Not only wolfberry can be eaten! The whole wolfberry plant is full of treasures: see the nutritional value and cooking method at one time

 7:42am, 9 July 2025

Wolfberry is a common ingredient in dietary dishes, but do you know that wolfberry is not the only one that can be eaten? In fact, wolfberry, commonly found in sweet soup and dietary cuisine, can be divided into two types: "fruit type" and "applied type", while Taiwan mostly uses application type as its main cultivation type.

According to the special page of the face fan of the Agricultural Bureau, "Fresh Enjoy Agriculture YA - Agricultural Bureau", it points out that the use of wolfberry is rich in phenolic compounds such as green acid and rutin, beet, selenium and vegetarian compounds, and its roots, branches and tender tips can be collected and utilized. In other words, the whole plant can be eaten, and the cooking methods include:

. Tender shoots: Fresh wolfberry tender shoots can be directly cooked as leaves, or scrambled eggs or mix noodles.

. Branches: After the branch of the pendant is dried, it can be used to boil chicken soup, process it into tea bags, diet bags or wolfberry leaf powder.

. Root: The root of wolfberry is a common rehmannia dermis, which is commonly found in Chinese medicine. It can be used for medicine or soaking in wine. It is also the main raw material for the traditional drink "Rehmannia" for cooling off.

Currently, wolfberry is mainly imported. The Agricultural Bureau stated that fruits of wolfberry grow more than 1,000 to 2,000 meters of dry and cold mountains, and it is not easy to plant in Taiwan and the number is sparse. The "Agriculture Department" face powder once pointed out that although wolfberry can produce wolfberry, the cost of picking is high and does not meet the economic benefits, so the cultivation is still mainly used for snails and leaves.

The value of medicine for wolfberry leaf and wolfberry

The wolfberry leaf is also called Tianjingcao, which can clear the heart and lungs of the upper part of the body, and can relieve thirst and relieve dysfunction and benefit the aspirations. In addition, the leaf and seedlings of wolfberry also have nourishing effects. The two can relieve thirst, eliminate dysentery and detoxify and achieve long-term growth.

Lycium barbarum has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the waist and knees, and improving eyesight. It can cure symptoms such as deficiency of kidney and blood, soreness in the waist and spine, decreased vision, and dizziness.

Chinese and Western doctor Liu Rongwei once published an article in his face powder, pointing out that wolfberry is generally considered a cold medicine used for clearing heat. So wolfberry leaves may be used to treat fever diseases, such as leaf treatment of upper and lower body (respiratory system, skin, upper body), root skin treatment of lower and negative heat.

, and wolfberry is sweet and cold in nature, and it nourishes the liver and kidneys. However, because of the cold nature of wolfberry, people who are cold may have problems with abdominal distension after eating it.