Journal
Flowers
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Peony: The Flower Is a Tea, the Root Bark Is the Medicine
Peony is one herb with three separate pharmacy identities — root, root bark and flower. This is about…
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Violet: A Sweet Flower with a Complicated Name
The flower in the cup and the herb in the pharmacy are both violets, but they are different…
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Safflower: A Flower for Colour, a Flower for Circulation, and a Warning
It bleeds a deep red-gold into water, it colours rice and dough, and it is one of the…
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Pingyin Roses: Why Rose Petals Are Not All the Same
Most dried rose on the market is a decorative flower with no scent left. A culinary rose is…
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Pumpkin Vine: The Vegetable Stalk and the Flower Nobody Wastes
NAN GUA TENG is the dried pumpkin vine, and it is used in Chinese medicine for damp-heat and…
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