Ha Ma Cao (Salvia plebeia) — Dried Food Herb, 500g Loose Leaf

Ha Ma Cao (Salvia plebeia), also known as Li Zhi Cao (荔枝草) or Toad Grass, is the dried whole herb of a traditional food herb used in Chinese herbal wellness practice. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) it is known as Hā Ma Cǎo (蛤蟆草), a cooling, bitter herb traditionally associated with clearing heat and supporting the throat and respiratory passages. Its nature is cool and its flavor is bitter and pungent, making it a classic herb for seasonal heat-clearing teas and decoctions.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional heat-clearing food herb
• Dried whole herb, 500g pack
• Salvia plebeia (Li Zhi Cao)
• Suitable for decoction and herbal tea
• Clean, new-crop quality

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve its deep green color, crinkled leaf texture, and mild grassy aroma. When decocted, the herb yields a light green-amber infusion with a gently bitter, slightly pungent taste that softens as it cools, leaving a clean herbal finish.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal decoction
• Seasonal heat-clearing tea
• Blended herbal formulas
• Daily herbal wellness routine
• Soup and congee ingredient

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Ha Ma Cao is decocted alone or blended with other cooling herbs to make seasonal teas during warm weather. It is often combined with ingredients like honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and mulberry leaf in traditional heat-clearing formulas. In some regional traditions, it is simmered into soups and congee as a daily food-herb ingredient, and it also appears in herbal foot-soak blends.

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