Goji Berry 枸杞 🍒

Goji Berry 枸杞 🍒

We always find “Goji Berry” or “Wolfberry” easily as one of the ingredients in Chinese cuisines. They are the little orangish berries that have a sweet-slightly sour taste, often found in our Herbal Chicken or Spinach soups, typically used to lighten the dishes’ taste and appearances.

However, the benefits of Goji berries are far more than these, it is very delicious indeed (I like it very much personally 😋) but it is also widely used as a traditional medicine in TCM’s prescriptions.

There had been records about Goji berries in both Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (2000 years ago) and Compendium of Materia Medica (16th century). It helps in improving eye function and nourishing liver and kidney; many believed it could help in strengthening the general body immunity and prolonging lives as well! 

Besides the Chrysanthemum buds that we talked about yesterday, Qi-cha’s The Night Owl’s 🦉blend uses Goji berries as well! We use top-grade Goji berries for our teas. While adding a natural-mild sweetness flavour to the blend, it further amplifies the protection for our eyes while working all day long, staring at laptop screens or books. 

PS. Other than The Night Owl🦉, you can also find Goji berries in The Panda🐼 and The Hustler⚡️!

一颗颗橙红色的枸杞，我们常能在日常膳食中发现它，它微甜带酸，能为膳食增添滋味和色彩，但它的作用却远远大于这些。

既是一种美味的食材（我自己就非常喜欢😋），也是药物，在中医角度来说，枸杞有着卓越的明目功效，所以有“明眼子”的称号。

著名的神农本草经和李时珍所著的本草纲目亦对枸杞有所记载，它主要能够给益精明目、养阴补血、滋补肝肾。

而古人亦对其尤其钟爱，甚至于两千年前《诗经》就有“涉彼北山，言采其杞”的诗句。也有南宋诗人，陆游写下的一句诗，“雪霁茅堂钟磬清，晨斋枸杞一杯羹”，据说，他因为眼睛不好而每天早上都喜欢喝一杯枸杞呢！

除了昨天我们提过的胎菊，启茶在🦉夜猫子里也采用了优质的枸杞，除了增添了色彩和美味，它也加强了护眼，护肝肾的功效，绝对是我们现代人一整天对着电脑或电话不可或缺必备的良伴。

PS. 另外，除了夜猫子🦉，枸杞也是小熊猫🐼和铁娘子⚡️中的其中一个重要的材料哦！