Lycium Barbarum

More commonly known as Chinese Wolfberry!

What's so special about Chinese wolfberries?

Chinese wolfberries are filled with high nutrition and powerful antioxidant nutrients. Wolfberries contain over 19 amino acids (6 times higher than bee pollen), 21 trace minerals, more beta carotene than carrots and an amazing 500 times more vitamin C than oranges. It is also packed with vitamin B1, B6 and E.

Wolfberry has a rich history in China, going back thousands of years (1000 AD) for its healing benefits of nourishing the Yin, strengthening the eyes, liver, kidneys, nourishing the blood, and supporting the immune system.

In China, wolfberries and ginseng have been highly regarded for centuries as the nutritional and therapeutic plants used for anti-aging and long life. People living in the West Elbow Plateau of Inner Mongolia have a life expectancy well over 100 years. The chinese wolfberry fruit is native to that area and is eaten daily by the people. It's been said the people living in that area seldom suffer from arthritis, cancer and diabetes.

Wolfberry is very high in medicinal value. Based on examination, the fruit of Chinese wolfberry, leaf stalk contain wolfberry sugar, organic acid and crude fat, crude protein and a dozen of trace elements needed for the human body. Modern medicine shows, besides nourishing liver and lowering blood pressure, reducing blood sugar, panasthenia, wolfberry has also a special function of building up body's immune function.

After analysis and appraisal made by the authoritative body, our wolfberry proves to be bright red, bigger fruit, thick flesh and thin skin but also obviously superior to other traditional products in its efficient chemical components. From an analytic meter of the total content of wolfberry, crude protein takes up 12.06%, crude fat 3.92%, water 19.2%, ash 3.99% and heat 385.9 calories/100 gram, up to 31% Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides, the highest LBP we've seen (LBP is the main active component of the fruit), and also higher content of vitamin.

Antioxidants vs. Free Radicals:

Our bodies are bombarded daily by the damaging effects of free radicals that are created by normal metabolic functions. In addition, environmental pollutants also create free radicals, compounding the problem and increasing cellular damage. This affects the DNA, enzymes, and the rate of cellular decline.

Many chronic conditions, including aging, are believed to be a result of accumulated damage caused by free radicals. Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables are some of the main defenses we have against free radical damage. Several foods that contain high levels of antioxidants are carrots, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apricots and pomegranates.

Comprehensive Western scientific analyses recently confirmed the Beijing Nutrition Research Institute's studies of the wolfberry's potent nutrient profile. They found that the berries contain 18 amino acids, 21 trace minerals, 29 fatty acids, vitamins B1, B2. B6, vitamin E and more beta carotene than carrots, in addition to their powerful antioxidant properties.

Chinese Wolfberries
$13.95 lb.