Jin Deng Long (Physalis alkekengi) — Dried Chinese Lantern Calyx Herb, 500g

Jin Deng Long (Physalis alkekengi), known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Jǐn Dēng Lóng (锦灯笼) and affectionately called Hong Gu Niang (红姑娘) or Gua Jin Deng (挂金灯), is the dried calyx and fruit of the Chinese Lantern plant. For centuries this cooling, bitter-sweet herb has been prized as a heat-clearing, throat-soothing, and fluid-promoting botanical, traditionally used to ease throat discomfort, reduce internal heat, and support clear, comfortable breathing. Its nature is bitter, cold, and descending, making it a focused yet gentle herb for cooling the Lung and Stomach channels.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional heat-clearing food herb
• Dried calyx and fruit, whole form
• Physalis alkekengi
• Known as Hong Gu Niang and Gua Jin Deng
• 500g bulk dried herb

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve the lantern-shaped calyx's warm orange-red color, delicate papery texture, and faintly sweet botanical aroma. When decocted, the herb yields a pale golden infusion with a mild, slightly bitter and subtly sweet taste, light on the palate and easy to blend with other cooling herbs.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea blends
• Traditional decoctions
• Seasonal cooling infusions
• Soup and congee ingredient
• Daily wellness tea

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Jin Deng Long is decocted alone or with other cooling herbs to make a soothing daily tea, often paired with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, or mulberry leaf. It is also simmered into light soups and congee during warm seasons, and appears in traditional throat-soothing formulas where its bitter-cool nature is valued for clearing heat and promoting fluids.

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