What are Goji Berries and why did Dr. Oz make a comment about them on Oprah’s TV show about Men’s health issues?

We were wondering how long it would take for the mainstream public and even well-informed M.D.s to learn about the vital importance of Goji Berries! It’s been several years…

But finally…Dr. Oz even spelled out “goji” for the viewers who were asking questions about men’s health issues and what they could do to improve their health with food and natural supplements while discussing anti-oxidants.

Goji Berries are very common to those of us trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tibetan Healing Practices; having incorporated these luscious little dried berries into many herbal formulations to tonify Yin and the energetic foundation of the Lung, Kidney, and Liver meridians. We learned to refer to them by the more traditional name of “wolfberries” for the sweet dried ruby red berries or Lycium root bark or leaf for tea and other preparation methods.

Personally…the beautiful name “Ningxia” is the most common nomenclature that identifies the region of China where the medicinal application originated and the goji berries were primarily grown.

We used to set out the dried goji berries in our displays of herbs for formulas in our Bio-Energetic Medicine and Lifestyle Therapy classes and seminars in the 1980’s in California, Utah, Colorado, and Canada. Now you can find them sold separately in stores and online as well as several MLM companies. Ideally, goji berries should be a part of an individualized herbal formulation, rather than taken alone. However, there is one beverage that I feel is suitable for daily consumption which I will give a Link for at the end of this post.

Goji Berries from YoungLiving sold as NingXia Red:

Young Living

Referral # 63054 and tell them we sent you to get this “NingXia Red” goji berry – wolfberry drink! If you want to speak with a human being to place your Order: call 800-371-2928

This drink is tasty and well-balanced with other berries and fruits, including essential oils.

If you just want the goji berries alone, then you can go to our Marketplace and visit MountainRose and look for them in the whole herbs section of the website under “G”.

If you want to view an online video about NingXia Red before ordering – click here to watch the movie

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