百子櫃 ›
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.
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet、bitter Meridians · spleen、lung
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.
A rinse is all it needs.
福建柘榮（另貴州施秉）
Herbal shops / specialists · A$12–12 / 100g
Wellsoon 太子參 (false starwort) 500g bulk $59.99 — bonus observation, normalised from the raw listing
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
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.