Do you know that nine kinds of people can't eat medlar?

Lycium barbarum is a multi-branched shrub plant of Lycium genus in Solanaceae, which can reach more than 2 meters when cultivated. It is distributed at home and abroad.

It is mainly distributed in Ningxia, Xinjiang, Henan, Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, southern Gansu, eastern Qinghai, Urad Banner in Inner Mongolia, and northwest, southwest, central China, south China, east China and other provinces. North Korea, Japan and Europe all breed or escape into the wild. Often born in hillside, wasteland, hilly land, saline-alkali land, roadside and village house.

Lycium barbarum is the treasure of the whole body. Is it the Lycium barbarum tree in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica? Records: "Lycium barbarum leaves are picked in spring, and the famous grass is fine; Picking flowers in summer is called long grass; Picking in autumn, named Lycium barbarum; Collecting roots in winter is called "bone skin". The tender leaves of Lycium barbarum, also known as the head of Lycium barbarum, can be eaten or used as Lycium barbarum tea. Modern research shows that Lycium barbarum has the functions of lowering blood sugar, resisting fatty liver and atherosclerosis. In addition, Lycium barbarum can also be used as hedgerow planting, stump potted plants and garden soil and water conservation shrubs.

Distributed in Henan, Northeast China, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, southern Gansu, Lycium barbarum and other places. Eastern Qinghai, Urad Qianqi, Inner Mongolia and northwest, southwest, central, south and east provinces; North Korea, Japan and Europe all breed or escape into the wild. Often born in hillside, wasteland, hilly land, saline-alkali land, roadside and village house. China's famous Lycium barbarum producing areas are Ningxia and Qinghai. In China, it is not only widely wild, but also cultivated for medicine, vegetables or greening.

Like light. Not strict with soil requirements, salt and alkali tolerance, fertilizer tolerance, drought tolerance, fear of water damage. It is suitable for planting in fertile neutral or slightly acidic light loam with good drainage, and the salt content of saline-alkali soil should not exceed 0.2%, and it is not suitable for planting in strongly alkaline, clay loam, paddy field and swamp areas.

People with various inflammations, whether taking Lycium barbarum orally or soaking in water, will aggravate the inflammation and even induce other adverse symptoms.

Eating Lycium barbarum during hypertension will make blood pressure unstable, and Lycium barbarum itself has a high sugar content, which is not suitable for diabetics.

Women can drink Lycium barbarum water during menstruation, but they can't eat too much at a time, and a small amount should not exceed 30g a day, otherwise it will easily cause discomfort such as getting angry. Proper soaking in water with Lycium barbarum during menstruation can tonify kidney and blood, and it can also clear liver and improve eyesight for eyes. Eating Lycium barbarum properly can also lower blood pressure and blood sugar, prevent fatty liver and cirrhosis, mediate human immunity, promote human regulatory function, resist fatigue, and relieve people with menstrual fatigue.

Weakness of spleen and stomach will affect the function of spleen to transport water and dampness, and then water and dampness will stagnate. Lycium barbarum is a medicine for nourishing yin, so you can't soak Lycium barbarum.

But,

Many people like to brew with hot water. After brewing for a period of time, they found that the color of Lycium barbarum became lighter. This is mainly because the natural pigment is destroyed by oxidation at high temperature, and its nutritional value becomes low.

2 After soaking in water, the real nutrients are in medlar, and there is little water.