Botanical Name: Lycium chinensis Mill.
Common Name: Wolfberry bark, Lycium bark, Goji Bark
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing
Part Used; The roots are dug in spring or autumn. The
bark is peeled off the roots, dried in the sun and cut into pieces.
Properties & Taste: Sweet or tasteless and cold
Meridians: Lung and kidney
Functions:
1. To cool blood;
2. To clear heat in the lungs
Indications:
1. Heat in the blood and deficient yin manifested as
afternoon fever and night sweating.
2. Heat in the lungs and deficient yin manifested as
cough, asthma and cough with blood.
Dosage: 6-15 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb is contraindicated in cases with
fever due to common cold or weakness of the spleen accompanied by diarrhoea.
Plants available at Goji Plants Australia