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	Lycium
		Lycium is a major Chinese tonic herb, first mentioned in the Divine Husbandman's Classic (Shen'nong Bencaojing), written in the 1st century AD.
		Traditionally lycium is believed to promote long life -a Chinese herbalist said to have lived for 252 years ascribed his longevity to tonic herbs, including lycium.
		Lycium grows throughout much of China and Tibet, and is cultivated extensively across central and northern China.
	www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_lycium.htm (576 words)

	Lycium Fruit
		Lycium fruit is an herb derived from Lycium chinense and Lycium barbarum, common plants of eastern Asia.
		In a study of lycium, reported in the Journal of the Beijing Medical University (1992), it was noted that lycium fruit reduced antibodies associated with allergy-type reactions, which was presumed to be accomplished through the mechanisms of promoting CD8 T cells and regulating cytokines.
		Lycium fruit given to rats lowered their blood cholesterol and blood sugar; given to rabbits, it inhibited the formation of atherosclerosis.
	www.itmonline.org /arts/lycium.htm (1175 words)

	Jintu - Lycium Fruit
		Lycium fruit is obtained from Lycium chinense, a common plant of eastern Asia that is now cultivated to meet the high demand for its fruits, used in Asian cuisine and, more commonly, as an ingredient in traditional Chinese herbal formulas.
		Traditionally, lycium fruit is described as having the properties of nourishing the blood, enriching the yin, tonifying the kidney and liver, and moistening the lungs.
		In a study of lycium reported in the Journal of the Beijing Medical University (1992), it was noted that lycium fruit reduced antibodies associated with allergy-type reactions, apparently accomplished through the mechanisms of promoting CD8 T-cells and regulating cytokines.
	www.itmonline.org /jintu/lycium.htm (1024 words)

	Acupuncturetoday.com \| tell me about Lycium Bark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Lycium bark is light brown in color, and comes from the roots of the lycium bush.
		The typical dosage of lycium bark is between six and 15 grams, decocted in water.
		Lycium bark should not be used by patients who are diagnosed with fever caused by the common cold, or patients with weakness of the spleen accompanied by diarrhea.
	www.acupuncturetoday.com /herbcentral/lycium_bark.html (358 words)

	Lycium fruit
		Lycium fruit is one of the fundamental sexual tonic herbs in Traditional Chinese medicine.
		Lycium fruit is widely believed to increase sexual fluids and enhance fertility.
		Lycium contains 18 kinds of amino acids, of which 8 are indispensable amino acids for the human body (such as isoleucine and tryptophan).
	www.puretango.com /library/lycium.html (310 words)

	Lycium
		Since oral administration of lycium fruit to humans in various studies have also improved their immune functions, raised the serum levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and hemoglobin but lowered the level of lipid peroxides as well as reduced senility symptoms, the polysaccharides obviously are an important active component of lycium fruit.
		Another well-known and long-documented traditional property of lycium fruit is its ability to "benefit complexion and maintain one's beauty"; it is also considered to have anti-aging properties.
		The beautifying property of lycium fruit may have some scientific basis after all which may justify its use in skin-care cosmetics, as recent laboratory studies not only demonstrated its antioxidant effect but also its ability to increase dermal hydroxyproline level in mice, indicating increased collagen synthesis.
	www.earthpower.com /en/lycium.htm (467 words)

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		Lycium spp - (lycium, wolfberry,matrimony vine) - 24
		Lycium chinense cerebroside treatment of cultured rat hepatocytes injured with GalN markedly blocked the release of both glutamic pyruvic transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase into the culture medium in a dose-dependent manner.
		Extraction of Lycium chinense roots resulted in the discovery of 14 calystegines, and since several are specific inhibitor of alpha-galactosidase and inhibits rat liver lysosomal alpha-galactosidase, they may provide a useful experimental model for the lysosomal storage disorder, Fabry's disease.
	www.herbalgram.org /youngliving/search?c=HerbMedPro&s=lycium (818 words)

	Chinese Herbs - Schizandra and Lycium Drops
		Lycium’s vitamin B1 and B2 contents are significant and the vitamin C content of freeze-dried Lycium has been measured to be 73 mg / 100 grams.
		Lycium is used in the treatment of consumptive disease accompanied by thirst such early-onset diabetes and tuberculosis, dizziness, blurred vision, and chronic cough.
		Lycium fruit, as an ingredient in prescriptions, has been used in a number of recent clinical trials for treatment of bone marrow deficiency conditions (low production of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets).
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	Lycium
		Chinese herbalists recommend Lycium berries to improve the circulation, protect the liver and kidneys, and remedy such symptoms as dizziness, ringing in the ears, blurred eyesight, and other vision problems.
		Lycium root is used to reduce fever, control high blood pressure, and relieve cough and wheezing.
		Lycium has played a major role in Chinese medicine since at least the 1st century AD, when it was extolled in the Divine Husbandman's Classic.
	www.pdrhealth.com /drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/herbaldrugs/101780.shtml (273 words)

