Jade Forest® Tea & Herbal Encyclopaedia
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Jasmine
'King's cure-all'
Jasmine is a shrub or vine in the in the olive family. They are native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia and Oceania.
An essential Chinese root herb used in teas and soup to restore the Qi.
Jasmine green tea
'Green blood for the body'
An essential Chinese root herb used in teas and soup to restore the Qi.
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Fleeceflower Root
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Forsythia
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Foxglove
Barley may be the first cereal grain to have been cultivated by humans, as it was cultivated in before the grain is developed. Barley grass is grown by soaking the seeds in clean water until they sprout and grow shoots approximately 5 cm long and has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for at least 1800 years.
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Barley grass is an extraordinarily rich source of many vitamins, minerals, and amino acids and a single tablespoon contains a day’s supply of beta-carotene, betaine, biotin, boron, copper, iron, lutein, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamine, while its medicinal action of the dried shoot is due to its content of hordenine. Chinese medical practitioners use barley grass to support bone health, promote digestion as it is especially effective in aiding the digestion of grains and vegetables. It is thought to strengthen the stomach and reduce food stagnation.
Jiaogulan
'Vegetable insulin'
Bitter melon, sometimes also known as 'bitter gourd', 'bitter cucumber' or 'karela', is a perennial climbing elongated fruit that resembles a gourd or cucumber with warty skin like that of a crocodile or a toad. It is cultivated in tropical parts of China, India, East African, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
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All parts of the plant, the seeds, leaves and vines, are used for medicinal purposes. It has been used to support digestion, cardiovascular function and abundant animal and biochemical studies show it has at least four types of compounds with anti-diabetic and blood sugar lowering properties. It contains insulin-like protein called polypeptide-P, or plant insulin. In TCM it is used to clear the internal liver, Gal-bladder and stomach heat.
An essential Chinese root herb used in teas and soup to restore the Qi.