Pronunciation: gǒu qǐ, wolfberry has only this one pronunciation.

Alias: There are many folk names for wolfberry in China, such as gouqizi, wolfberry red solid, beet, western wolfberry, dog's milk, red and green peppers, wolfberry hooves, wolfberry fruits, ground bone, berry eggplant, red earrings, blood berry, berry ground sprouts, wolfberry beans, blood wolfberry, and zin wolfberry. In the main production area of Ningxia wolfberry, Ningxia Province, Zhongning County, farmers used to call the wolfberry as "zi", zi that is tribulus terrestris.

In the rural areas of Zhongning, the wolfberry garden is called Zi Garden, the wolfberry tree is called Zi Tree, and the wolfberry branches are called Zi Strip. Thus, the Chinese wolfberry-producing rural areas of Zhongning is also known as Zixiang, rich in the local color of the culture of Zhongning is also often crowned with the title of Zixiang, such as Zixiang opera, Zixiang ballads and so on. However, in the field of medicinal herbs, goji berries that is goji berries, do not use the fruit of the Ziguo, Zishen and other titles.

Selecting goji berries method:

1, look

Normal goji berries are mostly dark red, and will not be very uniform, and was dyed goji berries are beautiful bright red. Pick up the wolfberry to see the umbilicus, normal wolfberry umbilicus is white, with sulfur smoked wolfberry is yellow, dyed wolfberry is red. Included in the pharmacopoeia of ningxia wolfberry, flat round, but not large.

2, hold

Hand grasp goji berries, high quality goji berries dryness is good, each grain separate, will not stick together, according to the weather, some goji berries will be a little soft, but not particularly soft. Processed goji berries feel slightly sticky, serious discoloration.

3, smell

Take a handful of goji berries in the hand for a while, or put it in a plastic bag sealed for a while. Smell it with your nose. If there is a pungent odor, it may have been smoked with sulfur. Be careful when buying.