Shui Hong Hua Zi (Polygonum orientale) — Dried Chinese Herbal Fruit & Powder, 500g

Shui Hong Hua Zi (Polygonum orientale), also known as Prince's Feather Fruit or Shui Hong Hua Zi (水红花子), is the dried fruit of a traditional Chinese herb long honored in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a blood-quickening, stagnation-dispelling botanical. Its nature is slightly cold and its flavor is salty, making it a focused herb traditionally used to invigorate blood, disperse accumulations, and support the smooth movement of qi and blood. Offered as whole dried fruit or finely milled powder, it is a food-herb ingredient suited to decoctions, herbal blends, and traditional wellness preparations.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional blood-quickening food herb
• Dried Polygonum orientale fruit
• Available as whole fruit or fine powder
• Sourced from Jilin, China
• 500g value pack for daily herbal use

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully harvested and dried to preserve the fruit's deep reddish-brown to near-black color, its firm, slightly wrinkled texture, and its mild, faintly earthy aroma. When decocted, the fruit yields a gently astringent, subtly salty infusion with a warm, grounded character. The milled powder is fine, even, and reddish-brown, blending smoothly into teas, soups, and traditional preparations.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoctions
• Herbal tea blends
• Medicinal food soups and congee
• Daily wellness preparations
• Powdered herbal formulas

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Shui Hong Hua Zi is decocted into soups, teas, and traditional formulas to invigorate blood and disperse stagnation. It is often paired with herbs like hawthorn, angelica, and red peony in seasonal preparations. As a daily tea, it is brewed alone or blended with other food herbs for a warm, mildly astringent infusion, and the powder is stirred into congee or warm water for convenient use.

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