What are the medicinal values ​​of white wolfberry?

Wolfberry is a very common food ingredient in daily life. It is rich in carotene, vitamin A, B1, C and other nutrients. It can not only help female friends to beautify and nourish their skin, but also has a good effect on strengthening the kidneys and bones for male friends. Common wolfberries are red or black, but few people have seen white wolfberries. In fact, white wolfberry is a variant of black wolfberry. Except for the white fruit, everything else is the same as black wolfberry. There are very few white wolfberry trees, so white wolfberry is very rare and precious. White wolfberry has many uses, so what are its medicinal values? Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

① Treat liver and kidney deficiency, eye disease discrimination, or dry eye pain: Rehmannia root, Cornus officinalis, Poria cocos, Chinese yam, Cortex Moutan, Alisma orientalis, Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum. Make pills with refined honey. (Qiju Dihuang Pills from Medical Grade)

②Treat fatigue and exhaustion: 3 liters of wolfberry, 1 liter of dried Rehmannia (cut), and 1 liter of Asparagus cochinchinensis. Finely pound the above three ingredients, expose them to air-dry, sieve them with silk, mix with honey and make into pills as big as bullets. Take twice a day. (Goji Berry Pills from Ancient and Modern Prescriptions)

③ Treat blurred vision due to kidney deficiency or cloudiness covering the eyes: 1 pound of Ganzhou wolfberry. Moisten it with good wine, divide it into four parts, stir-fry four liang with one liang of Sichuan pepper, four liang with one liang of fennel, four liang with one liang of fat and sesame, and four liang with Chuanlian meat. Pick out the wolfberries, add one liang each of Rehmannia root, Atractylodes macrocephala, and White Poria, grind into powder, make pills with refined honey, and take daily. (Si Shen Wan from Ruizhutang Experience Prescription)

④ To replenish the body, grow muscles, improve complexion, and make people fat and healthy: 2 liters of wolfberry. Take two liters of sake, crush it, add more wine and soak it for seven days, filter out the dregs, and drink it as you like. (Chinese wolfberry wine from "Yan Nian Fang")

⑤For treating asthenia, lower burner weakness, slight thirst, and frequent urination: one liang of wolfberry, one and a half liang of astragalus (filed), one liang of ginseng (without the reed head), three fen of cinnamon bark, one liang of angelica, and one liang of white peony. Pound and sieve into powder. Take three grams each time, add a medium cup of water, half a fen of ginger, three dates, and half a fen of sugar, boil until six parts are left, remove the residue, and drink warm before meals. (Goji Berry Powder from Sheng Hui Fang)

⑥Calming the mind and nourishing the blood, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, improving intelligence, strengthening tendons and bones, moisturizing the skin, and maintaining complexion: 5 liters of wolfberry (without stems) and 5 catties of round eye meat. Mix the above two ingredients together, use 50 jin of freshly drawn long-running water, and slowly boil it in a clay pot over mulberry fire. Gradually add water and cook until the wolfberry balls are tasteless, then remove the residue and simmer it again over low heat until it becomes a paste. Take it out and store it in a porcelain jar. Take two or three spoons at any time. (Qiyuan ointment from "Secrets of Health Preservation")

⑦Treat liver deficiency or tears caused by wind: 2 liters of wolfberry. Crush it and put it in a silk bag. Place it in a jar, soak it with one dou of wine until it is dry, seal it tightly and do not let air leak out, for 37 days. Drink it every day, wake up and don't get drunk. (Sheng Hui Fang)

⑧To treat red eyes and cataracts: Crush wolfberry fruit into juice and apply it three to five times a day. (Behind the Elbow)

⑨Treat summer deficiency disease: wolfberry fruit and schisandra chinensis. Grind into powder, soak in boiling water for three days, and drink as tea. (《Wonderful Recipes for Preserving Health》)

The above is what I introduced to you about the medicinal value of white wolfberry. Regular consumption of white wolfberry can enhance immunity and delay aging. The rich anthocyanins in wolfberry can delay the aging of human cells, maintain a youthful state, and prolong life. However, do not consume any tonic in excess, and wolfberry is no exception. Generally speaking, it is appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of wolfberry per day. In addition, it is recommended that people with weak constitution and poor resistance should eat more wolfberries. People who have a cold, fever, inflammation, or diarrhea should not eat it.