Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hi Elizabeth, I have seen some of them in the Chinese grocery and they are scary looking. The ones that I get taste great. I personly snack on them occasionally and love them in trail mix (and cookies). The go ji berries are Gou Qi Zi/Chinese Wolf Berries. They are used to nourish the essence and blood as well as help the eyes. It can be used as an aphrodisiac for woman and men. Long term use is ok, if you eat too many it will give you loose stools. Not sure what you are paying for them but by the pound we sell them for $15 Bob Linde www.acuherbals.com Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: Are the dried goji berries one can purchase at a Chinese herb shop OK to eat? Meaning, the goji berries I find for sale on the internet are very expensive compared to the ones I purchase. Does anyone take goji berries on a regular basis in this group? Just wanted to hear about personal experiences with the product. I am new to the group......nice to meet you all! Elizabeth Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Elizabeth: Do you mean red dates that are common in Chinese dry goods stores? (goji probably the Japanese spelling?) I take them regularly in soup, they are very good. Best, Jack --- Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: > > > Are the dried goji berries one can purchase at a > Chinese herb shop > OK to eat? Meaning, the goji berries I find for > sale on the > internet are very expensive compared to the ones I > purchase. > > Does anyone take goji berries on a regular basis in > this group? > Just wanted to hear about personal experiences with > the product. > > I am new to the group......nice to meet you all! > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > ===== http://www.geocities.com/mojavecowboy/clinicgz.htm TCM Acupuncture, Herbs, M.A., M.J.,M.L.I.S. Meet the all-new My - Try it today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Hi Jack, the dates (Jujube dates) are larger and either Da Zao (if smokey and dark in color) or Hong Zao if they are red and not so smokey. The Wolf berry is more raisin in size and shape and somewhat tart (but also good in soup) and somewhat different functions. Bob www.acuherbals.com Jack Sweeney <mojavecowboy wrote: Elizabeth: Do you mean red dates that are common in Chinese dry goods stores? (goji probably the Japanese spelling?) I take them regularly in soup, they are very good. Best, Jack --- Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: > > > Are the dried goji berries one can purchase at a > Chinese herb shop > OK to eat? Meaning, the goji berries I find for > sale on the > internet are very expensive compared to the ones I > purchase. > > Does anyone take goji berries on a regular basis in > this group? > Just wanted to hear about personal experiences with > the product. > > I am new to the group......nice to meet you all! > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > ===== http://www.geocities.com/mojavecowboy/clinicgz.htm TCM Acupuncture, Herbs, M.A., M.J.,M.L.I.S. Meet the all-new My - Try it today! Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Bob: Thanks, I saw them the other day next to the Da Zao and wanted to try them. I'll go get a bunch right now. Jack --- " Bob Linde,AP, Herbalist " <boblindeherbalist wrote: > > Hi Jack, the dates (Jujube dates) are larger and > either Da Zao (if smokey and dark in color) or Hong > Zao if they are red and not so smokey. The Wolf > berry is more raisin in size and shape and somewhat > tart (but also good in soup) and somewhat different > functions. > Bob > www.acuherbals.com > > Jack Sweeney <mojavecowboy wrote: > > Elizabeth: > > Do you mean red dates that are common in Chinese dry > goods stores? (goji probably the Japanese spelling?) > > I take them regularly in soup, they are very good. > > Best, Jack > > --- Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: > > > > > > > Are the dried goji berries one can purchase at a > > Chinese herb shop > > OK to eat? Meaning, the goji berries I find for > > sale on the > > internet are very expensive compared to the ones I > > purchase. > > > > Does anyone take goji berries on a regular basis > in > > this group? > > Just wanted to hear about personal experiences > with > > the product. > > > > I am new to the group......nice to meet you all! > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > http://www.geocities.com/mojavecowboy/clinicgz.htm > > TCM Acupuncture, Herbs, M.A., M.J.,M.L.I.S. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Meet the all-new My - Try it today! > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: > Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Hello again, I was wondering what everyone's belief is about purchasing lycium at a Chinese herbal store? In various articles on the internet, people are saying the " goji " is a particualr strain of lycium and what one normally puchases at the Chinese herbal store is inferior to " their " products. Has anyone here purchased a bag of $25.00 lycium on the internet? Is it indeed better (taste, color, texture)?? Thanks for your input! I usually get mine at the Chinese herbal store and I really like them. Take care, Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Elizabeth: In Guangzhou, people say there are all kinds of grades of the Ling Zhi mushroom. Friends criticized me for buying the natural variety for a low price, even though I bought this at a discount pharmacy. So, you get what you pay for, seems to be the rule. Best, Jack --- Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: > > > Hello again, > I was wondering what everyone's belief is about > purchasing lycium at > a Chinese herbal store? In various articles on the > internet, people > are saying the " goji " is a particualr strain of > lycium and what one > normally puchases at the Chinese herbal store is > inferior to " their " > products. Has anyone here purchased a bag of $25.00 > lycium on the > internet? Is it indeed better (taste, color, > texture)?? > > Thanks for your input! I usually get mine at the > Chinese herbal > store and I really like them. > > Take care, > Elizabeth > > > > > > > ===== http://www.geocities.com/mojavecowboy/clinicgz.htm TCM Acupuncture, Herbs, M.A., M.J.,M.L.I.S. Mail - You care about security. So do we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 I hear that kind of stuff from sales folks all the time. They love to say they have the best/special process/formula/what ever. I have a very simple rule of thumb, either they have to show me over 1000 years of common usage or an independed double blind research study that shows clinic results. Don't have a lot of sales