Lycium chinense is known in Tibet as the “happy berry” and even in some Chinese texts, the main side effect is reputed to be laughter. In Eastern medicine, the berries are used as a liver, blood, and eye tonic. Our berries are authentic and were imported by the Tanaduk Institute of Botanical Medicine in cooperation with the Mongolian Goji Farmers Collective and the Tibetan Medicinal Plant Cultivation Program. They are grown in pristine regions of the Himalayas where no pesticides or herbicides have ever been used. Goji berries are a rich source of vitamin C, having 500 times more vitamin C per ounce than oranges. They are also a superb source of vitamin A, not surprising because they are a really pretty red color. Goji berries also have vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E; they are becoming famous as an antioxidant. They are also a rich source of both selenium and germanium and have hence been used in a number of clinical trials involving cancer patients. When given to patients undergoing chemotherapy, the berries conferred significant protection for the liver. In Oriental medicine, they are said to correct chi deficiency, meaning that people with low energy, insomnia, heart palpitations, and even anxiety are more comfortable after consuming goji berries. In studies conducted in Japan, the therapeutic dose of goji berries was 10-30 grams per day. However, our elixir is highly concentrated and then blended with herbs that support the overall intent, which is to protect the patient from the potentially harmful side effects of conventional cancer treatments and radiation—these include nausea and vomiting, damage to the liver and blood, and permanent shrinkage of the heart. In vitro studies suggest that goji berries kill many kinds of cancer cells. The mechanism whereby this happens is believed to involve some factor that inhibits the ability of the cell to divide, thus lowering its reproductive capacity. A large study in Japan suggested that tumor growth was inhibited by 58% among the patients eating goji berries as compared to the control groups. A study in Mongolia showed that patients eating the goji berries had a significant increase in lymphocyte activity and that their blood began to resemble that of much younger persons.

Goji berries are a type of lycium unique to the Himalayan regions of Tibet and Mongolia. The berries are sweeter than Chinese berries which are readily found in Asian food stores and TCM formulas.