How to eat goji berries

Goji has become popular and used in modern medicine relatively recently, although the world has learned about them long ago. From about the 7th century, the Chinese rulers used such berries as a general tonic. More about them will be discussed below.

Recommendations for use

These berries can be used to treat the following diseases:

• Kidney disease.
• Pathologies of the heart and blood vessels (atherosclerosis, hypertension, and others).
• Migraine.
• Help similar fruits in the case of visual impairment.
• In addition, goji allows you to get rid of cough and constant fatigue.
• Coping such fruits with impotence and prostatitis.

In addition, these berries can be used to prevent cancer and reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy on the human body.

What you need to know about contraindications?

Despite the benefits of these fruits, do not forget about the contraindications to their use:

1. Allergy sufferers should consult a doctor before eating and start eating them in small quantities (you should be especially careful if you are allergic to citrus fruits). If you have an allergic reaction, you should stop using these berries.
2. As a result of eating fresh berries, digestion may be disturbed and bloating may occur. But dry do not cause similar symptoms.
3. It is not recommended to combine such berries with nutritional supplements and vitamins. When using drugs, it is advisable to consult with a nutritionist and your doctor.
4. Those who often experience insomnia, it is better to use these berries in the morning, because they have an invigorating effect.
5. Before buying goji, pregnant women are advised to ask the doctor if they can use them. But during lactation, women should stop using them, because such berries affect the taste of milk, and an allergy may occur in an infant.
6. As for children, it is not recommended to use these berries, if the child has diathesis.

How best to use: the norm

The recommended dosage is one tablespoon of such fruits, that is, about 25 grams. The ways of using are different: you can eat these berries, both in dried form, and soak them or add them to different dishes. Before eating goji, the berries should be washed.

A great option to diversify breakfast is to add such an ingredient to yoghurt or porridge (to add some special taste to the porridge, you can also add a little Tibetan barberry).
Those who are on a diet can add these berries to a salad or make a smoothie or a fruit cocktail from them.

Tea Cooking Recipes

1. To make the tea from the berries tasty, you need to brew it according to the rules. First you need to boil the water. It is best to use open dishes for this, so as not to miss when the broth boils. When small bubbles appear, you need to turn off the fire. Next, in the dishes you need to put the berries and pre-prepared tea leaves, and pour all the ingredients with water. After that, you need to cover them and insist for half an hour.It should be remembered that the berries after the first brewing can not be reused. They need to get out of the billet and eat. This tea is recommended to use three times a day in a mug.
2. You can also make black tea from such fruits. This recipe will require a quarter of a liter of water, 3 teaspoons of goji. It will take 5 drops of lemon juice. Before cooking such a drink you need to wash the berries and pour boiled water. Next, you need to insist billet third of the hour. After this, the infusion should be drained and pour lemon juice. If you want, you can use a similar drink non-filtered. To taste you can put honey.
3. Another option is to make green tea. To do this, you will need brewing (dry), 20 grams of goji, a little ginger root and a quarter liter of water. This tea should be brewed in a standard way, putting berry fruits and ginger in the drink. The prepared drink should be filtered before drinking.

Eating fruits to raise immunity

Those who want to improve their immunity should eat 30 such fruits a day (dried) or a quarter cup of broth three times a day.

When there are doubts about the dose, it is better to start with 6 fruits and control how the body reacts. In the absence of side effects, you can increase the dose.

As an option, you can prepare an infusion that strengthens the immune system. For this you need to use Chinese vodka. The recipe is simple: add a little dried fruit to the vodka, everything should be shaken and closed with a lid and infused for a week. You need to use 15 milliliters of tincture twice a day.

Use in diabetes

1. Patients with diabetes recommend the following recipe: you can make a drink from goji berries - for this you need to mix them with coconut water and mix in a blender. If desired, you can add ice cubes to the finished drink.
2. You can prepare and cocktail - for this goji berries should be mixed with dried fruit, almond and goat milk. Also in the drink should be added hemp oil, honey and cocoa. The components must be mixed and add a little water.
3. Another option is to use them as a supplement, namely, add to yogurt or porridge.
4. Also, a diabetic should consult a doctor before consuming these fruits in order to find the optimal dosage.While eating fruits, you should not forget about the diabetic diet, which includes a list of allowed and prohibited foods.

Arthritis Therapy

1. There are various options for how to use such fruits for the treatment of arthritis. So, you can brew berries in a small coffee grinder and put a little St. John's wort and birch buds into the resulting broth. You also need to put 5 teaspoons of pharmaceutical chamomile and 4 tablespoons of elderberry.
2. All ingredients need to pour boiling water and let them brew for about an hour, and then strain. The recommended dosage is 4 tablespoons of broth twice a day. The duration of treatment is a week.
3. Another option is to brew 25 grams of such fruits and 50 grams of horse sorrel. The broth should be allowed to stand for a quarter of an hour, and then strain. It is necessary to consume 250 milliliters of drink three times a day (course duration - 3 days).
4. The following recipe is also effective: berries should be poured with boiling water and some dill and hops should be added. All ingredients need to cook for 20 minutes, and then cool and strain. In the broth, you can add cucumber juice. It is recommended to use 250 milliliters of such means three times a day.

Treatment of high blood pressure

1. With the help of goji fruits, hypertension can also be treated. The most common recipe is this: you need to mix honey and berry decoction. Use the tool should be a tablespoon three times a day (before meals). The duration of treatment is 14 days.
2. You can also use the following tool: in the prepared thermos you need to put goji berries, a little oregano and motherwort. In addition, you need to add valerian root. All ingredients must be poured half a liter of boiling water and let it brew. Drink need to filter and add honey to taste. This infusion should be consumed 200 ml three times a day before eating.
3. You can use the following recipe: it is necessary to mix in the same proportions barberry, goji fruit, a bit of adonis and mistletoe 1 tablespoon. Raw need to pour boiling water and cook for a quarter of an hour. Next, the drink should be allowed to infuse and strain. It is necessary to use on the table spoon of such means twice a day. The duration of treatment is 3 weeks.
4. Finally, you can use this option: the fruit must be ground through a small sieve.Next, you need to pour 400 grams of cereal (oatmeal) with 4 liters of liquid. Ingredients need to boil for 15 minutes, and then strain the broth. The resulting mass should be mixed with honey and a decoction of oats. The recommended dose is 250 grams of the mixture twice a day. The duration of treatment is a week.

Dessert Recipes

You can also make delicious and healthy desserts from these berries, for example, jelly: for this you will need 150 grams of goji fruit, some gelatin and hibiscus. Do not do when cooking such dishes and without sweetener, vanilla and lemon juice.

Berries should be soaked and heated gelatin. After the gelatin is dissolved, you need to connect it with other components. The finished dish should be stored in the refrigerator.

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