百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS
Codonopsis root
黨參
strengthens the spleenreplenishes qinourishes blood健脾益肺補中益氣養血生津性質平和不溫不燥，最宜脾虛濕重都市人
The root of Codonopsis pilosula, sold as wrinkled tan strips with a sweet, mild flavour often likened to a gentler ginseng. It boils down soft and slightly chewy, sweetening the broth and giving tonic pots an approachable, everyday character.
TCM properties
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet Meridians · spleen、lung
Traditional food therapy
The everyday centre-strengthener of Cantonese food therapy, paired with astragalus and red dates to build qi and blood and support the spleen and lungs, gentle and unheaty for the tired city constitution.
Cautions: read first
- Take care where the qi is stuck, or where heat is full
- Do not eat it with radish, which scatters the qi and cancels out the tonic effect
- Avoid strong tea
Preparation
Soak, rinse and snip it into lengths.
Origin · Geo-authentic (道地) source
Shangdang, Shanxi, where the name comes from, and Gansu, which supplies most of today's 紋黨 and 白條黨 grades. an ordinary dried-goods line at AU Asian grocers (codonopsis stripes)
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
