Tibetan Goji berries

Tibetan Goji’s are wonderful and delicious tonic fruits used as a blood tonic, to nurture the heart, they have been used to relieve heart palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness and anxiety associated with blood and chi deficiency. The berries have a high content of iron, about 20 times that of grapes and 15 times that of spinach.
The original Lycium (Goji) comes from Tibetan and Mongolian regions and remains the purest Lycium with the richest nutrient energy. The Tibetan Goji Farmers Co-op is the organized entity that has the responsibility of getting those berries to market. The Tibetan Goji Berry Company is the licensed entity to oversee sales and distribution worldwide
The fruits range in colour from light pink to deep purple and offer a variety of flavours from a tart lemon to a sweet prune taste. You can see that there are many more varieties of these special berries than the overly domesticated Chinese Lycium barbarum – wolfberry.
This special red berry is found growing wild in remote valleys and hillsides that traverse along green belt areas meandering between Tibet but mostly in Mongolia. This is where the best conditions exist for the production of the most nutrient-dense food on earth. The soil is usually alkaline (pH of 8.2 to 8.6) and very fertile. The temperatures get very cold and very hot (from 102 °F. to -16 °F.) This soil and climate produces the special, hardy Tibetan Goji berries that are small, plump, beautiful and famous. They are a deep red colour with few seeds and an exquisitely sweet taste.
Many varieties of Lycium berries grow all over the world, but the highly revered Tibetan Goji berry grows ONLY in some areas of Tibet and mostly in Mongolian areas. Wolfberries do not grow in any abundance in the traditional Himalayan botanical collection areas where Goji berries grow. Now that the Tibetan lycium ‘Goji’ berry has gained worldwide recognition with strong market demand, the much more cheaply cultivated Chinese Lycium barbarum, or Wolfberry, is being passed off as the Tibetan Goji berry. The Chinese Wolfberry is not a Tibetan Goji berry, although it is often sold under that name. A number of things lead to the confusion between these two berries. First, the Tibetan Goji berry and the Chinese Wolfberry are both Lycium berries. They look similar to one another and share the same pinyin name of Gou Qi Zi.
The Goji berry – Lycium Tibeticum/Chinensis variety is used in Tibetan Medicine to bring tonic and immune building strength to formulas that include other botanicals. Because of its neutral and sweet energetic properties it is suitable for use in many healing formulas that treat both hot and cold disease etiologies, and is also used as a food source both fresh and dried.
The Chinese Lycium barbarum- wolfberry has an energetic nature that is hot, acrid and not suitable for use where heat conditions are prominent, or where weak spleen and weak digestion is evident. In Chinese medicine it is used only in combination with other herbs to harmonize the formula, it has never traditionally been used as a single food source.
Tibetan Lycium with the richest nutrient energy.
  • Increases metabolic activity — burns fat and aids digestion
  • Boosts immune function – Lymphocytes, Interleukin 2, Immunoglobulin
  • Improves circulation — supports distribution of nutrients and quality energy levels
  • Improves sexual function and fertility — boosts libido and energy
  • Promotes longevity — brings life support to the blood and all internal organs
  • Rich in phytonutrients, antioxidants, particularly carotenoids such as beta-carotene and zeaxanthin.
  • Test studies are showing that Goji berries may prevent the growth of cancer cells, reduce blood glucose, and lower cholesterol levels.
Raw or cooked the fruit is uniquely delicious! It offers a range of flavour from a delicate lemon flavour to a semi sweet raspberry-plum flavour and some describe the taste as a combination of cherry and cranberry flavours.
 How do you use Goji berries? It is easy to enjoy this berry, just eat them, add them to hot and cold cereal, porridge, grains, casseroles, stews, baked goods and trail type mixes for snacking throughout the day for added stamina and delight.
It is the Tibetan Lycium Goji berry that holds this ancient lineage of health and vitality. I feel it is very important to support this worthy and hard earned effort by using the Tibetan Goji berry. It will bring support to many Tibetan, Mongolian and Western people and make many people happy who use them.
　
For more information please visit the Tanaduk Botanical Research Institute