Natural authentic Chinese wolfberry or Gou Qi Zi bulk herb in a sealed bottle. Lycium Fruit / Goji Berry / Fructus Lycii. (500g/lot).

natural authentic Chinese wolfberry or Gou Qi Zi bulk herb in a sealed bottle. Lycium Fruit / Goji Berry / Fructus Lycii / 枸杞 What is lycium fruit? What is it used for? Also known as the Chinese wolfberry, lycium comes from a medium-sized bush that is native to east Asia and Europe. In China, the best lycium grows and is cultivated in the Ningzia, Gansu and Qinghai provinces. The fruit is bright red in appearance and about the size of a kidney bean. It is gathered during the summer, then dried in the shade. Lycium fruit contains a variety of chemicals and chemical compounds, including valine, glutamine, taurine, carotene, vitamins B1 and B2, vitamin C, and more than a dozen kinds of sterols. In traditional Chinese medicine, lycium fruit has sweet and neutral properties, and is associated with the Liver, Kidney and Lung meridians. Its functions are to tonify the kidneys and promote the production of jing; to nourish the liver; and to moisten the lungs. The first recorded use of lycium a