Sheng Cai Zi (Lactuca sativa Seeds) — Dried Food-Herb Seeds, Unsulfured New Crop

Sheng Cai Zi (Lactuca sativa) are the dried ripe seeds of the lettuce plant, known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Shēng Cài Zǐ (生菜籽). A traditional food-herb (药食同源) ingredient, Sheng Cai Zi has been valued in folk practice as a gentle, calming seed used in teas, congee, and light decoctions. Its nature is sweet and neutral, making it a mild yet versatile botanical for daily food-therapy use.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional food-herb (药食同源) seed
• Dried Lactuca sativa seeds
• New crop, unsulfured
• Suitable for tea, congee, and decoction
• 500g value pack

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully cleaned and dried to preserve its small, oval shape, pale brown-to-dark seed coat, and faintly nutty, grassy aroma. When steeped or simmered, the seeds release a mild, subtly sweet and earthy flavor with a soft, slightly mucilaginous body, lending a gentle texture to teas and grain porridges.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea and daily infusion
• Congee and grain porridge
• Light decoction with other food herbs
• Seasonal food-therapy blends
• Soup and culinary herb combinations

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Sheng Cai Zi is brewed as a gentle daily tea, simmered into congee, or added to light decoctions alongside other food herbs. It is often paired with ingredients like jujube, goji berry, and lily bulb in seasonal nourishment formulas, and is used in soothing evening teas and calming grain porridges in traditional home kitchens.

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