Hu Tuizi Ye (Elaeagnus pungens Leaf) — Dried Food Herb, Unsulfured New Crop

Hu Tuizi Ye (Elaeagnus pungens) is the dried leaf of a traditional food herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Hú Tuí Zǐ Yè (胡颓子叶), also called Silverberry Leaf or Thorny Elaeagnus Leaf. For generations it has been prized as a gentle, lung-soothing herb used in daily teas and decoctions to ease coughs, calm wheezing, and support clear breathing. Its nature is slightly warm and its flavor mildly astringent and bitter, making it a steady yet approachable herb for harmonizing the Lung channel and settling the qi of the chest.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional Lung-soothing food herb
• Dried Elaeagnus pungens leaf
• Unsulfured, new-crop quality
• Suitable for daily teas and decoctions
• Sold as a food agricultural product

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve its deep green color, dry papery texture, and faint herbal aroma with a whisper of green hay. When steeped or decocted, the leaves release a mild, slightly astringent infusion with a soft bitter edge and a clean, lingering finish, deepening in color as it brews.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Daily herbal tea
• Traditional decoction
• Blended with other food herbs
• Seasonal lung-support tea
• Home herbal pantry staple

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Hu Tuizi Ye is decocted alone or blended with ingredients like apricot kernel, fritillary bulb, and mulberry leaf to make soothing teas for the chest and throat. It is simmered into seasonal broths during dry or cold months, and in some regions brewed as a simple daily tea to support easy breathing and a settled chest. Its leaves are also added to herbal steam blends for a gentle aromatic experience.

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