Yunnan Zhaotong Tian Ma Slices (Gastrodia elata) — Sulfur-Free Dried Gastrodia Rhizome, 500g Bulk

Tian Ma Slices (Gastrodia elata) are the dried rhizome slices of a highly revered traditional herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Tiān Má (天麻), sourced from Zhaotong, Yunnan — one of the most celebrated growing regions for this botanical. For centuries, Tian Ma has been prized as a calming, spirit-settling, and wind-extinguishing herb, used to relieve headaches, dizziness, spasms, tremors, numbness, and disorders of internal wind. Its nature is sweet, neutral, and balancing, making it gentle yet profoundly effective for soothing the Liver, anchoring yang, and harmonizing the nervous system. This sulfur-free, hot-air-dried slice is offered as a bulk 500g food-herb ingredient for decoctions, soups, and daily nourishment.

Key Selling Points

• Sourced from Zhaotong, Yunnan — a renowned Tian Ma growing region
• Sulfur-free, hot-air-dried slices preserving natural ivory color
• Traditional calming, wind-extinguishing food herb (药食同源)
• Bulk 500g loose format for decoctions, soups, and tonics
• Clean new-crop slices with mild earthy aroma

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully sliced and hot-air dried without sulfur to preserve its ivory to pale cream color, firm yet slightly translucent texture, and mild earthy aroma. The slices are uniform and clean, free of visible impurities. When decocted or simmered, they yield a gentle, slightly sweet infusion with a smooth, rounded mouthfeel, and the slices soften without disintegrating, making them well suited to long slow-cooking in soups and medicinal broths.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoctions and tonics
• Chinese-style soups and medicinal broths
• Congee and grain porridge
• Daily food-herb nourishment
• Herbal pairing with other food herbs

Traditional Uses

In TCM, Tian Ma enters the Liver channel, where it works to calm Liver wind. It is one of the most important herbs for addressing conditions related to Liver yang rising, helping to relax tendons, ease pressure in the head, and restore smooth circulation of qi and blood. In folk herbal practice, Tian Ma is decocted into soups, tonics, and longevity formulas to promote calm nerves, sharper mental clarity, and smoother movement of the limbs. It is commonly simmered with ingredients such as chicken, pork, or fish in medicinal food soups, and paired with herbs like chuan xiong, gou teng, and bai ji for traditional wind-calming formulas. As a daily food herb, it also appears in congee and gentle seasonal broths.

FAQ Q&A