Is it good to soak fresh wolfberry in wine?

Many people have the habit of eating wolfberries, such as making tea, putting a few when making porridge, and putting some when making sweet soup, so that the effect will be more obvious. At present, wolfberry has a wide range of uses, and is involved in medicine, food and other aspects. Therefore, some people soak fresh wolfberry in wine. So is it good to soak fresh wolfberry in wine? Fresh wolfberry soaked in wine is mostly dried wolfberry that has been dried in the sun. Those picked directly are not suitable for soaking in wine, so it is not good to soak fresh wolfberry in wine.

At present, wolfberry is a precious Chinese medicine and tonic. It is rich in nutrients and has high medicinal value. It not only contains iron, phosphorus, calcium and other substances, but also a large amount of sugar, fat, protein, amino acids, polysaccharide pigments, vitamins, sterols, glycosides, etc. It has the functions of moistening the lungs and liver, nourishing the kidneys, invigorating qi, producing essence, assisting yang, dispelling wind, improving eyesight, and strengthening muscles and bones.

Pharmacological effects of Chinese medicine wolfberry

Wolfberry tastes sweet and is neutral in nature. It mainly enters the liver, kidney and lung meridians. It is sweet, nourishing and mild, with a moist and fluid texture. It enters the kidney to replenish essence, replenish the marrow and aid yang; it goes to the liver to replenish blood and improve eyesight; it goes to the lungs to moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It can be applied to all symptoms caused by liver and kidney deficiency and lung and kidney yin deficiency. It is a good medicine for nourishing yin, assisting yang, replenishing essence and blood. Its chemical components mainly include carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid, β-sitosterol, linoleic acid, zeaxanthin, betaine, Physalis pigment... and trace elements. Modern research reports that wolfberry has the following pharmacological effects:

1. Anti-aging effect: 43 elderly volunteers with no obvious diseases took 50 grams of wolfberry orally every day for 10 days and then had their blood drawn intravenously. The results showed that wolfberry can reverse some objective indicators in the blood that reflect the body's functional state towards a younger direction, thus verifying the so-called Chinese medicine effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing the essence and blood, strengthening the tendons and bones, and strengthening the body and prolonging life by taking it for a long time.

2. Anti-cancer effect: Lycium barbarum and wolfberry leaves have obvious inhibitory effects on human breast cancer KATO-Ⅲ cells, and their fruit stalks have inhibitory effects on human cervical cancer Hela cells. The tumor weight inhibition rate of wolfberry on mouse S180 solid tumors is 42%.

3. Lipid-lowering and liver-protecting effects: Experiments have shown that wolfberry can lower the cholesterol in the blood of rats and has anti-atherosclerosis effects in rabbits.

4. Hematopoietic effect: Daily administration of wolfberry decoction can promote the hematopoietic function of normal mice.

5. Hypoglycemic effect: Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, the active ingredient in the traditional Chinese medicine wolfberry, tends to increase serum insulin levels, and has the function of repairing damaged pancreatic cells and promoting pancreatic cell regeneration. This research result suggests that the Chinese medicine wolfberry does have a significant blood sugar lowering effect.

Soaking fresh wolfberries in wine will affect the quality of the wine, and the soaked wine is easily affected by weather, environment, etc. Fresh wolfberries will rot prematurely after being soaked in wine, and the concentration, color, smell, etc. of the wine will change. Therefore, the fresh wolfberries for soaking must be dried. The dried wolfberries will have a clearer color when soaked in wine, and their medicinal properties will be stronger when absorbed into the wine. They can also be stored for a longer time without any damage to the wolfberries.