[Variety Source]
This product is the mature fruit of Ningxia Barbary Wolfberry Fruit (Lycium barbarum L.), a deciduous shrub of the Solanaceae family. Mainly produced in Ningxia, Gansu and other places. The fruits are harvested in summer and autumn when they are orange-red, dried until the skin wrinkles, and then exposed to the sun until the skin is dry and hard and the pulp is soft. For raw use.
[Property]
sweet, neutral. act on liver and kidney channels.
[Efficacy]
Nourishes the liver and kidneys, improves vision.
[Indications]
Used for liver and kidney insufficiency, backache, seminal emission, dizziness, vision loss, internal visual obstruction, blurred vision, consumptive thirst, etc. It has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, replenishing essence and blood, improving vision and quenching thirst. To treat kidney deficiency seminal emission, it is often used with Prepared Rehmannia Root Yellow, Flatstem Milkvetch Seed, Dodder Seed, etc.; to treat liver-kidney yin deficiency, blurred vision, often used with Chrysanthemum Flower, Rehmannia, etc., such as Wolfberry and Chrysanthemum Rehmannia Pill; to treat consumptive thirst, Can be used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Ophiopogon Tuber, Snakegourd Root, etc.
[Documentation]
- Bencao Jing Jizhu: "Tonic essential qi, strong vagina."
- Tangye Bencao: "Maintains thirst and leads to drinking, kidney disease middle consumptive thirst ”
[Usage and Dosage]
Decoct and take 10-15g.
[Modern Pharmacology]
This product contains betaine, polysaccharide, crude fat, crude protein, thiamine, riboflavin, carotene, ascorbic acid, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and other elements.
It can increase peripheral leukocytes, enhance the phagocytosis ability of the reticuloendothelial system, enhance cellular and humoral immunity, promote hematopoietic function, and can also be anti-aging, anti-mutation, anti-tumor, hepatoprotective and hypoglycemic, etc. .
