FREE: ChineseWolfberry - Goji Berry

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Benefits & Doses: The Chinese wolfberry also is known as the goji berry, and according to "The Herbal Medicine-Makers Handbook," is one of the most nutritionally dense plants on the planet. Chinese wolfberry contains many vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential and nonessential amino acids and fats. Chinese wolfberry has many purported health benefits, but clinical research does not support all of them.

The Chinese have used the Chinese wolfberry as an herbal supplement for thousands of years. According to "The Herbal Medicine-Makers Handbook," Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners believe that Chinese wolfberry has a balancing effect on the chi because the berry does not warm or cool. Traditional Chinese uses of the berry include improvement of eyesight, kidneys, liver, blood and lungs. Additionally, many Chinese practitioners claim the berry can prolong life. Currently available clinical evidence does not support these traditional uses of the Chinese wolfberry

How to Take Wolfberries: The traditional preparation method for the wolfberry is to boil the berries in hot water. After boiling the berries for approximately five minutes, you will consume the beverage eating any wolfberries that have not dissolved in the water. You also can eat the Chinese wolfberry in its raw form.

Growing:

Container: Sow thinly in a light-weight sterilized soil mix. Cover twice seeds’ thickness with soil. Press firmly and water. Keep evenly moist but not soggy. As seedling appear, gradually expose to direct light. When large enough to handle, transplant to pots. Harden by gradual exposure to outdoor conditions. After springs frosts, transplant to garden 12 – 36” apart.

Direct: After spring frosts, sow thinly in rows 12 – 36” apart; then cover 3 times their diameter with soil. Think to 8 – 20” apart.

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