ABSTRACT
This herb is the dried, red, ripe fruit of Lycium barbarum L. or L. chinesis Miller of the family Solanaceae. It grows abundantly in northwest China, especially in the Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai provinces, and the Inner Mongolia region of China, and is naturalized in the United States. It is harvested in summer and autumn, dried in the shade until the skin is shrunk, then further dried in the sun, and used unprocessed (Jiang Su New Medical College, 1977). The top grade lycium fruit is a bright red color and soft to the touch with a sweet taste. Lycium fruit is traditionally used to replenish the Vital Essence of the liver and kidneys, and to improve immunity and eyesight, and is a blood tonic herbal remedy (Smith and Stuart, 1973). It is nicknamed wolfberry fruit and is a good antiaging medicinal herb. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg152_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
