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Gou Ji dietary supplement- Chinese food dietary supplement for natural health

February 25, 2020

Gou Ji 

Gou Ji is a small red fruit that nourishes the blood and Yin. Soft, neutral, it enters the meridians of liver and Reins.Il works a lot for the elderly, when the Yin is declining.

This fruit is particularly used in visual disorders by vacuum Jing and blood with signs such as: decreased visual acuity, floaters before the eyes, glare, dry or painful eyes …

For thousands of years, goji berries are eaten in Asia and are known for their medicinal properties. They are meant to stimulate and invigorate the jing 精 气 qi (vital energy).

Relatively rich in vitamins, minerals and trace elements, the bay is often presented as a “superfruit”. It is also a very important source of antioxidants with a very large proportion of carotenoids but also four polysaccharides (sugars) considered the active compounds responsible for the beneficial effects.

Go Ji berries contain:

18 kinds of amino acids, in amounts eight times higher than those found in pollen. They contain eight essential amino acids, including tryptophan and isoleucine;

21 trace elements, zinc iron through copper, selenium and phosphorus;

more beta carotene than carrots: 8,4mg against 6.6mg per 100g

almost as much calcium as milk: 112,5mg against 120mg per 100g

more protein than wheat: against 12,10g 10,59g per 100g

vitamins, including B1, B2, B6, C and E;

beta sitosterol, anti-inflammatory properties.

Wolfberry would strengthen the immune defenses (anti-inflammatory), to lower blood pressure, cholesterol and sugars in the blood, improving calcium absorption, and relieve the liver.

The Gou Ji is presented as potentially useful in cases of fatigue, immune weakness, hypertension, urinary infection, high cholesterol, prevention of eye disorders. Some Chinese researchers speculate that this bay is one of the foods that could delay cellular aging.

It is also useful when empty signs of Liver and Kidney such as back pain, weakness of the loins and knees, impotence …

Note: Recent studies seem to show the wealth of this small red berry highlighting its important contribution in antioxidants, polysaccharides, vitamins and amino acids …

It is considered as a protector of the liver, blood pressure lowering and cholesterol-lowering …

Parts used: fruit

CATEGORY: BLOOD TONIC and YIN

Nature: Neutral

Flavour: Sweet

Tropism: Liver, Kidney

Energy properties

1. nourishes and tones the liver and kidneys

2. Nourish the blood and promotes the Jing

3. Trafficking visual disturbances, vertigo

4. Moistens Lung

Indications

Deficiency of Liver and Kidney with signs such as:

weakness and / or pain in the back and knees, impotence, seminal discharge, tinnitus …

Vacuum Blood and Jing with disturbance of sight

(The eyes are sufficiently fed)

eyesight, dry eye, glare, dizziness, eye pain …

Diabetes

Against -indications

In case of symptoms related to excess heat,

especially external

Vacuum Rate and retention of moisture (with signs such as loose stools …)

Use dietetic

Some examples of using Gou Qi Zi in the arsenal of Chinese recipes curative:

glutinous rice porridge to gou qi zi and grape

Rice with mutton kidneys Gou Qi Zi and

Soup Gou Ji and eggs

Gou Qi Zi tea and chrysanthemums

Chinese fixed dosage:

6 to 15 g decoction, sometimes more.

Example Pharmacopoeia formulas including Gou Qi Zi:

QI JU DI HUANG WAN

Radix pill Rehmaniae with flos fructus lyciiet chrysanthemii

QI BAO MEI RAN DAN

pill of the seven treasures to have a nice beard

YOU GUI WAN

Pill that rens the Right kidney

ZUO GUI WAN

pill that goes to the Left kidney

DA BU YUAN JIAN

decoction del agrande toning originally