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Goji
What is Goji?
The Goji is widely known by the name Wolfberry. It is the fruit of two very closely related herbal species, namely Lycium Chinense and Lycium Barbarum. These two species of boxthorn are actually from the Solonaceae family, just like potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes and tobacco. It was actually a Scottish botanist named Philip Miller who first knew about Lycium Chinense. The Goji or the Goji Berry is a native fruit to Southeastern Europe and Asia.
In America, is commonly known as Wolfberry, while Goji is its Chinese name. It is also called the Duke of Argyll’s Tea Tree and Matrimony Vine in other countries
The story of why it is called Wolfberry is still quite unclear to many. But there are some hypotheses saying that it was perhaps because of the confusion associated with its genus name Lycos, which is a Greek term for Wolf. Lycium came from the ancient Southern Anatolian part of Lycia.
Goji is almost never found in its fresh form, since it is usually sold and delivered in open boxes and in small packages of its dried form. The amount of desiccation may vary among Wolfberries. There are some that are soft and slightly tacky just like raisins, while others are very hard.
What are its uses?
Wolfberries are used as food items. They are traditionally cooked before being eaten. As a culinary additive, Wolfberries or Goji is often added to rice congee and Chinese tonic soups, being mixed with different herbs like licorice root and wild yam.
Aside from being used as condiments, Goji is also boiled as an herbal tea, as it is combined with the flowers of chrysanthemum or red jujubes.
Goji is also added in many different wines, since it has a blended taste of grape and Goji itself. In fact, there is a Chinese company that makes Wolfberry beer. New Belgium Brewery also makes its famous Springboard ale with Wolfberries added as flavoring.
Apart from its culinary uses, Goji also has medicinal purposes. In traditional Chinese medicinal treatments, the Goji is used in treating inflammation and some kinds of skin diseases. This is because it contains glucopyranoside and many phenolic amides which have inhibitory abilities in vitro against pathogens that commonly invade humans, such as bacteria and fungi.
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