Goji berry (Lycium barbarum)
枸杞子jǔ qǐ zǐJuqizi
Lycium barbarum · Plant
1
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; caution with diabetes medications; may interact with warfarin; caution with blood pressure medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Goji berry for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Goji berry does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit EyeBenefit HeartBenefit ImmuneBenefit Liver
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Lycium barbarum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antioxidant385 records, 82 in people
- Benefit Eye21 records, 7 in people
- Benefit Heart42 records, 13 in people
- Benefit Immune155 records, 50 in people
- Benefit Liver144 records, 29 in people
- Diabetes Syndrome83 records, 24 in people