Impotence, infertility treated with TCM goji berry

What is goji berry(Gou Qi Zi)?
Medicinally it mainly refers to the dried ripe fruit of Lycium barbarum L., a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is usually harvested in summer and autumn when the fruits turn red. After the harvest, dry by hot air before remove the stems, or dry in the air till it wrinkles first, and then dry in the sun. As a matter of fact, goji is the general name for Lycium fruit commodity and the plants of Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense Mill. And sometimes it also means some other varieties, such as Lycium barbarum L. var. auranticarpum K. F. Ching var. nov., Lycium barbarum L. var. barbarum., Lycium chinense Mill. var. chinense, Lycium chinense Mill. var. potaninii (Pojark.) A. M. Lu, Lycium cylindricum Kuang, Lycium dasystemum Pojark., Lycium dasystemum Pojark. var. dasystemum, Lycium dasystemum Pojark. var. rubricaulium A. M. Lu var. nov., Lycium ruthenicum murr., Lycium truncatum Y. C. Wang, and Lycium yunnanense Kuang.

This herb has many common names, including Barberry Matrimony Vine, Gou Ji Zi, Chinese Boxthorn, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, Chinese Wolfberry fruit, Lycii Berries, Fructus Lychii Chinensis, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Lycii Berry, Ning Xia Gou Qi, Goji Chinois, Tibetan Goji Berries, Gouqizi, Licium Barbarum, Lyciet, Himalayan Goji berry fruit, Lyciet Commun, Lyciet de Barbarie, Lyciet de Chine, Lycii Chinensis, Lycii Fruit, Fruit of Barbary Wolfberry, and so on.

Medicinally it is similar to spindle and oval, 6 to 20mm in length and 3 to 10mm in diameter. Surface is red or dark red, with a small convex style mark on the top and white stem mark on the base. Peel is pliable, tough, and slightly wrinkled. Flesh is fleshy, soft and moist. Seeds are similar to kidney, flat and warped, 20 to 50 in number, 1.5 to 1.9mm long, 1 to 1.7mm wide, and with pale yellow or brown skin. In addition, it has slight odor and sweet flavor.

Goji berry benefits
This herb was initially recorded for medicinal purpose in The Book of Songs, with more than 3,000 years of history. Its name of Gou Qi Zi first appeared in Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic" and there it was classified as one of the best herbs. And ever since this herb has been one of the herbalists’ favorites. In the East Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong, a medical master and alchemist, got juice by pounding it alone for the treatment of eye disorders. In Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, A famous Taoist and medical expert, combined this herb with others to make liver tonic teapills to cure blurring vision. And the famous Five Ancestors Teapills, formulated by Li Ting in Tang Dynasty, is composed of goji, Semen Cuscutae, and other herbs for male Impotence, Premature Ejaculation, infertility, premature graying, and urine endless. Now this herb is enjoying the enormous popularity worldwide by made into goji berry tea, bars, beer, cookies, cuttings, drinks, dessert, extract, eye cream, powder, essential oil, face mask, facial cream, smoothie, jam, jelly, muffin, supplement, tablets, and more. In recent years, science has got a further understanding on goji berrys by analyzing its chemical composition and pharmacology.