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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 the unique growing conditions in
the Himalayan region, more than 18,000 species of exotic
plants much like the goji plant is supported, 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. This great wealth of
knowledge did not come overnight; it is a tradition that has
been nurtured and passed along since the very beginning of
human civilization.
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