Tibetan Goji berry (Fructus Lycium Tibetica)

By synthesizing knowledge from various medical systems, Tibetan medicine evolved and created an approach to medical science drawn from thousands of years of accumulated empirical knowledge and research into the nature of health and illness. Centuries ago, before Buddhism entered Tibet, Tibetans like all ancient people had a significant degree of medical knowledge. According to traditional sources, in the beginning of the 4th century many new ideas regarding medicine began to enter the country. At first influences came from India in the form of what is now called Ayurvedic medicine, as well as more spiritual and psychologically based systems from Buddhist and other sources.

Around the 7th-8th centuries the Tibetan government began sponsoring conferences where doctors skilled in the medical systems of China, Persia, India and Greece presented and debated their ideas regarding health and the treatment of illness. Those with superior abilities in the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of illness were invited to stay and contribute to the country's medical knowledge base.

In the 11th century, this knowledge was codified into a unique system containing a synthesis of the principals of physical and psychological medicine imbued with a Buddhist spiritual understanding. This understanding formed a foundation for Tibetan medicine and benefited patients and doctors alike. It acknowledged how health and illness resulted both from the relationship between the mind and the body and people's connectedness to the natural world and a sense of spirituality. - Amchi Thubten Lekshe

More recently, a multitude of articles in reputable news papers (most recently in the Los Angeles Times), and research studies from distinguished Universities and other respected research facilities in Asia, Europe and the US, have stated that the cancer fighting capabilities and anti tumor effects as well as the anti aging characteristics of the Goji berry are highly likely.

For further, more detailed information on such research and recent studies and evaluations, please go to www.pubmed.com and search for "Lycium Barbarum", the scientific name for the Goji berry.