百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS
Prince ginseng
太子參
replenishes qistrengthens the spleen生津潤肺whets the appetite
The small spindle-shaped root of Pseudostellaria heterophylla, sold as slender pale-yellow dried roots a few centimetres long. The mildest of the ginseng-style roots, it gives broth a light, clean sweetness and needs only a rinse before the pot.
TCM properties
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet、bitter Meridians · spleen、lung
Traditional food therapy
Known in the trade as the children's ginseng, Cantonese food therapy uses it as a gentle qi tonic to strengthen the spleen, moisten the lungs and open the appetite, mild enough for children's pots.
Cautions: read first
- Not while you have a cold with fever
- Not when an exterior pathogen is strong
Preparation
A rinse is all it needs.
Origin · Geo-authentic (道地) source
Zherong, Fujian (also Shibing, Guizhou)
Availability in Australia
Herbal shops / specialists
