Black wolfberry (Lycium ruthenicum Murr.) is a genus of wolfberry in the family of Solanaceae, and is a kind of pure natural medicinal and food treasures unique to the western region of China. It is rich in anthocyanins and has the functions of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, improving vision, lowering blood lipids, anti-cancer, anti-atherosclerosis, anti-tumour, anti-inflammation, anti-aging, anti-cancer and anti-radiation. Today we will talk about black wolfberry.
The medicinal value of black wolfberry
Black wolfberry is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It has been determined that black wolfberry contains 17 kinds of amino acids, 13 kinds of trace elements, including calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, iron content is higher than the red wolfberry. Wild black wolfberry contains a large number of anthocyanin is the most effective natural free radical scavenger, slowing down the aging of human cells and tissues. Maintain youthfulness, prolong life. Its medicinal, health care value is much higher than ordinary red wolfberry. Known as ‘soft gold’.
According to Uyghur medicine records, Uyghur doctors often use black fruit of wolfberry fruit and root bark to treat urinary tract stone,
scabies, bleeding gums, etc., and folk use as tonic and strong, bright eyes and antihypertensive drugs.
Four medical codex", “Jingzhu Ben Cao” and other Tibetan medicine classic works recorded that black wolfberry is used for:
treatment of heart fever, heart disease, menstrual disorders, menopause and so on and the efficacy of the medicine is remarkable.
Folk as tonic strong, antihypertensive medicine.
How to distinguish between real and fake black black wolfberries?
1、According to the colour
As black goji berries contain anthocyanins, anthocyanins will show different colours according to the acidity and alkalinity of the water,
it is purple when soaked in acidic water and blue when soaked in alkaline water.
( The left side is acidic water, and the right side is alkaline water )
2. According to seeds
When the real black wolfberry is broken open, there are about 7-10 small seeds,
while the fake black wolfberry has very few or even no small seeds.
3. According toprice
The real black wolfberry resources are precious and the production is limited.
Currently, one kilogram has been sold for thousands of yuan.
If you encounter a kilogram that sells for hundreds of yuan, it is very likely to be a fake black wolfberry product.
Everyone should keep their eyes open and be vigilant.
How to eat?
1, black wolfberry remove the stalk, directly into the mouth chewing, so the effect is also the best.
Entrance fragrance sweet, but be careful not to eat too much, under normal circumstances,
we can only eat a maximum of several grams of black wolfberry a day, too much is prone to counterproductive.
2,drink with warm water, take the right amount of black wolfberry, put into a cup,
add about 40 degrees of warm water, brew 1 minute to enjoy.
3、Brewing medicinal wine. Black wolfberry with high concentration of wine can maximise its medicinal value.
But Chinese medicine is concerned about the phases, is medicine three times poison, do not mix and match indiscriminately.
The following is also recommended for you to nourish the heart and tranquillise the mind,
replenish the blood and essence, and strengthen the body of the medicinal wine recipe:
Formula: black wolfberry 10 grams, Poria 20 grams, 20 grams of raw rhubarb, 20 grams of ripe rhubarb,
20 grams of cornelian cherry, 20 grams of hyssop, 20 grams of Yuanzhi, 20 grams of Wuga Pi,
20 grams of Acorus calamus, 20 grams of ground bone skin, 1000 ml of white wine.
Practice: the first 10 flavour chopped, put into a cloth bag, placed in a container, add white wine, sealed soak,
14 days after the slag that is. Daily morning and evening each take 1 time, each serving 15 ml.
Reference articles for this paper.
1. ‘Black wolfberries from the wild to the soft gold of domesticated’ Modern Marketing (Business Newspaper) Journal
2. ‘Black wolfberries in water, good for the human body, but there are also 3 precautions need to remember’
3. ‘The correct way to eat black wolfberries, black goji berries how to eat the best effect?