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The slender chalk-white root of coastal glehnia, sold as straight dried sticks that snap cleanly. Faintly sweet with a light herbal edge, it is the standing partner of Solomon's seal in moistening pots, softening into the broth over a long boil.
Nature · cooling Flavour · sweet、bitter Meridians · lung、stomach
In Cantonese food therapy it partners Solomon's seal in autumn moistening pots, used to nourish yin, moisten the lungs, benefit the stomach and generate fluids in dry weather.
Soak and rinse. It stands up to long boiling.
山東萊陽 — AU herbal shops sell bulk dried roots (Wellsoon)
Herbal shops / specialists · A$7–7 / 100g
Wellsoon Glehnia roots 北沙參 500g bulk $34.99
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot Ah Ma keeps for her night owls.”
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.