What are the benefits and effects of goji berry tea?
Goji berries are an excellent health-promoting food. Goji berries are a precious medicinal herb and tonic, with notable effects such as improving eyesight and nourishing the complexion. Goji berries are rich in nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron, and also have good medicinal value. They are greatly beneficial for lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids, making them a natural nutritional product. Many people like to steep goji berries in water and drink it. This is a habit that is highly beneficial to health and wellness, but it must be maintained over the long term. So what effects does drinking goji berry-infused water have? What are the benefits of goji berries?
Effects and Benefits of Red Date and Goji Berry Tea
1. Strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach: For people with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, and fatigue and weakness, eating seven red dates (jujubes) daily, or using them together with codonopsis (dangshen) and atractylodes (baizhu), can tonify the middle and boost qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and achieve the effects of increasing appetite and stopping diarrhea; when red dates are used together with ginger and pinellia, they can treat gastritis caused by careless eating, such as stomach bloating and vomiting.
2. Tonifying qi and nourishing blood: Red dates are an excellent tonic. In food therapy and medicinal diets, red dates are often added to nourish the body and enrich qi and blood. Dr. Sun Andi of Immunology at National Taiwan University strongly advocates eating more red dates, astragalus (huangqi), and goji berries in daily life, which can boost the body's vital energy and enhance immunity.
3. Nourishing blood and calming the mind: For women with bipolar disorder, crying and restlessness, and mental unease, using red dates together with licorice and wheat (Gan Mai Da Zao Tang) can achieve the effects of nourishing blood, calming the mind, soothing the liver, and relieving depression.
4. Moderating medicinal potency: Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal action to reduce the side effects of potent drugs and protect vital qi. For example, in "Shi Zao Tang," jujubes are used to mitigate the toxicity of purgative drugs such as kansui (gansui), euphorbia (daji), and daphne genkwa (yuanhua), protecting the spleen and stomach from harm.
Red dates are a sacred tonic for tonifying qi and nourishing blood, and they are also good value for money. People do not need to buy expensive tonics on the market; making good use of red dates can achieve health-preserving and health-care effects.
Clinical Applications
1. Treating dyslipidemia
Make a granule preparation with an appropriate amount of goji berries, glossy privet fruit (nüzhenzi), and brown sugar. Take it twice daily, 6 grams each time, with 4 to 6 weeks as one course of treatment.
2. Treating vomiting during pregnancy
50 grams of goji berries and 5 to 10 grams of skullcap (huangqin), brewed with boiling water. Drink frequently while warm, until recovery.
3. Treating atrophic gastritis
Sun-dry goji berries. Take 20 grams daily, chewed on an empty stomach in 2 divided doses, with 2 months as one course of treatment. It helps with the recovery of atrophic gastritis.
4. Treating impotence
30 to 60 grams of goji berries and 500 grams of baijiu (Chinese liquor). Soak the goji berries for 15 days before taking. Take 5 to 10 milliliters each time, twice daily. It can treat impotence accompanied by blurred vision, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and can also improve fitness and promote longevity.
5. Treating dry mouth at night
Chewing goji berries can treat dry mouth caused by reduced saliva secretion in the oral cavity.
Suitability and Contraindications
Those with external pathogenic factors and excess heat, spleen deficiency with dampness, and diarrhea should avoid taking it.