Li Qingyun (1677-1933) lived 256 years. He was a scholar of traditional Chinese medicine at the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. At the age of 100, he was awarded a special prize by the government for his outstanding achievements in traditional Chinese medicine. At the age of 200, he often went to university to lecture. During this period, he had received many western scholars' visits. Li Qingyun has married 24 wives in his life, and his descendants are all over the house. He thinks there are three reasons for his long and healthy life: a long-term vegetarian diet, two calm and cheerful, three years of boiling wolfberry as tea.
When medical researchers in Britain and France got the news, they made a thorough study of the wolfberry. They found that the wolfberry contained a vitamin they had never seen before. They named it Vitamin X, also known as "Vitamin in the face". It has been proved by animal experiments that Lycium barbarum can inhibit the accumulation of fat in fibers, promote the regeneration of hepatocytes, and reduce blood sugar and cholesterol. Lycium barbarum has the function of activating and regenerating brain cells and endocrine glands, enhancing hormone secretion, clearing toxins accumulated in blood, thus maintaining the normal function of various tissues and organs in the body.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has confirmed that Lycium barbarum can improve human immunity, reduce the toxic and side effects of cyclophosphamide in anti-tumor treatment, promote the recovery of hematopoietic function, increase the number of peripheral blood leukocytes, and have a protective effect on the body. In addition, Lycium barbarum can inhibit fat deposition in hepatocytes, prevent fatty liver, promote hepatocyte regeneration, but also inhibit the activity of monoamine oxidase.
Western medicine confirms the strong efficacy of wolfberry, modern civilization found that wolfberry contains at least five alkaloids mainly betaine, dozens of sterols, 16 trace elements, a variety of vitamins, (carotene is almost the highest content in all food), three fatty acids, 16 amino acids. A large number of water-soluble polysaccharides.
Natural beta carotene can fight aging, cancer and sun damage, according to a recent study by British scientists. Scientists believe that free radicals are inert factors produced by human metabolism, and are active agents for aging and canceration of the body. Beta-carotene can eliminate the malignant effect of scavenging free radicals, so it is an ideal dietary factor to postpone aging. Scientific research has shown that dietary high levels of carotene can significantly reduce the incidence of certain cancers, especially oral, lung, prostate, skin and liver cancer. At the same time, beta carotene can also enhance the body's immune system function.