Bright Eyes: The Nutritional Value and Medicinal Benefits of Lycium

March 5, 2024

Lycium because of its high nutritional value and is relatively common in medicinal diet recipes. Lycium contains rich carotene, vitamin A1, B1, B2, C, calcium, iron and other essential nutrients for eye health, so it is good at improving eyesight, hence the nickname "bright eyes". Throughout history, Lycium has been used by doctors to treat blurred vision and night blindness caused by insufficient liver blood and kidney yin deficiency. Famous formula Qiju Dihuang Wan uses Lycium as the main medicinal ingredient. Folk medicine also commonly uses Lycium to treat chronic eye diseases, and steamed eggs with Lycium is a simple and effective dietary therapy. Below, I recommend a relatively simple medicinal diet recipe about Lycium, called "Four Divine Soup". Let's learn it together.

【Ingredients for Four Divine Soup】

Main ingredients: 200g prime ribs; 25g barley; 25g coix seed; 25g poria cocos; 25g Chinese yam; Lycium

Seasonings: 2 green onions; 2 slices of ginger; a little black pepper; a little salt;


【Preparation Method for Four Divine Soup】

1. Prepare the ingredients.

2. Wash the barley, coix seed, poria cocos, and Chinese yam, and soak them in water for 3 hours.

3. Blanch the prime ribs: Put the prime ribs into a health pot, add about 1000ml of water, plug in the power, turn on the switch, select the "boil water" function, and take out the prime ribs after boiling, wash off the foam on the surface, so that the soup will be clear.

4. Blanched prime ribs, soaked barley, coix seed, poria cocos, Chinese yam, sliced ginger, and chopped green onions.

5. Put the washed health pot into the prime ribs, barley, coix seed, poria cocos, Chinese yam, ginger slices, and green onions, and add about 1200ml of water.

6. Cover the pot and select the "medicinal diet" function.

7. Set the timer for 2 hours, adjust the power to 100 after the soup boils, and simmer slowly. At this time, we can do other things.

8. After 2 hours, the health pot will sound a beep. Add chopped green onions, black pepper, and salt, and stir well before serving.

【Cooking Tips for Lycium】

After learning the above simple medicinal diet recipe for Four Divine Soup, do you know how to make it? When we serve this Four Divine Soup on the table, besides winning the praise of our family members, we should also tell them that this delicious dish not only tastes good but also has the health benefits of nourishing the liver and kidneys, improving eyesight, and anti-aging. This dish, full of love, not only satisfies the stomachs of our family members but also brings health to the whole family.

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