Bian Dou Hua (White Hyacinth Bean Flower) — Dried Food Herb, 500g

Bian Dou Hua (白扁豆花), botanically the dried flower of the white hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab / Lablab purpureus), is a traditional food herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Biǎn Dòu Huā (扁豆花). Also called Southern Bean Flower (南豆花), it has been prized as a gentle, aromatic herb used to harmonize the Middle Burner, transform dampness, and support clear, comfortable digestion. Its nature is sweet and slightly warm, making it a mild yet fragrant herb for daily food-therapy use.

Key Selling Points

• Traditional food herb (药食同源) flower
• Dried white hyacinth bean flower
• Sourced from Zhejiang, China
• 500g bulk pack for daily food therapy
• Light, aromatic infusion for teas and congee

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully dried to preserve the pale cream-to-ivory color, delicate petal texture, and soft, faintly sweet floral aroma of the white hyacinth bean flower. When brewed, the petals unfurl and yield a light, subtly sweet infusion with a clean, grassy-floral finish; when simmered in congee or soup, they soften and lend a gentle fragrance without overpowering other ingredients.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Herbal tea infusion
• Congee and grain porridge
• Light summer soup
• Seasonal damp-weather food therapy
• Blended herbal tea with other food herbs

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Bian Dou Hua is brewed as a light daily tea, simmered into congee, or added to summer soups to support comfortable digestion during humid seasons. It is often paired with ingredients like tangerine peel, job's tears (yi yi ren), and lotus leaf in seasonal food-therapy blends. As a gentle aromatic herb, it is also used in traditional formulas for harmonizing the Middle Burner and transforming dampness.

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