Wolf Berry Warning Update

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I've got the word out and am waiting for more responses.

 

I faxed the label to the distributor and they promised to get back to me

when they had information.

 

two answers from TCM lists (thanks for this suggestion) replied that yes

this berry is good and generally used as a blood tonic but that the

warning probably had to do with something being sprayed on the berry or

the manner in which it was preserved and not the berry itself.

 

I'll send more in soon.

 

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here's some lines from a TCM text on the berry that was sent to me. Some

of it is specific to my problem with Acid Reflux but there is some

general info here as well:

 

In case you're unfamiliar with some of the TCM herbal basics: TCM herbs

are

classified according to their main function. Chinese wolfberry, aka gou

qi

zi, aka Fructurs (fruit of) Lycii, aka matrimony vine, primarily is a

Blood

tonic herb. It's particular good for joint Blood and Yin Deficiency as

it

also enriches Yin. (Yin cools and calms the body.)

 

Chinese wolf berry gets used a lot when there is Liver and Kidney

Deficiency. (The words are capitalized because the TCM definition of

Organs

is different from just the liver and kidneys. TCM Organs are

collections of

functions.) The berries have a protective effect on the liver. " Water

extractions of Fructus Lycii Barbarum (gou qi zi) reduced damage to the

hepatic cells of mice secondary to exposure to carbon tetrachloride and

hastened recovery as measured by liver funciton studies and histological

 

examination. " Dan Bensky & Andrew Gamble, Chinese Herbal Medicine

Materia

Medica, p. 334.)

 

The major known ingredients are betaine, carotene, physalien, thiamine,

roboflavin, vitamin C, beta-sitosterol, linoleic acid. (p. 334)

 

The dose is 6 to 18 grams. It's contraindicated in cases of Exterior

Excess

Heat patterns and in cases of Spleen Deficiency with Dampness and loose

stools. (A person with certain types of edemea shouldn't take it except

on

the advice of a trained healer.)

 

For cases of acid regurgitation due to Yin Deficiency and constrained

Liver

Qi (along with the symptoms of " epigastric and flank pain with

accompanying

dryness in the mouth and throat, bitter taste in the mouth " , it is mixed

 

with Radix (root of) Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui), Radix (root of)

Adenophorae seu Glehniae (sha shen), and Fructus (fruit of) Meliae

Toosendan

(chuan lian zi). (p. 334)

 

Fructus Meliae Toosendan is slightly toxic. It's classified as an herb

for

regulating Qi. (It gets Stagnant Qi moving.)

 

Fr Meliae Toosendan is a Yin tonic herb.

 

Acid reflux often has a Root of Rebellious Stomach Qi. Stomach Qi is

supposed to descend. When Qi that is supposed to descend rises instead,

 

that's called Rebellious Qi. (Each meridian - pathway of Qi flow - has

a

proper direction of flow.) One of the main things that causes Stomach

Qi to

Rebel is Liver Invades Stomach. (Yes, I know the terminology sounds

very

strange.) Liver Qi is supposed to spread out gently.

 

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joseph