. beauty beauty: Eating Lycium barbarum often can beautify your face, which many people don't know. This is because Lycium barbarum can improve your skin's ability to absorb oxygen, and it can also whiten your skin.
5. Anti-fatty liver: The effect of Lycium barbarum on lipid metabolism or anti-fatty liver is mainly caused by betaine contained in it, which acts as a methyl donor in the body.
6, improve immunity: China Academy of Medical Sciences confirmed that Lycium barbarum can improve human immunity, reduce the toxic and side effects of cyclophosphamide in anti-tumor treatment, promote the recovery of hematopoietic function, increase the number of white blood cells in peripheral blood, and have a protective effect on the body.
Second, the disadvantages of medlar soaking in water
1, causing insomnia and dreaminess: If you take a lot of medlar, the function of blood supply and oxygen supply to the heart will be affected, which will easily affect the normal activities of the brain, especially those who like to drink with medlar in water before going to bed will easily cause insomnia and dreaminess. In addition, Lycium barbarum belongs to warm food, and excessive consumption can easily cause excessive internal heat, which makes people in a state of anxiety and affects sleep quality.
2, easy to get angry: If you use a lot of Lycium barbarum soaked in water for a long time, although all the nutrients of Lycium barbarum will not enter the water of Lycium barbarum, because Lycium barbarum is a mild food, if you use Lycium barbarum soaked in water for a long time, it is easy to get angry, and some people will also have nosebleeds, especially those who are warm and healthy should pay more attention to not using Lycium barbarum soaked in water too much.
3, leading to grumpy: As mentioned earlier, long-term consumption of a large number of medlar soaked in water is likely to cause the body to get angry easily. We know that a strong liver fire in the body can easily lead to bad temper and anger. Being angry for a long time is easy to hurt the liver in turn. In particular, people who are impatient in nature should pay attention to the fact that they should not drink too much water with Lycium barbarum.
4, causing gastrointestinal discomfort: drink with medlar soaked in water, and the impact of drinking medlar on the stomach after soaking in water is relatively large. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too little, which may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and other physical discomfort. Moreover, excessive consumption of warm medlar will also increase the burden on the stomach and affect gastrointestinal digestion.