Lycium barbarum bark is the root bark of Lycium barbarum, and it is also a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with health-preserving function. Taking Lycium barbarum bark properly can lower blood sugar, blood pressure, reduce fever and temperature, resist bacteria and inflammation, cool blood and stop bleeding. You can cook porridge with Lycium barbarum, such as making Lycium barbarum porridge, Sophora japonica porridge, stewed white lung with Lycium barbarum root and platycodon grandiflorum, etc., which have a good health care effect if you eat it often.

Most people are familiar with Lycium barbarum, and they often take it in water, porridge or decoction, but many people are not familiar with Lycium barbarum bark. In fact, Lycium barbarum bark is also called Lycium barbarum bark, which is the root bark of Lycium barbarum. Like Lycium barbarum, it is also a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with health preservation function. So, what are the functions and functions of Lycium barbarum bark?

First, the efficacy and role of Lycium barbarum bark

1. Hypoglycemic

Experiments have found that the extract from Lycium barbarum bark can reduce blood sugar for a long time, so diabetics can use Lycium barbarum bark to boil water or use Lycium barbarum bark to cook porridge, which can control blood sugar stability.

Step 2 lower blood pressure

Because cortex Lycii can relax blood vessels and play a certain role in lowering blood pressure, patients with hypertension can take cortex Lycii appropriately to stabilize blood pressure.

Step 3 reduce fever and temperature

The ethanol extract and ether extract in Lycium barbarum bark have good antipyretic effect, so when the body temperature rises due to diseases such as inflammation, it can also be used to reduce fever and cool down, and the effect is good.

4. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

In the experiment, it was found that taking Lycium barbarum decoction has certain inhibitory effect on typhoid Bacillus, dysentery Bacillus and other germs, so taking Lycium barbarum decoction can also alleviate the condition when there is inflammation in the body.

5. Cool blood to stop bleeding

The cortex Lycii is cold, and proper use of cortex Lycii can cool blood and stop bleeding, so taking cortex Lycii can also relieve symptoms such as cough, vomiting blood and hemoptysis caused by lung heat.

Second, the eating method of Lycium barbarum bark

1. Chinese wolfberry skin porridge

First, soak Cortex Lycii, Cortex Mori and Radix Ophiopogonis in a casserole for 20 minutes, then decoct for 20 minutes. After removing residue and retaining juice, introduce appropriate amount of flour and stir it into paste, and then cook it into porridge. Regular eating can effectively lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar, and clear away heat and fire.

2. Sophora japonica porridge

Bone Sophora japonica porridge made of Lycium barbarum bark, Radix Rehmanniae, Flos Sophorae Immaturus and japonica rice can clear away heat and consolidate menstruation, so it is very suitable for women to eat.

3. Braised white lung with Lycium barbarum and Platycodon grandiflorum

First, wash the pig lungs until they turn white, and then put them in a pot with ginger and water for stewing. At the same time, put the cortex Lycii, Radix Platycodi, Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Apricot, etc. in a stewing pot with water for stewing, and then put the cooked pig lungs in this pot and simmer together for 3 or 4 hours. Regular consumption can nourish the body and relieve symptoms such as chronic cough and excessive phlegm.