How to choose wolfberry

In a green land in Ningxia, beautiful rubies are growing, like little red elves dancing in their graceful postures. Against the backdrop of green leaves, they look even more enchanting and attractive. They are wolfberries. The red fruits with plump flesh look extremely tempting under the sunlight. Wolfberry is a good tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. It has a good effect on the eyes, clears the liver and improves eyesight. The elderly like to drink it in water.

Wolfberry is very common in our daily life. When people feel sore eyes, they can soak it in water to drink, which can relieve eyestrain. People also like to use it to soak wine. Adding it to the wine can increase the sweetness of the wine and make the wine more mellow. How do you choose wolfberry, which is so popular? Let’s take a look.

Distinguish by color:

The color of fresh wolfberries varies depending on their origin, but the color is very soft, shiny, and the flesh is plump; while dyed wolfberries are mostly old goods from previous years. From a sensory point of view, the flesh is of poorer quality and dull, but the appearance is very bright and attractive, so when buying wolfberries, be sure not to be greedy for the "color". In particular, the dyed wolfberries are all red, even the white dots on the wolfberry pedicles are red, while the normal wolfberry pedicles are mostly yellow or white. The wolfberry pedicles dyed with pigments are red, and those baked with sulfur are dark brown.

Distinguish by shape

Ningxia wolfberry has been a local medicinal material since ancient times and has the highest medicinal value. Most Ningxia wolfberries have small white spots on the tips, which are not found in wolfberries from other places. 85% of Ningxia wolfberries have white spots on the tips. 90% of Ningxia wolfberries do not sink when put into water, and they float on the water surface whether they are used to make tea or soup.

Identify by smell

For wolfberries that have been fumigated with sulfur, you just need to grab a handful, cover it with both hands for a while, and then put it under your nose and smell it. If you can smell a pungent and choking smell, then you can be sure that it has been fumigated with sulfur.

Distinguish by taste

Ningxia wolfberry is sweet and tastes especially sweet, but there is a hint of bitterness in the throat after eating it; while wolfberry from Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places is a bit greasy in sweetness; wolfberry soaked in alum has the bitter taste of alum when chewed; as for wolfberry beaten with sulfur, the taste is sour, astringent and bitter.

By following the above four steps, you can select high-quality wolfberries. Wolfberries have a sweet taste and are difficult to store in the hot summer. The best way is to refrigerate them in the refrigerator to preserve them. This can keep the wolfberries fresh and prevent the environment from being too hot and causing them to rot. Drink a glass of wolfberry water to protect the window of our soul.