calls any more.... In a case of the wolfberries ask to see a comparsion break down of vit/mineral/antioxidants between Goji and Gou Qi Zi.....My guess is they can't, in which case they are making it up as they go. Wolfberry is very healthy snack and a great supportive herb in formula...but not at 25 bucks a pound....keep getting it from the herbalist. Bob www.acuherbals.com Elizabeth <tazzyviolin wrote: Hello again, I was wondering what everyone's belief is about purchasing lycium at a Chinese herbal store? In various articles on the internet, people are saying the " goji " is a particualr strain of lycium and what one normally puchases at the Chinese herbal store is inferior to " their " products. Has anyone here purchased a bag of $25.00 lycium on the internet? Is it indeed better (taste, color, texture)?? Thanks for your input! I usually get mine at the Chinese herbal store and I really like them. Take care, Elizabeth Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 According to Teegarden (and the price tags in the markets), the bigger the berries, the better. I like to buy smaller amounts and try different kinds of qualities & packagings. I've notices that the best quality have a particular red color which is very bright but also very natural looking (High beta-carotene content, I'm guessing). There are some, however, that have a bright, flourescent, red color, and I strongly suspect they've been artificially colored. In any case, they start to turn dark as they get older, so if you're buying them, don't take dark or brown ones. As far as what's in 'em, I'm thinking that they're probably high in Beta-carotene & L- Argenine, but that's just a guess. Cheers, jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Don't know if this question violates any rules but I have a question about the cost of Goji berries. It seems the lowest price I can find is 16 u.s. dollars a pound plus shipping. Is this the going rate or does anyone know of a source that sells for less than that? (Must be organic and sulfur free). If it violates any rules to post...perhaps you could email me. I would really appreciate it. Also does anyone know the truth about their nutritional value when not grown in Tibet. I've read so many conflicting stories about that, I don't know what the truth is and my head is spinning from all the individual claims of retailers. Thanks...Liz " Be mindful that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect. " Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 hey there, goji is a very cheap item, we cook it in soup since we were small children as chinese. the claim that if its from tibet its better, blah blah blah, is just a marketing gimik. get them to prove it. if not, its just sales pitch. in the first place, the retailers there wouldnt know where their goji comes from, and you have no way of verifying the truth too. but the age old chinese traditional benefits on goji, is on those you commonly found in chinese medicine store sold per pound. and lots of the 'claims' and scientific evidences they have on goji's nutritional benefit is from china. next door to tibet. and tibet normally sells to chin anyways since they are poorer and have cheaper prices than china. you get what i mean? i know of a better goji product which has a more solid clinical back up and better results, i can email the study to you. directly, email me if youre interested at busybuddy168 sandy , Liz <liz_33103 wrote: > > Don't know if this question violates any rules but I have a question about the cost of Goji berries. It seems the lowest price I can find is 16 u.s. dollars a pound plus shipping. Is this the going rate or does anyone know of a source that sells for less than that? (Must be organic and sulfur free). If it violates any rules to post...perhaps you could email me. I would really appreciate it. Also does anyone know the truth about their nutritional value when not grown in Tibet. I've read so many conflicting stories about that, I don't know what the truth is and my head is spinning from all the individual claims of retailers. > Thanks...Liz > > > " Be mindful that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect. " > > > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 HI.. interested to know what Goji berries are used for..and how.. Thanks Peggy Take the Internet to Go: Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Liz, During the Fall and Winter I sell goji powder on Ebay. Unless there is some certain reason you want to use the berries, I would suggest you use the powder. The powder is typically at least 3 times more potent than the berries because it is made from the berries being freeze dried with CO2, then ground into powder. It removes the water weight while leaving the nutrients intact. The price of the powder is about what you claim is the price of the berries. I have customers who beg me to sell them more when I run out, so my guess is that the nutrients are very beneficial. As far as " Himalayan over others " , it's all marketing hype. And I don't know how anyone can make the claim that their's is 'organic'. Unless you take part in the growing process how can you know for sure? I suggest you look up " wolfberry " in Wikipedia. The info there on Goji is very good. Don't beleive what the MLM conpanies claim. They will say anything to make a sale. My sister wanted to buy some for her friend who has cancer because some MLM claimed it cures cancer. I had to tell her that there is no proof of this and it may be an outright lie. I am not a Doctor, but from my customers I have learned that anyone with heart or blood or energy problems can benefit from regular use of the Goji powder. I personally used it to raise my platelet count over 100%. Good Luck! rollouts > , Liz <liz_33103@> wrote: > > > > Don't know if this question violates any rules but I have a > question about the cost of Goji berries. It seems the lowest price I > can find is 16 u.s. dollars a pound plus shipping. Is this the going > rate or does anyone know of a source that sells for less than that? > (Must be organic and sulfur free). If it violates any rules to > post...perhaps you could email me. I would really appreciate it. > Also does anyone know the truth about their nutritional value when > not grown in Tibet. I've read so many conflicting stories about > that, I don't know what the truth is and my head is spinning from all > the individual claims of retailers. > > Thanks...Liz > > > > " Be mindful that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or > prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect. " > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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