The Himalayan Secret

Have you heard of goji? If not, you are not alone. I've only heard about it this year.

Although it has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for generations, the secrets of its nutritional benefits have remained a mystery to most of us.

There have been legends about this miraculous fruit and even festivals are held to celebrate its goodness.

During the Tang Dynasty (around 800 AD), a well had been dug beside a wall near a famous Buddhist temple that was covered with goji vines. Over the years, countless berries had fallen into the well. Those who prayed there had the ruddy complexion of good health, and even at the age of eighty they had no white hair and had not lost teeth, simply because they drank the water from the well. From this legend, the poem below was crafted.