A sprawling perennial legume, with pea like flowers. Strengthens the vital energy "Qi" in Chinese. Stimulates the immune system and is often used together with ginseng.
10 huang qi seeds
USD 2.50
SHE-GAN
ASTRAGALUS HERBAL SEEDS
An iris with 2" deep orange star-like flowers with orange specks. A perennial plant that is very easy to grow. Used to treat hoarseness, sore throats, bronchitis and wheezing.
5 she gan seeds
USD 2.50
JIE-GENG
PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORA HERBAL SEEDS
A hardy perennial featuring star-shaped, blue-violet flowers. Blooms all summer long. A very beautiful vining plant whose edible root has been used in Korean cuisine and to treat ailments of the lung including bronchitis, laryngitis, pleurisy, chest pain and tonsillitis.
10 jie geng seeds
USD
2.50
HUN QUE
OCIMUM HORAPHA VAR HERBAL SEEDS
A variety of basil from Thailand with a delicious spicy anise-clove scent that is much used for cooking in the Orient. The leaves of the plant aid in digestion and stimulate the bowels to a small degree.
50 hun que seeds
USD 2.50
TULSI HOLY BASIL
HERB SEEDS
Also known as Kaprao in Thailand, this is the famous holy basil used since biblical times. Has a somewhat musky-fruity scent and is good for cooking and salads. Medicinal qualities are aromatic and warming, benefits digestion and is often used to make a tonic.
A very easy to grow perennial that grows to about 15 inches and bears loads of beautiful purple flowers. Used in Chinese medicine to expel heat, purge fever, stop bleeding, and to detoxify poisons.
20 haung qin seeds
USD 2.50
JI-GUAN HUA
CELOSIA CRISTATA
Also known as cockscomb, this is a stunning annual that features huge velvet-scarlet flower heads. An easy to grow plant that belongs in every flower bed, it will reach up to 3 ft. tall. The seeds and the flowers of the plant have been used as a mild aphrodisiac, blood diseases, and urinary tract infections.
50 ji guan seeds
USD 2.50
HUANG-JING-ZI
VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS
A graceful shrub with beautiful blue to lilac flowers that can be grown inside in tubs. Outside it will reach 10 ft. or so, inside only 3 ft. The purple black berries are the part that are used medicinally. It is said to regulate hormones, promote lactation and relieve pain and spasms.
Chinese herbs have served as the foundation for "Traditional Chinese Medicine", or TCM, for over 5,000 years. The fundamental idea of living in harmony with nature and the environment forms the basis for the use of Chinese herbs as well as the traditional Chinese approach to health. Knowledge of the healing power of Chinese herbs and herbal remedies has been passed down from generation to generation, and today represents one of China’s greatest gifts to mankind.
DANG-SHEN
CODONOPSIS TANGSHEN
Throughout the world, this widely used herb is also called "poor man's ginseng as it is used to invigorate vital energy and is good for the blood. A climbing plant that should be trellised. Beautiful bell shaped flowers that are yellow to olive green with purple veins. Harvest roots when 3-4 years old.
25 dang shen seeds
USD 2.50
HUI-XIANG
FOENICULUM VULGARE
Plant produces good greens for salads, cole slaws and dressings. The roots can be used in cooking. The seeds of the plant make a tea that is used to aid digestion and as a tonic for the spleen, kidney and reproductive glands.
50 hui xiang seeds
USD 2.50
GAN-CAO
GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS
Root of this perennial legume contain up to 24% glycrrhizin which is 50 times sweeter than sugar. The medicinal uses include treatments for the throat, stomach, urinary, and intestinal irritations.
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25 gan cao seeds
USD 2.50
JIU-ZI
ALLIUM TUBEROSUM
Known as Oriental Garlic, this allium produces garlic flavored onion like leaves that are great for cooking and salads. Used in Chinese medicine to warm the kidneys and stomach, to treat urinary problems, impotence and back problems.
Considered a woman's herb, a tonic is made to balance menstrual and menopausal problems. Also said to stimulate and improve memory of dreams and is often used in dream pillows. Grows to an attractive, bushy plant about 18" tall.
100 ai ye seeds
USD 2.50
DA-HUANG
RHEUM PALMATUM VAR. TANGUTICUM HERB SEEDS
Also known as Chinese Rhubarb, this plant is used to improve digestion, stimulate the uterus and is used as a laxative. Leaves are toxic.
20 da huang seeds
USD 2.50
DI-YU
SANGUISORBA MINOR HERBAL SEEDS
A great salad green as well as a medicinal herb. Long used by Chinese to stop wounds from bleeding.
100
di yu seeds
USD 2.50
QING-HO
ARTEMISIA HERB SEEDS
Known as Sweet Annie in the US, this artemesia has long been used to treat malaria.
50 quing ho seeds
USD 2.50
Chinese Wolfberry
LYCIUM HERB SEEDS
The wolfberry shrub bears large edible berries. The leaves are also edible when fresh and used in salads. A wine is made from the fruit that is said to prolong life.