Nine-Steamed Nine-Dried Polygonatum Rhizome Huang Jing 10kg Wholesale Bulk Traditional Processed Herb

Nine-Steamed Nine-Dried Polygonatum Rhizome, known in TCM as Huang Jing (黄精), from Polygonatum cyrtonema. This traditional processed herb is prepared by repeated steaming and sun-drying, a classic method that deepens its color and sweetens its flavor. In TCM theory, Huang Jing is sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, traditionally associated with the lung, spleen, and kidney channels. Sold as a food-grade botanical for daily herbal cooking and tea.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional nine steaming and nine sun-drying process following classic Chinese herbal preparation
• Made from Polygonatum cyrtonema rhizome known in TCM as Huang Jing 黄精
• Sourced from the Dabie Mountains of Anhui with wild-simulated cultivation
• Sulfur-free processing suitable for food and herbal use
• Ready to eat or simmer into teas soups and congee

Quality & Sensory

Typically dark brown to blackish with a moist slightly sticky texture after repeated steaming. The aroma is mildly sweet and caramel-like and the taste is characteristically sweet with soft chewy flesh when prepared.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer into herbal teas and decoctions
• Add to soups and slow-cooked broths
• Cook into congee or rice porridge
• Enjoy directly as a ready-to-eat herbal snack

Traditional Uses

In TCM practice Huang Jing is traditionally valued as a sweet tonic herb and is often simmered in decoctions cooked with poultry or pork or stewed into congee. It is a common ingredient in seasonal nourishing dishes and daily herbal teas especially in autumn and winter. The nine steaming and nine drying method is a folk technique long used to mellow its flavor and soften its texture.

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