The effect of wolfberry and licorice soaked in water

Lycium barbarum and licorice are Chinese patent medicines that we often come into contact with in our lives. Licorice has a mild nature and a fragrant sweet taste. It has the effects of relieving cough and phlegm, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. In addition to these, the effects of wolfberry are also very good, especially using wolfberry to replenish blood and qi, the effect is very good. In addition to making soup, wolfberry and licorice can be soaked in water to treat chronic bronchitis. There are many other functions that everyone is familiar with.

It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. This product is suitable for people with blood and qi deficiency, hypertension, weak constitution, decreased vision, anemia, chronic hepatitis, toxic or metabolic liver disease, and liver dysfunction caused by the biliary system. It is especially suitable for men with kidney deficiency, low back pain and busy work.

Wolfberry can be divided into three parts for use: wolfberry leaves can be used to make "wolfberry tea" for drinking; the red fruit "wolfberry" can be used for cooking or making tea; wolfberry root is also called "ground bone bark", which is generally used as a medicinal material, so it can really be said that it is fully utilized.

Moreover, there will be no side effects if you eat wolfberries or drink wolfberry tea for a long time. Its medicinal effects are very wide, and it has the effects of relieving fever, treating diabetes, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, etc. Drinking the decoction of wolfberry root can lower blood pressure. As for wolfberry tea, it has the effects of treating physical weakness, frigidity, stomach, liver and kidney diseases, tuberculosis, constipation, insomnia, hypotension, anemia, various eye diseases, hair loss, stomatitis, skin care, etc.

However, since wolfberry has a very strong effect of warming the body, people with high blood pressure, those who are too impatient, or those who consume a lot of meat and have a red face should not eat it. On the contrary, it is best for people with weak constitution, frequent colds, and poor resistance to eat it every day.

【Introduction to the efficacy of licorice】:

Licorice (Compendium of Materia Medica)

[Synonyms] Meicao, Migan (Ben Jing), Micao, Rucao (Bielu), Guolao (Tao Hongjing), Lingtong (Jishizhu), Fencao (Qunfangpu), Tiancao (Chinese Medicinal Plants), Tiangenzi (Chinese Materia Medica), Bangcao (Heilongjiang Chinese Medicine).

[Source] It is the root and rhizome of licorice, a plant of the legume family.

[Plant morphology] Licorice is a perennial herb, about 30 to 70 cm tall, rarely up to 1 meter, with a cylindrical rhizome; the taproot is very long and thick, with a reddish brown to dark brown outer skin.

The stem is erect, slightly woody, and covered with short white hairs and glandular scales or glandular hairs.

The leaves are odd-pinnate compound leaves, with lanceolate stipules, falling off early; there are 4 to 8 pairs of leaflets, and the petiolules are very short, about 1 mm long; the leaflets are ovate, ovate-elliptical or occasionally nearly round, 2 to 5.5 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, with acute or nearly obtuse apex, usually rounded base, and covered with glandular scales and short hairs on both sides.

The racemes are axillary, with densely packed flowers, 5 to 12 cm long; the calyx is bell-shaped, about half the length of the corolla and slightly longer, with 5 calyx teeth, lanceolate, slightly longer than the calyx tube, and covered with short hairs and glandular scales; the corolla is light purple-violet, about 14 to 3 mm long, the standard petal is large, oblong-oval, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, with short claws at the bottom, the keel petal is straight, shorter than the wing petal, and both have long claws; there are 10 stamens, 2 in number, filaments of varying lengths, and anthers of varying sizes; there is 1 pistil, and the ovary is sessile.

Lycium barbarum and licorice are rich in nutrients, which can regulate qi and blood, promote physical activity, and have a good effect on helping and regulating the body. In particular, licorice itself has certain nutrients that can treat bronchitis, chronic cough and chronic pneumonia. Water soaked with wolfberry and licorice can not only replenish blood and qi, but also treat physical decline.