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Mid-Autumn Festival Overindulgence in Barbecue? Common Chinese Herbs for Digestion

22 December, 2025 / admin

Hawthorn: Yellow flesh, purplish-red edges, seed like a pomegranate bud. From left to right: Hawthorn...

Autumn Arrives, Throat Congested with Phlegm: Common Expectorant Drugs and Their Toxicity

22 December, 2025 / admin

Ginger-processed Pinellia: Features a recessed cavity and brown spots. Processed Pinellia (Zhū Bànxià) First-grade Ginger-processed...

Climbing Mountains and Wearing Eucommia on the Double Ninth Festival: ‘Shan Zhu Yu’ or ‘Wu Zhu Yu’?

22 December, 2025 / admin

Wu Zhu Yu: Top left: Sichuan Wu Zhu Yu, top right: Small-fruited Wu Zhu Yu,...

Frost Descent: An Auspicious Time for Nature’s Medicine

22 December, 2025 / admin

Fresh Mulberry Leaves Mulberry Leaves: The left shows intact leaves, while the right displays shriveled,...

During the Start of Winter, the Commonly Used Traditional Chinese Medicine for Nourishment, Dang Shen and Ren Shen, are Different

22 December, 2025 / admin

Specially Graded Textured Dang Shen: Long cylindrical and slightly curved, ash-brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and...

Gastrodia Not an Arrow, But Used for Winter Headaches and Dizziness in Traditional Chinese Medicine

22 December, 2025 / admin

  First-grade Sichuan Gastrodia: Shows sesame spots and a flat bottom, yellowish-white in color, shriveled,...

Beware When Buying ‘Cordyceps Sinensis,’ a Common Winter Tonic Herb, as There Are Many Varieties

22 December, 2025 / admin

Cordyceps sinensis: Insect body with stroma, old silkworm, deep yellow, with many transverse wrinkles on...

Plants Common in Christmas Wreaths Are Also Common Chinese Medicines for Strengthening Bones

22 December, 2025 / admin

Mulberry Mistletoe: Cylindrical and twisted, reddish-brown, young branches are hairy, and the texture is hard....

Beware of Buying the Wrong Kind of Suanzaoren, a Common Traditional Chinese Medicine for Insomnia

22 December, 2025 / admin

The genuine Suanzaoren is on the left, and the adulterated product Dianzaoren is on the...

Dried Longan: The Must-Have for the Ninth Day of the First Lunar Month’s Heavenly Emperor’s Birthday Celebration, Don’t Buy the Wrong Kind!

22 December, 2025 / admin

Dried Longan Meat: The left shows a slightly peeled appearance, the right shows the shell....

Longan Dried: The Essential Vegetarian Ingredient for the Jade Emperor’s Birthday, Don’t Buy the Wrong Kind!

22 December, 2025 / admin

Longan flesh: The left shows a slightly opened state, the right is with shell. Longan...

Longan (Gui Yuan): The Essential Vegetarian Ingredient for the Jade Emperor’s Birthday

22 December, 2025 / admin

Dried Longan Meat: Partially peeled on the left, with husk on the right. Dried Longan...