Ting Li Zi (Semen Lepidii) — Dried Descurainia Seed, Food-Herb for Tea & Decoction

Ting Li Zi (Semen Lepidii) is the dried mature seed of Descurainia sophia, a traditional food herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Tíng Lì Zǐ (葶苈子). For centuries it has been prized as a qi-directing, water-moving herb used to descend Lung qi, open the chest, and support smooth fluid metabolism. Its nature is pungent, bitter, and strongly descending, making it a focused yet traditional herb for clearing fullness in the chest and easing the movement of fluids.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional food-herb seed, dried and clean
• Semen Lepidii (Descurainia sophia)
• New-crop 500g bulk pack
• Suitable for decoction and herbal tea blends
• Stored at room temperature, 12-month shelf life

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve its small, reddish-brown to dark-brown seed form, with a firm, slightly glossy surface and a faint, dry, earthy aroma. When decocted, the seeds release a mild, subtly bitter and pungent infusion with a light, clean body, and the liquid takes on a pale amber tone.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoction
• Herbal tea blends
• Medicinal food soup packs
• Seasonal food-therapy cooking
• Bulk herbal pantry stocking

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Ting Li Zi is decocted alone or in formulas to descend Lung qi and move fluids, and is often paired with herbs like jujube, apricot kernel, and fritillary in traditional soup and decoction preparations. It appears in classical chest-soothing formulas and in seasonal medicinal food soups, where it is simmered gently to draw out its pungent, bitter character. As a daily tea, it is brewed in small amounts with other food herbs for a light, mildly bitter infusion.

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