	Schizandra and Lycium Drops
		Lycium is used clinically in China to cure hepatitis B. Carcinogens and hepatitis B virus are two dangerous factors which can lead to liver cancer.
		Lycium can depress mutation rates and cure hepatitis at the same time, and therefore is considered an important drug in the prevention of liver cancer in China.
		When Lycium extract was provided to 20 aged people, once a day, 20 grams each time for 3 weeks, more than 2/3 of the patients’ T cell transformation functions improved by 3.28 times and the activity of the patients’ white cell interleukin-2 increased by 2.26 times.
	www.doctorshealthsupplements.com /ChineseHerbs/CH_Schizandra_and_Lycium_Drops.htm (5337 words)

	Lycium barbarum : by Ray Sahelian, M.D., Lycium research
		Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, extracted from Lycium barbarum that is a kind of traditional Chinese herb, is found to have anticancer activity.
		Lycium barbarum L. is a small red berry known as Fructus lycii and wolfberry in the West, and Kei Tze and Gou Qi Zi in Asia.
		Lycium could enhance the storage of muscle and liver glycogen, increase the activity of LDH before and after swimming, decrease the increase of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) after strenuous exercise, and accelerate the clearance of BUN after exercise.
	www.raysahelian.com /lycium.html (1998 words)

	Lycium Networks Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Lycium Networks is a leader in the emerging market of Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEP).
		Lycium's standards-based solutions bring new capabilities to a wide range of networks enabling communications equipment vendors to offer significant advantages to operators and end-users alike.
		Lycium symbolizes the Company's vision of ageless next-generation networks, converging the enduring Legacy services with new-age Packet technologies.
	www.lyciumnetworks.com /main.html (226 words)

	Lycium Berries (Wolfberries)
		Lycium is an antioxidant full of beta-carotene, which also has the effect of suppressing appetite if eaten instead of snacks.
		Lycium is the dried fruit of the plant and is sometimes known as Wolfberries.
		Traditionally Lycium is used to nourish the kidneys and liver and to improve eyesight.
	www.spectrumwellbeing.co.uk /lycium.htm (90 words)

	The Vegan Forum - a vegan message board - B12 in lycium fruit (Lycium chinense, Lycium barbarum)
		Lycium is a shrub that grows to about 12 ft (4 m) in height.
		Lycium fruit is rich in carotene, vitamins B1 and B12, and vitamin C.
		Lycium berries are used as a liver tonic to brighten the eyes, improve poor eyesight, treat blurred vision, sensitivity to light, and other general eye weaknesses.
	www.veganforum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4094 (402 words)

	Goji Berries - Lycium Berries - Liver and Blood - Milk Thistle - kitchendoctor.com
		Lycium berries are superb liver and blood tonics.
		They are wildcrafted in the pristine valleys of Central Asia and provided by a doctor of Tibetan medicine whose research is supported by the sale of these exquisitely delicious berries.
		Lycium Berries from China, one pound, grade A, Tibetan Goji Berries, 18 oz.
	www.kitchendoctor.com /foodandrecipes/lycium.html (262 words)

	Tibetan Goji Berries from Central Asia - Recipes using Lycium Berries
		I have also made smoothies, either with just lycium berries and water or with other ingredients such as lemon or pineapple juice, coconut milk, ginger and/or galangal juice and slices or even a touch of cardamom.
		Jam made with lycium and schizandra berries is fabulous.
		I have bottled lycium occasionally for use as a blood tonic and I've made the most outrageous fruit leather in the world by running lycium berries and sesame seeds through a Champion juicer simultaneously.
	www.kitchendoctor.com /foodandrecipes/goji_berries.html (1051 words)

	LYCIUM FRUIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The amount of polysaccharides in lycium fruit of the soft edible variety is probably not more than 5%, so this amount corresponds to a human dosage of about 7—14 grams of the whole fruit.
		In the sugar beet, which is the commercial source of the isolated compound, betaine is present at a level of 0.3—0.7%.
		The good taste of lycium fruit, and the ability to consume it directly—cooked in foods, included in herbal wines, and in tablets—makes it an ideal source.
	www.aloe-info.nl /lycium.htm (1179 words)

	Natural Health: Lycium Fruit
		HEALING CLAIMS Lycium fruit is used to treat many health conditions, including early-onset diabetes, anemia, vision problems, impotence, and lung disorders.
		The lycium appeared to increase the levels of white blood cells that promote the production of interleukin-2, an agent that strengthens immune system activity.
		Lycium fruit is also available in capsule, extract, or pill form, but only in combination with other herbs (such as schisandra, ginseng, and dong quai).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_1_29/ai_54062655 (706 words)

	Ron Teeguarden - Lycium Fruit
		Lycium is also commonly used by first trimester mothers to prevent morning sickness.
		Lycium is one of the fundamental sexual tonic herbs in Chinese herbalism, especially when blended with Yang tonic herbs such as Deer Antler, Morinda and Cordyceps, with Qi tonics such as Astragalus and Ginseng, and with astringent herbs such as Schizandra and Cornus.
		When Lycium extract was provided to 20 elderly people, once a day for 3 weeks, more than 67% of the patients’ T cell transformation functions tripled and the activity of the patients’ white cell interleukin-2 doubled.
	www.yahwehsaliveandwell.com /lycium.html (2536 words)

	Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products: Search About Herbs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		A cerebroside extracted from lycium chinense was shown to block the release of glutamic pyruvic transaminase and sorbitol dehydrogenase, suggesting hepatoprotective activity
		A polysaccharide-protein complex from Lycium barbarum upregulates cytokine expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
		LCC, a cerebroside from Lycium chinense, protects primary cultured rat hepatocytes exposed to galactosamine.
	www.mskcc.org /mskcc/html/11571.cfm?RecordID=712&tab=HC (759 words)

	LYCIUM FRUIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		It is also reported to be very rich in amino acids (half in free form), other vitamins (B1, B2, C, nicotinic acid, etc.), and polysaccharides that have antioxidant and immuno-modulating effects in experimental animals as well as other nutrients.
		Since oral administration of lycium fruit to humans in various studies have also improved their immune functions, raised the serum levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and haemoglobin but lowered the level of lipid peroxides as well as reduced senility symptoms, the polysaccharides obviously are an important active component of lycium fruit.
		But various studies have shown lycium fruit to have numerous beneficial effects, including, antioxidant, immuno-potentiating, antimutagenic, hypoglycaemic, hypolipemic, hypotensive, etc., all of which contribute to the slowing down of the aging process or help us live longer.
	www.health-report.co.uk /phytochi_lycium_fruit.html (469 words)

	Lycium Fruit (Gou Qi Zi)
		With a lot of surprises, he asked her how she had managed to live that long and she replied that she consumed Lycium fruit all year around.
		In fact, Li Shih-Chen, a famous Chinese herbalist, pointed out in his book Outline of Materia Medica (1578) that the people in the village of Nan-Qui were in the habit of eating Lycium fruit and that a very high percentage of them lived a long life.
		It was also reported that long term consuming of Lycium fruit not only good for longevity but also can improve the appearance to be looked younger.
	www.herballove.com /library/herbal/lycium.asp (367 words)

	Lycium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Lycium also has the common names Wolfberry fruit, Lycium fruit, or Chinese Lycium.
		Lycium is a Chinese herb that is used to improve vision, and to prevent headaches and dizziness caused by liver and kidney deficiencies.
		Lycium fruit extract contains both conventional nutrients and phytonutrients (nutrients from plants), including vitamins, minerals, beta-carotene, polysaccharides, amino acids, and are high in antioxidants.
	www.symmcorp.com /info/lycium.htm (92 words)

	Lycium Berry Smoothie - Liver - Blood - Cancer Herbs
		For best results, this formula or something comparable should be used regularly for about two years (liver cells live 18-24 months) until the liver and blood are "rebuilt." They can also be eaten like raisins.
		Goji berries are a distinct species of lycium from Tibet and Mongolia.
		They are a superior quality berry, grown without herbicides or pesticides in a region of the world that has never used these pollutants.
	www.cancersalves.com /recipes/lycium.html (432 words)

	dragonherbs \| herbs - qi tonics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		• Lycium is used to “nourish the vital essence” (jing), invigorate the Liver* and Kidneys* and calm the Heart* and the nervous system.
		Lycium has been undergoing intense scrutiny as a cancer drug in China and Japan.
		Lycium has been found to induce the production in human beings of g-interferon.
	www.dragonherbs.com /herbs/herbs.asp?herb_id=13163 (1918 words)

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		A survey of local healers in Israel noted that Lycium europeaum is in common use, applied externally, though rarely used as a narcotic and that most use of this plant is local and only in a few cases is a uniform use found throughout the whole country Dafni 1994
		Lycium spp in Mendel Plant Gene Nomenclature Database
		Lycium spp (lycium, wolfberry,matrimony vine) in CalFlora Database
	www.herbmed.org /viewherb.asp?varHerb_ID=168 (659 words)

	Light Reading - Chips, Components & Subsystems - Lycium: It's All in the Timing - Telecom News Analysis
		The 35-employee Lycium Networks Ltd., which was founded in April 2001, is working on a chip that conforms to specifications being readied by the Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3) working group within the IETF.
		Lycium expects first samples of its chip, Meridian, in the third quarter.
		Lycium has raised about $10 million, most of it coming from an $8 million round last year (see Lycium Grabs $8M).
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=33914&site=lightreading (957 words)

	GojiBerry.com, the Tibetan Goji Berries site, retail, wholesale, distribution
		The Tanaduk Botanical Research Institute has been studying forty one varieties of Lycium berries that display similar taxa characteristics and phytogenetic relationships to the ancient Tibetan Lycium berry called Goji by the nomadic people of the Goji growing regions and is one Lycium variety that is in abundance and not endangered.
		The cultivators of Lycium barbarum - wolfberry, openly admit to using 'controlled' pesticides in Ningxia (the number one Lycium barbarum growing region of China).
		It is the Tibetan Lycium Goji berry that holds this ancient lineage of health and vitality.
	www.gojiberry.com /pages/research1.html (920 words)

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