Xia Ku Cao (Prunella vulgaris) — Dried Prunella Spike, 500g Henan White-Hair Variety

Xia Ku Cao (Prunella vulgaris), also known as Prunella Spike or Self-Heal Spike, is the dried flowering spike of a highly revered traditional herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Xià Kū Cǎo (夏枯草). For centuries, Xia Ku Cao has been prized as a Liver-clearing, fire-draining, and node-dissipating herb, traditionally used to relieve red eyes, headache, dizziness, and swelling of the neck and throat. Its nature is bitter, pungent, and slightly cold, making it a focused yet gentle herb for cooling the Liver, dispersing stagnation, and harmonizing the body's upward-rising heat. This batch is the Henan white-hair Xia Ku Qiu variety, naturally sun-dried and offered as a 500g food-agricultural product.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional Liver-clearing and fire-draining herb
• Authentic Henan white-hair Xia Ku Qiu variety
• Naturally sun-dried whole flower spikes
• 500g food-agricultural grade, non-GMO
• Suitable for decoction, tea, and summer cooling blends

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully harvested and naturally sun-dried to preserve the spike's distinctive purplish-brown to pale brown color, its layered, slightly fuzzy texture, and its mild, hay-like herbal aroma. When decocted, the spikes yield a light amber infusion with a gentle bitter note and a faintly sweet, cooling finish, leaving a clean, refreshing sensation on the palate.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal decoction and daily tea
• Summer cooling herbal blends
• Soup and congee ingredient
• Traditional herbal foot soak
• Herbal pillow and sachet filling

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Xia Ku Cao is decocted alone or with chrysanthemum, mulberry leaf, or honeysuckle into cooling summer teas to ease the discomfort of hot weather. It is also simmered into soups and congee, added to herbal foot soaks, and included in traditional formulas for supporting clear vision and a calm, balanced head. In daily life, it is brewed as a light, bitter-sweet infusion after meals or during the warm months.

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