The History & Re-Discovery of the Ningxia Wolfberry

The Huang He (Yellow) River originates in the Himalayan Mountains and flows through the Ningxia Province. This river creates a unique, mineral-rich, super fertile silt-water flood plain found nowhere else on earth, producing incomparable wolfberries.

The beautiful Ningxia region is called "China's herbal medicine valley" and is renowned for meeting all of the stringent rules to be awarded the prestigious "Green Certificate", the equivalent of the USDA's Organic Certification.

The people of the Ningxia Province in China have known for thousands of years of the amazing secret of the Ningxia Wolfberry. For centuries this ancient culture has used wolfberries to replenish the body's "vital essence." This special berry is honored in Asia by the local farmers with a gala two-week festival. There is even a statue honoring the young women who harvest wolfberries.

In ancient times, the Chinese people were said to have three cherished tonics for health. They were ginseng, ling tzi, and wolfberries. The wolfberry legends found in ancient Chinese medicine reach back over 5,000 years through the mists of time. Called "goji" by native Chinese, wolfberries have a long tradition in folk medicine. Ancient Chinese medical texts extolled wolfberries for strengthening the eyes, liver, and kidneys as well as fortifying the "qi" (chi) or life force. An early medical work, Shen Nung Ben Tsao (475-221 B.C.), noted wolfberry benefits ranging from replenishing vital essences to strengthening and restoring major organs.

The physician's handbook, Ben Cao Gang Mu, written during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.) reported, "taking in Chinese Wolfberry regularly may regulate the flow of vital energy and strengthen the physique, which can lead to longevity."

Wolfberries are a Chinese National Treasure. The good health and vitality of the Ningxia elderly has long been attributed to wolfberries. To the people of the province, a bowl of fresh wolfberries a day is part of life. Its health benefits have been extolled for generations. In fact even today, the Ningxia Wolfberry is considered a national treasure.

According to ancient Chinese texts, wolfberries:

Gary Young & the Re-Discovery of the
Ningxia Wolfberry

This Chinese scientist, Dr Songqiao Chao, told Gary about a simple, delicious-tasting berry with amazing health benefits. He said that Chinese Wolfberries had been used for thousands of years in China to treat a wide variety of ailments. What's more, Dr. Chao related that the people who consumed them on a regular basis lived remarkably healthy lives for 100-plus years.

This information led Gary on an inspiring odyssey to the Ningxia region of China located on the Inner Mongolian Plateau. In Ningxia, Gary investigated the tiny red fruit known as the Ningxia Wolfberry. He agreed that this small berry was the remarkable source of the vibrant health and long lives of the Chinese people of the region.

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Gary Young - through Young Living Essential Oils - was the first to import Ningxia Wolfberries into the United States on a commercial basis. Dr. Chao's daughter, Sue Chao, assisted Gary Young in bringing the Ningxia Wolfberry to the United States. In 1996, when Gary Young first attempted to import large quantities of the Ningxia Wolfberry powder, it was quarantined by U.S. Customs as an unknown "peculiar" substance. Customs agents said that it had never before been imported to the U.S. in commercial quantities.

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