Lycium barbarum L.

What Is Goji Berry

• Goji berry is not only a precious traditional Chinese medicinal material but also a nutritional tonic. The first appearance is found in “Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica”. So far, it has over 3000 history.

• Other names: Lycium barbarum L.; Wolfberry; Lycium Chinense; Chinese wolfberry; Fructus Lycii; Medlar

• Shapes and properties: spindle-shaped, little flat, little bulge on the top, white trace at the base, length of 6-18mm, bright or dark red. 25-50 seeds inside, light yellow, flat kidney-shaped, with length of 2.5mm, width of 2mm.

• Contents: betaine, zeaxanthine, physalein, lycium barbarum polysaccharide, carotene, riboflavin, niacin, Vc etc.

Classification Standard• The commercial department of State Council and

health department issue the classification standard: the Best (180-220/50 grains); Barbary Wolfberry Fruit (250-280/50 grains); Special Grade (300-350/50 grains); A Grade (400-450/50 grains); B Grade (580/50 grains). The requirement is that goji berry grains should be of uniform size, no impurity, no mold, and no worm-eaten.

Qualification Standard• Ningxia drug inspecion set the basic standard for

goji berry’s quality: impurity is no more than 1%, water content is no more than 13%, ash is no more than 5.5%, ash not dissolved in acid is no more than 0.5%, extract from water solution is no less than 38%.

Formation Of Goji Berry

• The best picking time happens when goji berry is in its 80%-90% mature. At this time, goji berry turns orange red, little soft, pedicel begins to loosen, convenient for picking.

• From early June to late October, it’s all picking period. During full bearing period, picking once every five-seven days, too early or too late will influence the quality.

• Drying yard is usually a space with a sunning exposure. Fresh Goji berry is sun-cured on a bamboo curtain supported by a rectangle wooden-frame with length of 1.8m, width of 0.9m and height of 50cm. The thickness of fresh goji berry on bamboo curtain is about 2-3cm. If caught by rain, flap on the under surface of bamboo curtain to prevent goji from mold. In normal circumstances, after 10 days of sun-cure, the dried goji berry is formed. At this time, goji berry get a crinkled, hard and dried peel.

• Artificial Drying

Picking fresh fruit--------soaked in 5% food grade alkaline water, 5min( remove waxiness on the fresh goji surface)--------clear water filtration 2-3 times (eliminate impurity and alkali) -------drying tunnel (constant temperature of 80 degrees), 24h ------screening machine for screening and classification---------artificial choosing (export standard)-------weight and packaging-------stored in a dried and ventilated warehouse

• Natural Drying

Picking fresh fruit--------soaked in 5% food grade alkaline water, 5min( remove waxiness on the fresh goji surface)--------clear water filtration 2-3 times (eliminate impurity and alkali) -------put on drying shelf for sun-cure-------artificial choosing (export standard)-------weight and packaging-------stored in a dried and ventilated warehouse

Enhance cell immunity

Anti-aging and life

extensionBeauty skin care,

enhance skin capacity of absorbing oxygen

Strong tonic for those lack of essence

and blood

Anti-fatigue and improve weak constitution

Benefit liver and kidney

Lower blood pressure

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Overall Function

For male, it can treat back pain caused by liver and kidney deficiency and even prospermia and nocturnal emission!

Cooling blood, for example, teeth bleeding, gargle with goji soup can prevent teeth bleeding. It also can treat lung heat cough and blood-stained sputum.

Goji soaked in wine, can greatly enhance cell immunity and improve hematopoiesis and anti-aging.

Improve eyesight. Goji berry contains natural carotene, Vc, Fe, Ca and other nutritional substance necessary for healthy eyes, so goji

berry is notable for improving eyesight. Goji berry has long been used for treating nyctalopia by successive dynasties doctors.

Wolfberry root is also called “Cortex Lycii”, usually used as crude drugs for lowering blood pressure.

Wolfberry tea can treat cold body character in Chinese medicine; sexless; constipation; anemia; eye disease; hair loss and good for stomach, liver, kidney, lung and skin care.

Goji seed oil is rich in linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, Ve, carotene etc with the function of lowering blood cholesterol, preventing atherosclerosis and glaucoma, skin care and moisture.

Clinical Test And BenefitsCase number

Before after

LSZ 32 24.6±7.6 75.959

1gG mg/dl 35 1457.03±428.50

1720.21±620.23

1gA mg/dl 35 199.0±92.5

261.9±167.9

1gM mg/dl 35 115.1±66 134.4±86.9

lymphocyte transformation

31 23.8±13.3 184.2±104.0

T3 ng/ml 32 1. 00±0.58

0. 85±0.60

T4 ng/ml 32 71.0±25.5 71.7±48.8

CAMP pmol/ml 34 26.8±8.6 36.1±9.6

CGMP pmol/ml 34 6.7±4.4 4.2±3.8

TTE ng/ml 19 405.5±56.8

452.0±158.1

EZ ng/ml 3 78.3±9.4 77.2±9.2

Goji: anti-aging expert43 cases of elderly volunteers aged between 60olds to 85olds, chew Goji 50grains everyday, serving 10 d as a course of treatment. In the 2d after treatment, collect blood, and do the related tests, the results are as follows:From the table we can see: 1) the obvious enhance of LSZ, lgG, lgA and LTR explains that goji berry can greatly improve the body's immune function; 2) the recovery of ratio of CAMP and CGMP is an index indicating restoring normal physiological regulation function for yang deficiency patient; 3) A significant rise in testosterone levels explain goji berry can improve the level of testosterone to a certain extent and play a role of strengthening yang action.

