{"id":5923,"date":"2025-03-25T00:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2026-09-07T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:13:54","slug":"goji-berries","status":"publish","type":"vegtable","link":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/vegtable\/goji-berries\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of goji berry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It replenishes the Kidney and nourishes the Liver, which is held to ease tired eyes and a heavy lower back. It also moistens the Lung and eases a cough, which suits the seasons when dryness is on your mind. Added to a soup or porridge, or drunk as goji tea, it is easy to bring into daily life, and it is held to nourish and strengthen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Goji berry\" class=\"wp-image-5603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/72.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What goji berries are and how to choose them<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to bring in what goji berries do, deliciously, knowing what they are, the kinds and how to choose makes them easier to use. Vivid red with a faint sweetness, they are familiar as the red berry on top of almond jelly.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where they come from, and the name goji berry<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goji berry is the fruit of a nightshade-family plant, with Ningxia in China among the main producing areas. It is harvested from summer into autumn, but spoils easily fresh, so dried berries, sun-dried or machine-dried, are widely traded around the world. Dried berries are available all year in Japanese supermarkets and baking-supply shops. Kuko no mi, kukoshi and goji berry are different names for the same thing, and in Japan the dried fruit is traded as one and the same. The goji berries used abroad in cereal and smoothies are the same family as those familiar from yakuzen.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to choose dried goji berries<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When choosing dried goji berries, these points make it easier to tell a good one.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bright red to orange colour, not dulled<\/li>\n<li>Berries even in size<\/li>\n<li>No darkening, and not clumped together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berries dulled and darkened in colour may be old. Avoid any that have taken up damp and clumped, and choose ones that fall apart loosely, which are easier to cook with.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rehydrating them and the basics of using them<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dried goji berries can be rehydrated or used as they are, depending on the use.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As they are: dry, as a snack or a topping<\/li>\n<li>Soaked a few minutes in water or lukewarm water: plump and soft to eat<\/li>\n<li>Scattered to finish: added at the end of a soup or a dish, for the colour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Added to a soup or porridge, they soften as they cook even without soaking. The soaking water takes on colour and flavour, so when using them in a soup or a tea, adding that water too is fine. A little gives a red accent, so a modest amount is plenty.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use goji berries<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goji berry is a useful dry good that works in cooking, in tea and in desserts. Here are the standard ways, drawing on its colour and faint sweetness.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In porridge, soups and yakuzen hotpots<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scattered over a Chinese porridge or a soup, they add red colour and a gentle sweetness. They are often used in samgyetang, simmered slowly with chicken, in yakuzen soups with jujube, and to finish a hotpot. In a stew, their loosened sweetness dissolves into the broth. Simmered with jujube and lotus seed, red, brown and white come together for a dish that is lively to look at. A little is enough to bring your usual soup closer to yakuzen.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In tea, desserts and as a topping<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pouring hot water over goji berries for tea is another standard. Floated in chrysanthemum tea with dried chrysanthemum flowers, the red and yellow are beautiful together and the aroma softens. In China there is a way of drinking called babaocha, eight-treasure tea, combining tea leaves and rock sugar with goji berries, jujube, chrysanthemum and more, with the blend varying by region and household. In desserts, beyond decorating almond jelly, they give an accent of faint sweetness and texture on yoghurt, granola or oats. Eaten dry as a snack, they are a pleasure much like dried fruit. If combining tea ingredients as goji berries are combined interests you, the case study on <a href=\"https:\/\/agriture.jp\/oem\/herbal-tea-oem\/\">yakuzen tea OEM<\/a> is worth a look.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keeping goji berries, which take up damp easily<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goji berries are sweet and take up damp readily. Once the bag is open, put them in an airtight container or a zip bag and keep them somewhere cool and dark, away from damp and insects. In warm weather, or when keeping them a long time, the fridge holds the quality better. Damp makes the berries stick together and costs them flavour, so a sachet of desiccant with them is a safeguard. They are used a little at a time, so moving them into a smaller container keeps damp out each time you open it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside this, what is often used with them in yakuzen soups and teas, <a href=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/journal\/natsume\/\">The benefits of jujube<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/journal\/chrysanthemum\/\">The benefits of chrysanthemum flower<\/a> as a guide when planning a menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goji berry, available dried all year, is a useful dry good that works in porridge, soups, tea and desserts. Used a little at a time, it lasts, so keeping it in the kitchen widens what you can do. Bring its vivid red berries to your everyday table.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goji berry is an ingredient with fine yakuzen properties, replenishing the Kidney and nourishing the Liver, and can be looked to for easing tired eyes, a heavy lower back and a dry cough. It is easy to use in soups, porridge and as goji tea, which makes it easy to bring into healthy eating.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5603,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":"","ssp_meta_description":"\u814e\u3084\u809d\u3092\u88dc\u3046\u3068\u3055\u308c\u308b\u304f\u3053\u306e\u5b9f\uff08\u30b4\u30b8\u30d9\u30ea\u30fc\uff09\u3002\u7523\u5730\u3084\u9078\u3073\u65b9\u3001\u623b\u3057\u65b9\u3001\u304a\u7ca5\u30fb\u30b9\u30fc\u30d7\u30fb\u85ac\u81b3\u934b\u3084\u304a\u8336\u30fb\u30c7\u30b6\u30fc\u30c8\u3067\u306e\u4f7f\u3044\u65b9\u3001\u5438\u6e7f\u3057\u3084\u3059\u3044\u4e7e\u7269\u306e\u4fdd\u5b58\u306e\u30b3\u30c4\u307e\u3067\u89e3\u8aac\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002"},"categories":[39,9],"tags":[160,25,12],"veg_class":[239],"veg_property":[249,240],"veg_meridian":[260,250,244],"veg_season":[245],"veg_origin":[291],"class_list":["post-5923","vegtable","type-vegtable","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-efficacy","category-journal","tag-goji-berry","tag-tonic-category","tag-efficacy","veg_class-tonic","veg_property-neutral","veg_property-sweet","veg_meridian-liver","veg_meridian-lung","veg_meridian-kidney","veg_season-autumn","veg_origin-east-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegtable\/5923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegtable"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vegtable"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegtable\/5923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8014,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegtable\/5923\/revisions\/8014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"veg_class","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veg_class?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"veg_property","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veg_property?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"veg_meridian","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veg_meridian?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"veg_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veg_season?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"veg_origin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/veg_origin?post=5923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}