Goji Berries
Gou Qi Zi
- Common Name: Wolfberry fruit, Lycium fruit
- Botabical name: Lycium Barbarum
- Family: Solanceae
- Taste: Sweet
- *ORAC value: 25,000
Dose: ½ cup/day (6-15 gm/day) snack on them raw, add to cereals, soups, stews, tea
Chemical component:
15% protein; 17 amino acid including aspartic acid, alanine, leucine, lysine, arginine, tyrosine,tryptophan, histadine, methionine, isoleucine, threonine, glutamic acid, serine; Organic acids include ascorbic acid, linoleic acid, nicotinic acid; Vitamins B1, B2 abd taurine, thiamine; riboflavine, immune stimulating polysaccharides.
Nourishes blood to brighten eyesight, moistens lungs, enriches kidney, replenishes vital essence, lowers blood sugar in diabetes, inhibits deposition of fat in liver cells and promotes the regeneration of liver cells, lowers blood cholesterol and prevents formation of atherosclerosis, enhances non-specific immunity and production of t-lmphoctes.
*ORAC values compared:
- Prunes: 5770
- Pomegranate: 3307
- Blueberries: 2400
- Dark Chocolate: 13,100
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