What are the harms of drinking black wolfberry in water?

What are the harms of drinking black wolfberry in water?

Wolfberry is a very good health food. Its most well-known effect is that it is good for the eyes. It is especially loved by students and white-collar workers. But like many health foods, eating too much is not good for your health. After all, it is a kind of food and medicine, and not everyone is suitable for taking it. So what are the harms of drinking wolfberry soaked in water? Let’s find out together.

Generally speaking, it is appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 20 grams of wolfberry per day; if you want to achieve therapeutic effects, you can eat about 30 grams per day. When choosing wolfberries, choose those that are large, red in color, thick in flesh, soft in texture, sweet rather than bitter, stick to your teeth when chewed, and can dye your saliva red and yellow. These wolfberries are of the best quality.

Because it has a very strong effect of warming the body, people who have a cold, fever, inflammation, or diarrhea should not eat it. People with weak constitution and coldness may suffer from dislocation and diarrhea if taking it. People with internal heat should use it with caution. Some people eat too many wolfberries, which causes their eyes to become red, swollen, uncomfortable, and their vision to be blurred. Therefore, wolfberry should not be eaten often, as it is a partially toxic medicine.

Soak 30 grams of wolfberry in boiling water every day and add 3 large hawthorns. It is convenient and has excellent effects (for long-term use). Wolfberry Wolfberry can nourish the kidney and replenish essence, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, replenish blood and calm the mind, promote fluid production and quench thirst, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It can treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, excessive tears, consumptive cough, thirst, spermatorrhea and other symptoms.

Chewing wolfberries dry is better than soaking them in water. Traditional Chinese medicine has long had the saying that "wolfberries can maintain health", and many people also like to use wolfberries to soak in water, make soup or porridge in their daily lives. In terms of eating methods, chewing wolfberry directly is more conducive to the health benefits of wolfberry.

When wolfberries are soaked in water or cooked into soup, their medicinal effects cannot be fully exerted. Influenced by factors such as water temperature and soaking time, only some medicinal ingredients in wolfberry can be released into water or soup.

Chewing it directly with your mouth will help you absorb the nutrients in wolfberry more fully. But be careful when chewing wolfberries. It is best to halve the amount you eat, otherwise it is easy to over-nourish.

The above is an introduction to the harms of drinking wolfberry soaked in water. If you want to achieve the effect of health care by drinking wolfberry soaked in water, you must first understand your own physical condition, and pay attention to the timing of drinking. If it is not suitable, be careful to avoid it, otherwise it will cause harm to your health.

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