Himalayas: The Home of Healing Plants

Where Earth Meets Sky

The HImalayan region has a climatic and geological diversity unlike anywhere else on the planet. As the highest place on earth, no place is closer to the sun than this land of Mount Everest.

The fertile valleys of the Himalayas possess a soil that is incredibly rich in minerals upturned from deep within the earth during their formation many, many years ago.

Because of these unique growing conditions, the region supports more than 18,000 species of exotic plants, many of which are found nowhere else in the world.

Even more amazingly, the Himalayan people have found healing and health-sustaining properties in more than 8,000 of their native plants.

The First Healers

It is said that the Himalayans were the first natural healers, and that they shared their wisdom with the ancient herbalists of China, Tibet,and India.One of their most prized secrets was the fruit of the native goji vine, which had been flourishing in the Himalayan valleys since the beginning of time. Those who came there to learn took the goji home with them and planted it in their own valleys, thus spreading the legend of this most marvelous and healthful fruit.