Anti-cancer and increase white blood cells28 cases of patients with malignancy, during the process of radiation therapy, their white blood cell count is under regular numbers. In the clinical test, patients chew dried goji berry 50g everyday for consecutive 10 days, the number of white blood cell has significant change from 3909±310mm3 to 6371±2500mm3.Even for healthy people, goji berry also has obvious function of increasing numbers of white blood cells. Fifty cases of healthy people after taking dried goji berry for 10 days with each day 50g, the number from 6446±2811mm3 up to 7143±2938mm3.As anti-cancer drug, goji berry can not play better function when be used alone, but it can promote the recovery of hematopoietic function, so clinically we can consider the combination of goji berry and chemotherapy drug to prevent and relive leukopenia, extend treatment period, improve the therapeutic effect!

Blood pressureA test using rabbit as a subject for testing blood pressure, the result indicates that goji berry has no obvious influence on rabbit blood pressure, while wolfberry fruit stem and leaves have significant antihypertensive effect and leaves has stronger effect.

Improve immune functionGoji berry can enhance LTR and phagocytosis rate of macrophage of immunocompromised patients caused by radiation treatment or malignant tumor, improve the patient's immune function and recovery of disease.Goji berry also significantly enhance LTR of healthy people.50 cases of healthy people chew 50 grams of goji berry everyday for consecutive ten days, in the eleventh day, LTR is 71.4±5.2, increasing much compared with 62.5±6.7% before.In another test, using mice as a test subject, taking the method of pouring belly, the result indicates that goji berry can increase antibody forming cells and enhance antibody titer.

Influence on estrogenA test using rat as a subject for testing the influence on estrogen, the result shows that both wolfberry and wolfberry fruit stem have obvious uterus weight increasement effect but wolfberry leaves has opposite function, uterus weight reduction.

How To Distinguish• From colorColor of normal goji berry is soft, glossy and yellow or white small particles at the tip; while the dyed goji berry is usually past old stock which looks too bright and attractive but without gloss, and even small particles at the tip is dyed red too.

• From shapeGoji produced in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia is long circle, Goji produced in Xinjiang is nearly round.

• From odorNormal goji berry smells fragrance, while sulphur fumigated ones smells choked.

• From tasteGoji produced in Ningxia taste sweet and a little bitterness in throat after eating; in Xingjiang and Inner Mongolia it taste overly sweet; alum soaked goji taste bitter; sulphur fumigated ones taste acid, astringent and bitter.

Our Goji Berry - Lycium barbarum L.Lycium barbarum L.( Ningxia goji berry ) has always been native drug for a long time and has the highest pharmaceutical value. State Pharmaceutical Administration regard Ningxia as the only goji producing area for pharmaceutical use in China. In addition, Zhongning county in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is named as the country of goji berry by State Council in 1995.

What we can offerRed goji berry: A grade: 220/ 250/280/350/380/500/580/600-700 and grade B 280/350-480.Black goji berry: bigger one (6-10mm); middle one (4-5mm); smaller one (<4mm).Goji normal juice Goji condensed juice Goji clear juiceGoji powder (spray drying )Goji freeze-drying powder Goji seed oil Goji leaf teaGoji seed

What makes our goji berry distinctiveOur goji berry is 100% produced from Zhongning county! no sulfur fumigation! no artificial color! Pure artificial choosing!The planting condition of goji berry determines our goji berry unusual. (1)the big difference of temperature between daytimes and at night(2)irrigated by Huanghe river and lakes containing all knids of mineralThese two factors bring our goji berry with soft bright color; big grains; thin skin; completely filled fruit; sweet; super quality!

List Of Nutritive Ingredients (per 100g)

crude protein 12.10g crude fat 7.14g

carbohydrate 57.82g crude fibre 7.78g

calcium 112.50g phosphorus 203.10mg

ferrum 8.42g caroten 7.38mg

aneurine 0.153mg riboflavin 1.27mg

niacin 4.32mg ascorbic acid 18.40mg

sugariness 46.50mg calorie 362.20therm

amino acid 8.48mg

Usage And CautionShelf Life:one year

storage:Low temperature & dried place

For those suffering from fever,inflammation, and diarrhea, it’s better not eat goji berry during this special period, but at any other time, it’s absolutely safe and beneficial!

For healthy adults, it is suitable to eat 20g each day; if those want to have a therapeutic effect, it is better to eat 30g each day.

ApplicationGoji is a good item all through the year. In spring, boiling water with goji and astragalus membranaceus can nourish essence and supplement energy; In summer, soaking water with goji, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, scaphium scaphigerum and rock candy can eliminate eye fatigue; In autumn, making a thick soup with goji, snow pear, lily, tremella, hawthorn can moisten lung and beauty skin; In winter, cooking congee with goji, longan, big jujube, yam.

goji soaked in wine

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goji with yam congeeblack goji berry

black goji berry soaked in water

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